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Soprano Bettina Meiners studies singing at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg since 2015.

Having started her studies in PreCollege, she pursued her bachelor’s degree with mezzo-soprano Prof. Kammersängerin Elisabeth Wilke. Since October 2019 she has been studying for a master’s degree with the well-known soprano Prof. Barbara Bonney.

She gained her first opera experiences in 2017 as Due Donne in “Le nozze di Figaro” by WA Mozart and in 2018 in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Benjamin Britten both in productions at the Mozarteum University. 

In addition to opera, the young singer has a great passion for Lied. She is currently studying Lied Interpretation with the Finnish professor Pauliina Tukiainen. In summer 2018, she and the Dresden pianist Jobst Schneiderat designed a recital in the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus on Hiddensee.

As a member and soloist of the Collegium Vocale of the Salzburg Bach Society (directed by Albert Hartinger), she played with well-known ensembles such as the L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra (directed by Michi Gaigg), La Divina Armonia (directed by Lorenzo Ghielmi) and the Salzburg Baroque Ensemble (directed by Alfredo Bernardini and Jörn Hinnerk Andresen) and the Munich Hofkapelle (directed by Howard Arman).

Bettina Meiners performed further concerts as a soprano soloist in collaboration with the Munich Bach Choir and Munich Bach Orchestra (directed by Hansjörg Albrecht), the Isar Philharmonic Orchestra (directed by Wolfram Graul), with the Oratorio Choir Würzburg and the L`Orfeo Baroque Orchestra (directed by Michi Gaigg) as well as the Cappella Musica Dresden (directed by Helmut Branny).

Bettina Meiners was a laureate at the Duschk Singing Competition 2019 organized by the Czech Mozart Community in Prague. In addition, Bettina performed as a soloist at well-known festivals such as Musik und Kirche (Sterzing), the Musiksommer between Inn and Salzach (Kloster Seeon), the concert series Musik in fränkischen Schlösser and in the concert series Meisterinterpreten Dippoldiswalde.