Fanie Antonelou

Fanie Antonelou won the »Grand Prix« in the oratorio/art song category at the Maria Callas International Vocal Competition in Athens and the Frankfurt Mendelssohn Prize, as well as a finalist in the Graz art song competition »Schubert and the Music of Modernity«. During the 2026–27 season, she will appear in the mixtape opera »Station Paradiso« at the Stuttgart State Opera and perform the soprano role in the staged production of Bach’s St. John Passion. She has made guest appearances at the opera houses in Perm and Athens, as well as at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad. Antonelou sang the soprano part in Fauré’s Requiem at the Baden-Baden Festival, in Dvořák’s »Stabat Mater« at the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Handel cantatas at the Handel Festival in Göttingen, among other performances. Her recording of »Le nozze di Figaro« in the role of Susanna with the MusicAeterna orchestra under the direction of Teodor Currentzis won the 2014 ECHO-Klassik award in the category »Opera Recording of the Year«. The soprano has collaborated with conductors such as Diego Fasolis, Cornelius Meister, Kay Johannsen, and Hansjörg Albrecht, as well as with ensembles including the Bach Choir of Munich, the Lautten Compagney Berlin, the St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig, Il Gusto barocco, and the Ensemble la Fenice. Antonelou’s solo CD, titled »Affinities«, features Greek and German art songs from the early 20th century, while her second solo album, »Goethe Lieder«, includes works by Beethoven, Zelter, Reichardt, and Mozart.