Patricia Nolz

Biography

The young Austrian mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with a Master’s degree under Claudia Visca. She is a laureate of numerous competitions and was an Anny Felbermayer scholarship holder in 2019.

In autumn 2020, she enjoyed great success with her debut as Cherubino in a new production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Theater an der Wien, conducted by Stefan Gottfried and directed by Alfred Dorfer. After two years in the opera studio of the Vienna State Opera, where she celebrated her first successes as Cherubino, and as Zerlina in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni under Philippe Jordan, she joined the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera from 2022 to 2024. Patricia Nolz received the Austrian Music Theatre Award for her interpretation of Zerlina in Barrie Kosky’s production of Don Giovanni.

She enjoyed particular success at the Vienna State Opera as Cherubino in the new production of Le Nozze di Figaro conducted by Philippe Jordan and staged by Barrie Kosky, as La Musica & La Speranza in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, as well as Annio in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, as Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, as Siébel in Gounod’s Faust, as Orlovsky in the traditional New Year’s Fledermaus, as Stéphano in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and Silla in Pfitzners Palestrinaunder the baton of Christian Thielemann. Patricia Nolz made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin in spring 2024 as Cherubino. The same production also marked her debut at the Edinburgh Festival that summer. In January 2025 she made her successful debut at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen with Rosina.