Opernstudio
Tamara Obermayr
Austrian mezzo-soprano Tamara Obermayr took her first steps as a singer in the childrenʼs choir of the Salzburg State Theatre. Her first solo roles were Third Boy (»Die Zauberflöte«) at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and Cherubino (»Le nozze di Figaro«) at the Mondsee State Music School. She received her professional training at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where she first completed a BA in singing and a BA in IGP singing. She then went on to complete a masterʼs degree in »Lied and Oratorio« with Elisabeth Wilke and Pauliina Tukiainen with distinction. She then transferred to the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding to study for a masterʼs degree in »Music Theatre/Opera Singing« with Daniela Sindram. During her studies, she was awarded two merit scholarships from the Mozarteum University as well as scholarships from the August Everding Foundation, the Johann-Adolph-Hasse Society Munich and the Opera Europa Eva Kleinitz Foundation. She attended masterclasses with Christa Ludwig, Malcolm Martineau, Anne Le Bozec, Vesselina Kasarova, Kai Wessel, Luca Pianca, Margit Legler, Simon Lepper, Terry Wey, Will Humburg, Arttu Kataja, Nicola Beller Carbone and Bernarda Fink as part of the German Lied Academy in Trossingen and at the Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist.
In 2024, Tamara Obermayr participated in the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival and in 2025 she was a finalist in the »SWR Young Opera Stars 2025« competition for the »Emmerich-Smola-Förderpreis«. Concert solo performances have taken her to venues including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Isarphilharmonie Munich, the Munich Gasteig and Herkulessaal, the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg, the Haus für Mozart, the Pieterskerk Leiden, the Musikfest Bremen and the Bad Arolsen Baroque Festival. Her work with ensembles such as the Collegium Vocale der Salzburger Bachgesellschaft, BachWerkVokal under Gordon Safari, the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Choir Hamburg under Hansjörg Albrecht and the LʼOrfeo Baroque Orchestra under Michi Gaigg enriches her activities.
In opera productions, she has appeared as Roselane (»Zanaida«), Clare (»4.48 Psychose«), Juditha (»Juditha Triumphans«), Prince Orlofsky (»Die Fledermaus«), Sesto (»Giulio Cesare in Egitto«) and Ottavia (»L’incoronazione di Poppea«). Furthermore, as part of the Young Singers Project at the 2024 Salzburg Festival, she was the first female cast member to play the »Frau mit dem Esel« in Carl Orff's »Die Kluge«. Since the beginning of her singing career, she has been accompanied by a love of early music and a great enthusiasm for lieder. She has been working with her lieder duo partner Hugo Peres since 2022.
Tamara Obermayr has been a member of the Gärtnerplatztheater’s Opera Studio since the 2025/2026 season. Her roles there to date include a Polovtsian Maiden (»Prince Igor«), the Sandman (»Hänsel und Gretel«), Mercédès (»Carmen«) and Maddalena (»Il viaggio a Reims«).