Jasmin Etminan
Guest of the OperaBiography
Jasmin Etminan began her 2022/23 season as the first »Contralto« scholarship recipient at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. In this theatre she has created Mary (Der fliegende Holländer) and the Page (Salome), both under Georg Fritzsch’s baton. She also sings Margret (Wozzeck), the Third Dame (Die Zauberflöte) and the Third Nymph (Rusalka) under the baton of Johannes Willig. The young contralto is of persian descent and began her musical education at the age of five in piano. She started her vocal training privately as well as in the choir of the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Already as a child she was a regular guest on opera stages, where she performed in such operas as Hänsel und Gretel, Carmen and Tosca. Since her youth she was also active as a soloist and sang, among other roles, the Fourth Brautjungfer in Der Freischütz and the Shepherd in Tosca. Jasmin Etminan graduated from Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart and in Karlsruhe. Her favorite roles at Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe include Erda and Flosshilde (Das Rheingold), Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) and Olga (Eugene Onegin) under the baton of Alois Seidlmeier. She is an award winner in »Bella Voce« competition and the first scholarship holder of the »Contralto« competition in 2022 and of the Richard-Wagner-Verband in 2016.
Photo: Arno Kohlem