Soprano Judith Hoffmann, who lives in Cologne, made her opera debut at the Wernigerode Castle Festival as Pamina in Mozart’s Magic Flute. She was part of the ensemble at the Landesbühnen Sachsen for several seasons, after which she appeared as a guest artist at various theatres such as the Hanover State Opera, the Hagen Theatre, the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel, the Felsenbühne Rathen and the Münster Theatre.

Her current opera repertoire includes roles such as Elsa/Lohengrin/Wagner, Agathe/Freischütz/von Weber, Marie/Sold Bride/Smetana, Micaela/Carmen/Bizet, Csardasfürstin/Csardasfürstin/Kalman.

She has a busy concert schedule at home and abroad. Recently she has performed at the Cologne Philharmonie, the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz (small broadcasting hall), the Muziekcentrum Enschede, the Concert Hall deSingel Antwerp, the Dresdner Zwingerkonzerte, the Ruhr Triennale, the Boccherini Auditorium Lucca/Italy, the Theatre Dortmund/Foyer and the Konzerthaus Dortmund, and as a soloist with various orchestras such as the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.

Her extensive concert repertoire focuses on the great oratorio works of the 18th to 20th centuries and the art songs of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Her recent individual Lied projects together with Desar Sulejmani (pianist), Nare Karoyan (pianist) and Kolja Buhlmann (dramaturge/author), such as the musical-literary programmes Alma Mahler und ihre strahlenden Satelliten, Schumann-eine ungewöhnliche Familie and other various Lied programmes, as well as the founding of the Liedfestival Ruhr in 2021 as artistic director together with Martin Günther (dramaturge/pianist), bear witness to her commitment to a lively dialogue between the arts.

Regular projects in the field of contemporary music (works by Gordon Kampe, Anno Schreier, Marcus Schmickler) round off the activities of this versatile artist; for example, she took part in a studio project by the Cologne composer Marcus Schmickler produced by WDR3. In the WDR3 radio play Preussen. Im Kopf. by Tom Peuckert, directed by Jörg Schlüter, she can be heard as a singer and narrator.

Judith Hoffmann is a prizewinner of the NRW Singing Competition. She received her artistic training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen as well as in private studies and masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Prof. Thomas Heyer, Barbara Hannigan, Olga Mykytenko and Kirsten Schötteldreier.