Before returning to the role of Gutrune in Götterdämmerung, Gabriela Scherer will appear in two open-air concerts at the Bayreuth Festival 2025 on July 24 and 28. With the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado, she will perform Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking Scene from Macbeth by Verdi, Senta’s “Einsam in trüben Tagen” from Lohengrin, and the final section of Salome’s closing monologue (Schlussgesang). Also performing are baritone Michael Kupfer-Radecky and bass Vitalij Kowaljow, with journalist Axel Brüggemann guiding the audience through the evening.
Following her acclaimed debut at the Bayreuth Festival last year - praised as “triumphant” (Nordbayerischer Kurier), “superbly cast” (Das Opernglas), and “striking” (Wanderer) - Gabriela Scherer reprises the role of Gutrune in Götterdämmerung, in Valentin Schwarz’s Netflix-inspired production, conducted by Simone Young.
Following acclaimed performances at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Deutsche Oper Berlin earlier this season, Gabriela Scherer returns to the role of Senta in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer. She joins the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for two concert performances on May 13 and 15, conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski.
On April 2, 2025, Gabriela Scherer will make her debut in China and at the NCPA Beijing, singing Sieglinde in the 1st Act of Wagner's Die Walküre. Gabriela will perform with the Wiener Symphoniker led by Petr Popelka and with Ric Furman as Siegmund and Liang Li as Hunding. In the first part of the concert, the Wiener Symphoniker will play ballet music from Verdi's Aida, Don Carlos and Macbeth.
On March 29, Gabriela Scherer will make her house debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Performing alongside Michael Volle, she will sing excerpts from Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer and Tannhäuser, as well as Strauss’s Arabella.
"Gabriela Scherer sings a youthful, dramatic Elsa full of soprano sweetness, warmth and rapturous intensity."
Julia Spinola
"But of course the focus is on Gabriela Scherer as Senta, who depicts this soprano role's wide range of expression with a broad spectrum of colours. Lots of applause and ovations."
Bernhard Hartmann
"Gabriela Scherer, making her role debut as Elsa, was the major surprise of the evening. She was splendid as a clear and warm voiced heroine, capable of communicating innocence, distress, yearning and purity. Her soprano traveled Wagner's long arcs of melodies with smoothness and ease, never shrill or strained. Clad in a white bridal dress, she acted with grace and elegance."
Ako Imamura
Music by Wagner, Strauss and Verdi
Gutrune
Role debut as Alice Ford
Leonore
Role debut as Irene