Valerie Eickhoff

Winner of the 2024 ‘Opus Klassik New Talent of the Year’ award, the German mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff is rapidly establishing herself as an artist of intense musicality and exceptional vocal talent, in high demand both on opera stages and in concert halls.

During the 2025–2026 season, Valerie Eickhoff made a series of major debuts, notably in the United States in the role of Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo with Boston Baroque. She returned to the Bavarian State Opera in the role of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. A member of the Dresden Semperoper company since the 2024–2025 season, her highlights for the 2025–2026 season included her debuts in the roles of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Kay in Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen and Anaide in Rota’s Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, as well as her returns to the roles of Stéphano in Romeo and Juliet, Nicoletta in The Love for Three Oranges and the title role in Hänsel und Gretel.

In concert, Eickhoff has performed at the Cologne Philharmonie with Thierry Mechler, as well as in numerous song recitals with Elenora Pertz, notably at the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Semperoper in Dresden and the Heidelberg Festival.

Eickhoff recently gave a brilliant performance in Bach’s St Matthew Passion (conducted by Andreas Reize) with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, in Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn (conducted by Emmanuel Tjeknavorian) with the Orchestra della Toscana, in Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and in Respighi’s Il Tramonto with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester in Mannheim, amongst others. A passionate recitalist, she has also performed at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, the Los Angeles Lied Festival with Hartmut Höll, the Schumannfest in Düsseldorf, and at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein alongside her regular duet partners, Eric Schneider and Elenora Pertz.

Previously, Eickhoff was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she notably performed the roles of Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Angelina in La Cenerentola and Cherubino.

Her recordings include the complete Hans Eisler Hollywood Songbook with pianist Eric Schneider, released by Ars Produktion in 2024, as well as Korngold’s Sechs Einfache Lieder, Op. 9, with pianist Benjamin Mead, recorded with SWR Kultur.

In August 2025, Eickhoff appeared in Juliane Sauter’s documentary film Primadonna or Nothing, alongside Renata Scotto and Angel Blue.