Annika Schlicht from Stuttgart studied at the HfM "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with Prof. Renate Faltin. While still a student, she was engaged in the international opera studio of the Berlin State Opera. Following this, the singer accepted an invitation to join the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2015.
The mezzo-soprano's wide range of roles includes Adriano/RIENZI, Fenena/NABUCCO, Mrs Quickly/FALSTAFF, Prince Orlovsky/FLEDERMAUS, Auntie /PETER GRIMES, Hänsel and Sesto/LA CLEMENZA DI TITO. She is Fricka in Stefan Herheim's new "Ring der Nibelungen" at Deutsche Oper Berlin and thrilled audiences and critics alike with this role debut in WALKÜRE 2020. Recent engagements have taken her to the Bregenz Festival, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Bergen, Hamburg, Dresden, Stuttgart and the Berlin State Opera, and as a concert singer to Essen with Giuseppe Verdi's MESSA DA REQUIEM and to Italy with Gustav Mahler's LIED VON DER ERDE and Richard Wagner's WESENDONCK Lieder.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Annika Schlicht was engaged as soloist for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by the UNESCO World Orchestra for Peace. The concert under Sir Donald Runnicles is available on DVD.
The recording of Igor Kuljerić's "Croatian Glagolitic Requiem" with the BR Choir and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the baton of its principal conductor Ivan Repušić and Annika as alto soloist won the 2021 International Classical Music Award in the category "Choral".
Future engagements include a debut at the Royal Opera House in London and Gustav Mahler's 2nd and 3rd symphonies. On the opera stage Annika adds to her repertoire in the 2022/23 season with Brangäne/TRISTAN UND ISOLDE and as alto soloist in a staged MATTHEW PASSION.