What the artistic world and audiences find so enchanting about Marlis Petersen is an ability to combine a voice of rare crystal clarity and brightness with an alert stage presence that enables her to completely identify with her roles and make their fates seem pure truth and instantaneous reality.
- 1968
Born in Sindelfingen/ Baden-Württemberg-Germany in the sign of Aquarius
1968
Born in Sindelfingen/ Baden-Württemberg-Germany in the sign of Aquarius
- 1975
Learning the piano
1975
Learning the piano
- 1980
Second instrument traverse flute
1980
Second instrument traverse flute
- 1984
Becoming a member of the St. Gallus church choir in Tuttlingen
1984
Becoming a member of the St. Gallus church choir in Tuttlingen
- 1987
Beginning of musical studies in the conservatoire Stuttgart
Joining in the cover band SQUARE1987
Beginning of musical studies in the conservatoire Stuttgart
Joining in the cover band SQUARE - 1988
Training in jazz and tap-dancing at the New York City Dance School Stuttgart
1988
Training in jazz and tap-dancing at the New York City Dance School Stuttgart
- 1990
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Opera/Concert/Lied
1990
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Opera/Concert/Lied
- 1991
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Musical/Chanson/Song
1991
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Musical/Chanson/Song
- 1992
Touring with operetta and musical with the duo Lisa&Sasse
1992
Touring with operetta and musical with the duo Lisa&Sasse
- 1993
First contract at the opera Nuremberg as a coloratura soubrette
1993
First contract at the opera Nuremberg as a coloratura soubrette
- 1998
Second employment at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg as lyric coloratura soprano
1998
Second employment at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg as lyric coloratura soprano
- 2003
Starting off as a free-lanced singer
2003
Starting off as a free-lanced singer
- 2004
Opernwelt – “singer of the year” for Konwitschny’s LULU at State Opera Hamburg
2004
Opernwelt – “singer of the year” for Konwitschny’s LULU at State Opera Hamburg
- 2009
Leaving Germany and moving to Athens, Greece
2009
Leaving Germany and moving to Athens, Greece
- 2010
Second time opernwelt- “singer of the year” for Marelli’s view on Reimann’s MEDEA at Vienna State Opera
2010
Second time opernwelt- “singer of the year” for Marelli’s view on Reimann’s MEDEA at Vienna State Opera
- 2015
Third time “singer of the year” for Tcherniakov’s LULU at the Bavarian State Opera
2015
Third time “singer of the year” for Tcherniakov’s LULU at the Bavarian State Opera
- 2017
Birth of the trilogy “dimensions” MENSCH&LIED –
first conceptional CD cycle starting off with WORLD/WELT2017
Birth of the trilogy “dimensions” MENSCH&LIED –
first conceptional CD cycle starting off with WORLD/WELT - 2018
“dimensions” trilogy part 2 – OTHERWORLD/ANDERSWELT
Leaving Athens and moving to the Peloponnese to follow a second vocation: making olive oil2018
“dimensions” trilogy part 2 – OTHERWORLD/ANDERSWELT
Leaving Athens and moving to the Peloponnese to follow a second vocation: making olive oil - 2019
“dimension” trilogy part 3 – INNERWORLD/INNENWELT
2019
“dimension” trilogy part 3 – INNERWORLD/INNENWELT
- 2020
Fourth time “singer of the year” for Stone’s TOTE STADT at the Bavarian State Opera and Habjan’s SALOME at Theater an der Wien
OPUS KLASSIK for “dimensions” INNERWORLD2020
Fourth time “singer of the year” for Stone’s TOTE STADT at the Bavarian State Opera and Habjan’s SALOME at Theater an der Wien
OPUS KLASSIK for “dimensions” INNERWORLD - 2020 A felicific peak of the dimensions-project: all WORLDS in one box plus bonus CD with a NEW WORLD
2020
A felicific peak of the dimensions-project: all WORLDS in one box plus bonus CD with a NEW WORLD
1968
Born in Sindelfingen/ Baden-Württemberg-Germany in the sign of Aquarius
1975
Learning the piano
1980
Second instrument traverse flute
1984
Becoming a member of the St. Gallus church choir in Tuttlingen
1987
Beginning of musical studies in the conservatoire Stuttgart
Joining in the cover band SQUARE
1988
Training in jazz and tap-dancing at the New York City Dance School Stuttgart
1990
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Opera/Concert/Lied
1991
Award winner in the VDMK-competition Berlin for Musical/Chanson/Song
1992
Touring with operetta and musical with the duo Lisa&Sasse
1993
First contract at the opera Nuremberg as a coloratura soubrette
1998
Second employment at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg as lyric coloratura soprano
2003
Starting off as a free-lanced singer
2004
Opernwelt – “singer of the year” for Konwitschny’s LULU at State Opera Hamburg
2009
Leaving Germany and moving to Athens, Greece
2010
Second time opernwelt- “singer of the year” for Marelli’s view on Reimann’s MEDEA at Vienna State Opera
2015
Third time “singer of the year” for Tcherniakov’s LULU at the Bavarian State Opera
2017
Birth of the trilogy “dimensions” MENSCH&LIED –
first conceptional CD cycle starting off with WORLD/WELT
2018
“dimensions” trilogy part 2 – OTHERWORLD/ANDERSWELT
Leaving Athens and moving to the Peloponnese to follow a second vocation: making olive oil
2019
“dimension” trilogy part 3 – INNERWORLD/INNENWELT
2020
Fourth time “singer of the year” for Stone’s TOTE STADT at the Bavarian State Opera and Habjan’s SALOME at Theater an der Wien
OPUS KLASSIK for “dimensions” INNERWORLD
2020
A felicific peak of the dimensions-project: all WORLDS in one box plus bonus CD with a NEW WORLD