Since her resounding success at the Theater an der Wien as Christine in Richard Strauss' "Intermezzo", Swiss soprano Carola Glaser is constantly turning to the jugendlich-dramatic Fach, where possibles roles like Strauss' Ariadne, Chrysothemis, Empress, Leonora in Verdi's Trovatore or Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser await her.
In engagements with the Staatstheater Oldenburg and the Theater Freiberg she developed a broad repertoire that spans from Monteverdi to modern opera.
Even at the beginning, central to this development were the operas of Mozart - she interpreted rarities like "Lucio Silla" and "Mitridate" also at the Festivals in Verbier, Altenberg and in Moskow. Glaser has grown from more lyric roles like Pamina to dramatic coloratura roles like Elettra in Idomeneo - also in the title role of Verdi's "La Traviata" she had a great personal success in Fesitivals in Oberammergau and Frankfurt.
She received high praise from critics and public alike with Mimì, Alice Ford and above all for her Christine in Strauss' rarely played opera "Intermezzo", which in December 2008 she took over at short notice for Soile Isokoski at the Theater an der Wien to great acclaim.
Carola Glaser studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York and at the Conservatory in Basel with Peter Elkus and Kurt Widmer and took master classes with Anna Reynolds, Elisabeth Söderström and Renata Scotto.
Already during her studies, she sang roles at the Stadttheater in Basel, Bern and Biel/Solothurn.
Carola Glaser has sung with Oper Frankfurt and the Komische Oper Berlin. She has worked with directors like Christof Loy, Jean-Claude Auvray, Hans Hollmann, Nigel Lowery, Andreas Homoki, Prof.Stephan Mettin, Klaas Felbom, G. Roth, Stefan Herheim, and Achim Freyer, as well as with conductors like Armin Jordan, Franco Trinca, Stefan Lano, Baldo Podic, Julia Jones, Julien Salemkour, Raoul Grüneis, Johannes Debus, Samuel Bächli, Jan Michael Horstmann, Eraldo Salmieri, Giovanni Reggioli, Vladimir and Michel Jurowski, Ion Marin, and Kirill Petrenko.