Biography

Bettina Ranch initially studied violin in her hometown Berlin and subsequently changed to singing. The opera singer Caroline Merz is currently taking care of Bettina Ranch. Over the last years, she has given successful guest performances at renowned opera houses such as the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Aalto-Theater Essen, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, and the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, where she repeatedly draws attention to herself with her interpretations ranging from the Baroque to the Wagner repertoire.

In the concert field, she regularly proves her versatility with different repertoire, such as e.g. the Masses by Mozart, the Passions and Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Messiah, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Verdi's Requiem, Dvořák's Stabat Mater, frequently with works by Gustav Mahler such as Das klagende Lied and Symphony No. 2, Bruckner's Te Deum, Franz Schmidt's Book with Seven Seals and Nono's Il Canto sospeso, in which she made her debut at the Salzburger Festspiele.

She has repeatedly worked with renowned ensembles and orchestras such as Philharmonisches Orchester Hamburg, the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Dresdner Philharmoniker, SWR Sinfonieorchester, Bremer Philharmoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, the RTVE Orchestra Madrid, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, DSO Berlin, RIAS Chamber Choir, and the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and under prominent conductors such as Hartmut Haenchen, Markus Poschner, Simone Young, Helmuth Rilling, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Paul Goodwin, Peter Rundel, and Ivor Bolton.

Since the 2016/17 season Bettina Ranch has been a member of the ensemble at the Aalto-Theater in Essen, where she has sung the title roles of Carmen and Orfeo/Euridice, as well as roles such as Fricka/Die Walküre, Adalgisa/Norma, Maddalena/Rigoletto, Fenena/Nabucco, Sesto/La clemenza di Tito, Dorabella/Così fan tutte, Annina/Rosenkavalier, Cain in Scarlatti's Cain and Abel and many others.

At the start of the 22/23 season, Bettina Ranch can be heard twice in Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem: first as part of the Anima Mundi Festival 2022 in the Cathedral of Pisa with the Staatskapelle Halle under the direction of Hartmut Haenchen, and in the final concert at the IMAD-Festival in the Paderborn Cathedral. In addition, her concert season 22/23 includes many concert debuts with works such as Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder (the Essener Philharmoniker conducted by Erik Nielsen) and Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" (Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz and MDR Radio Choir conducted by Guillermo García Calvo) and the German premiere of two works by Pergolesi. Furthermore she will make her debut at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie with Bach's Christmas Oratorio under Hans-Jörg Albrecht, and she will return to the Milan Auditorium where she will once again perform the Mozart Requiem with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, conducted by Claus Peter Flor. She will also be performing together with the Essener Philharmoniker under the baton of Tomáš Netopil in Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Lobgesang" and Mahler's 3rd symphony, and her Easter program features the St. John Passion conducted by Attilio Cremonesi with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.
At her parent house in Essen she takes on the title role in Carmen, Ramiro/La finta Giardiniera, Adelaide/Arabella and Adalgisa/Norma, among others, and appears as Marcellina in the new production Le nozze di Figaro, directed by Floris Visser and conducted by Tomáš Netopil.

Numerous recordings document her career, such as Franz Schmidt's Book with seven seals, which was published by Oehms Classics with the Hamburger Philharmoniker/NDR Chor under the musical direction of Simone Young, and Joseph Haydn's Il Ritorno di Tobia by Sony Classics with the Salzburg Mozarteumorchester / Salzburg Bach Choir conducted by Ivor Bolton.

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Haydn "Harmoniemesse"
Erschienen Oktober 2016 bei Rondeau

Reussisches Kammerorchester
Kammerchor der Frauenkirche Dresden
Matthias Grünert

Ina Siedlaczek / Tobias Hunger / Tobias Berndt

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Franz Schmidt "Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln"
Erschienen Januar 2016 bei OehmsClassics

Philharmoniker Hamburg
NDR-Chor / Staatschor Latvia
Simone Young

Klaus Florian Vogt / Georg Zeppenfeld / Inga Kalna / Bettina Ranch / Dovlet Nurgeldiyev

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Muzyczne Dziedzictwo Miasta Gdańska Vol. VI 
Kantaty Na Święto Zesłania Ducha Świętego i
Wniebowstąpienie
Erschienen Dezember 2015 bei SARTON

Goldberg Baroque Ensemble 
Andrzej Mikołaj Szadejko-dyrygent 
Adam Pastuszka-koncertmistrz

Ingrida Gápová-sopran 
Klaudia Trzasko-sopran 
Bettina Ranch-alt 
Georg Poplutz-tenor 
Stefan Geyer-bas 

Johann Georg Hoffmann (1700-1780) 
Kantata na niedzielę Cantate Nun lob meine Seel den Herren 
Friedrich Christian Mohrheim (1719-1780) 
Kantata na Wniebowstąpienie Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen 
Gessel (XVIII w.) 
Kantata na Wniebowstąpienie Vater ich will, dass wo ich bin 
Anonim (XVII w.) 
Kantata na Święto Zesłania Ducha Świętego Veni Sancte Spiritus 
Johann Daniel Pucklitz (1705-1774) 
Kantata na Święto Zesłania Ducha Świętego Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt 
Anonim (XVIII w.) – 
Kantata na Święto Zesłania Ducha Świętego Veni Sancte Spiritus

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