Soloist

Riccarda Schönerstedt

Born in Vienna, she completed her Bachelor of Honours in Musical Theatre at Bath Spa University in England. During her training, she gained a wide range of stage experience and appeared, amongst other things, at the world’s largest dance event, »Move It«, in London. She also performed in »The Secret Garden« at the Theatre Royal Windsor and played the Witch in »Into the Woods«. Back in 2018, she won the European CheerDance title for Austria and came fourth at the World Championships in Orlando. Engagements as a soloist took her to Mallorca and aboard the »Mein Schiff 3«. At the Landestheater Niederbayern, she played Nickie in »Sweet Charity« and took part in the world premiere of the opera »April«. She then moved on to the Gärtnerplatztheater, where she took on the role of Angelique in »La Cage aux Folles« and appeared in »My Fair Lady« and the award-nominated production »Waldmeister«. Alongside this, she toured Germany and Austria with the musical »Saturday Night Fever« as a swing and cover singer, and worked as a choreographer on »Die Csárdásfürstin« in Munich. Since September 2026, she has been appearing in Disney’s »Beauty and the Beast« at the Raimund Theatre in Vienna.