Ilia Staple
From 2018 to 2024, the Austrian soprano was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where she appeared in roles such as Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Gilda (Rigoletto), Musetta (La bohème), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ida (Der junge Lord), Sophie (Werther), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), and Cunegonde (Candide).
From 2016 to 2018, she was a member of the Upper Austrian Opera Studio at the Landestheater Linz, where she performed roles such as Flaminia (Il mondo della luna), Rosetta (in Erich Zeisl’s Leonce und Lena), and Bellezza (Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno). The young singer made a guest appearance with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana as Despina (Così fan tutte) in Lugano.
At the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, she performed in Der Ring des Nibelungen as Woglinde (Das Rheingold), Helmwige (Die Walküre), Forest Bird (Siegfried), and Woglinde (Götterdämmerung). As part of the International Bruckner Festival, Ilia Staple appeared as Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Bubikopf (Der Kaiser von Atlantis).
Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a member of the ensemble at the Vienna State Opera, where she made her debut in 2022.
Performances with Ilia Staple
Die Zauberflöte für Kinder
Cast on Friday 28. February 2025
Die Zauberflöte für Kinder
Cast on Friday 28. February 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Thursday 13. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Sunday 16. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Thursday 20. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Sunday 23. March 2025
Ensemblematinee im Mahler-Saal
Cast on Sunday 30. March 2025
with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Arabella
Cast on Sunday 13. April 2025
with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Arabella
Cast on Wednesday 16. April 2025
with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Arabella
Cast on Saturday 19. April 2025
with Wolfgang Bankl, Camilla Nylund, Sabine Devieilhe, Michael Volle, Michael Laurenz, Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Arabella
Cast on Tuesday 22. April 2025
Tannhäuser
Dress Rehearsal
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Monday 19. May 2025
Tannhäuser
Premiere
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Thursday 22. May 2025
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Sunday 25. May 2025
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Thursday 29. May 2025
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Sunday 1. June 2025
with Günther Groissböck, Clay Hilley, Ludovic Tézier, Malin Byström, Ekaterina Gubanova, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Tannhäuser
Cast on Wednesday 4. June 2025