Adela Zaharia Since the 2015/16 season, Zaharia has been a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she performed as Snow Queen in "The Snow Queen", Najade in "Ariadne auf Naxos" "Lucia di Lammermoor", Konstanze (Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio"), (Mozart's "Don Giovanni") among others. In the 2017/18 season she will perform as Le Feu in "L'enfant et les sortilèges", Gilda, Lucia and Konstanze. Guest engagements include Zaharia as Pamina at the Komische Oper Berlin; Gilda in "Rigoletto" and Violetta in "La traviata" at the Los Angeles Opera. In December 2017 she gave her debut as Lucia at the Bavarian
Maria Stader "The Abduction from the Seraglio", two versions (1954 and 1960) of 'Exsultate, jubilate' and the Great Mass, as well as Verdi's Messa da Requiem. She won, the Geneva International Music Competition in 1939, but although she "seemed poised for major stardom... her career was delayed by the outbreak of World War II," according to "Opera News". Later in her career, Stader acquired a reputation as an outstanding Bach interpreter, especially with Karl Richter and Ferenc Fricsay. She recorded the "Requiem" by Antonín Dvořák with Karel Ančerl, and Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" (as Marzelline) with Hans Knappertsbusch. Stader was highly praised for