Christiane Libor was born in Berlin, where she received her first lessons in piano and voice.  She studied at the ‘Musikhochschule für Musik Hans Eissler’ Berlin with Professor Anneliese Fried and complemented her conservatory education in training with Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, Julia Varady, Edith Mathis, Hans Hotter, Peter Schreier, and Joseph Protschka.

Performances of the 2011-12 season include the title role of Janáček’s Jenůfa for Innsbruck’s Tiroler Landestheater, Eva in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Oper Leipzig, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, and the role of Isabella in Wagner’s rarely heard Das Liebesverbot in a new production for Oper Frankfurt.  Her vibrant concert diary includes

Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna – singing the title role - with the Deutsches-Symphonieorchester Berlin, Dvořák’s Requiem in Warsaw, Verdi’s Requiem in Hamburg, and Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri in Rouen.

Engagements of the last season included the title role of Euryanthe for the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the title role of Fidelio at the Opéra de Nice conducted by Philippe Auguin, and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Staatstheater Nürnberg conducted by Christof Prick.  On the concert stage, Ms. Libor’s appearances included performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble in Cologne, Mahler’s Second Symphony with Markus Stenz and the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, and Sibelius’ Luonnotar and Kullervo with Leon Bostein and the American Symphony Orchestra at the Bard Festival.

Highlights of the recent past include highly acclaimed portrayals of the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos in Innsbruck and both Elisabeth and Venus in Tannhäuser at the Grazer Oper.  Opera News heralded, “Remember the name Christiane Libor.  After much buzz in Vienna, the promise suggested by her stupendous Senta in Graz last season was fulfilled by her Ariadne…Libor unquestionably ranks as one of the greatest Ariadnes in the past three decades, and maybe even tops that august list.  Most importantly is the quality of her voice, the sheer beauty of tone from top to bottom.  Her soprano is huge, plumy, power and under perfect control…The Berlin-born soprano has the perfect voice for Strauss, easily negotiating low-lying passages without forcing, blooming on top notes, effortlessly pouring out tidal waves of golden tone…”  She also bowed in Wagner’s rarely heard opera, Die Feen.  Of her performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet under the baton of Marc Minkowski, The New York Times wrote, “the soprano Christiane Libor gives a brilliant performance as Ada, singing with a blazing top and a compelling range of colors.” 

Ms. Libor has performed Leonore in Fidelio at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and the Opernhaus Zürich, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the Staatsoper Hannover and the Staatstheater Nürnberg, Ariadne auf Naxos with Opéra National du Rhin, and Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at the Staatstheater Nürnberg and Grazer Oper.  Additional opera performances include Don Giovanni at the Semperoper Dresden, Der Freischütz at the Tiroler Landestheater and the Komische Oper Berlin, and Madame Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites at the Hamburgische Staatsoper.  As Resident Artist of the Bard Festival in 2010, Ms. Libor joined Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra for numerous programs including Berg’s Altenberg Lieder, Schmidt’s Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln, and Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna.

Her concert activities have brought her together with an array of the world’s most respected conductors including Kurt Masur, Ingo Metzmacher, Marc Minkowski, Helmuth Rilling, Simone Young, and Jaap van Zweden.  She also is a frequent guest artist at such music festivals as Schubertiade Feldkirch, Richard-Strauss-Festspiele Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the BBC Proms.