About

Laila Salome Fischer is a versatile mezzo-soprano whose expressive timbre and stylistic range make her equally at home in opera, concert, and crossover projects. She gained international recognition performing under Jordi Savall at the Beethovenfest Bonn and the Philharmonie de Paris, as well as through her acclaimed albums Talkin’ about Barbara and Scenes of Horror, both multiple Opus Klassik nominees. Engagements have taken her to the Bregenz Festival, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and the Staatstheater Schwerin, where she will make her role debut as Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea in the 2025/26 season. Alongside her stage career, she creates her own concert and crossover formats, reimagining early music through new sonic perspectives—often featuring her signature instrument, the ukulele.

The versatile mezzo-soprano Laila Salome Fischer made her debut in 2021 under the baton of Jordi Savall at the Beethovenfest Bonn and at the Festival Berlioz in France, performing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This was followed by invitations to perform at the Philharmonie de Paris and the Teatro del Liceu Barcelona. Guest appearances have also taken her to venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, the Bregenz Festival, the Bachfest Leipzig, and the Handel Festivals in Halle and Göttingen.

Her debut solo album Talkin’ about Barbara, featuring works by Barbara Strozzi, received multiple Opus Klassik nominations in 2022, including in the category “Young Singer of the Year.” Her second album, Scenes of Horror, released in February 2024 with the baroque ensemble Il Giratempo (directed by Max Volbers), was hailed by the BBC as one of the most exciting new releases of the year and was named “Album of the Week” by rbb Kulturradio. The magazine Das Opernglas praised Fischer as an “outstanding baroque voice.”

From 2019 to 2022, she was a member of the ensemble at the Staatsoperette Dresden, where she appeared as Hänsel, Fragoletto (in Valentin Schwarz’s acclaimed production of Les Brigands), and Josepha Vogelhuber (Im weißen Rössl). From 2022 to 2024, she was part of the Theater Lübeck ensemble, performing roles such as Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Nancy (Albert Herring), and Olga (Eugene Onegin).

In the 2025/26 season, Laila Salome Fischer will make her role debut as Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Staatstheater Schwerin. Further engagements include Aglatida in Johann Christian Bach’s Zanaida at the Winter Opera Potsdam, as well as a return as Cherubino to the Teatro di Pistoia in Italy. In concert, she continues to collaborate with renowned ensembles such as Concerto Köln, Il Giratempo, and the Ensemble Resonanz.

In addition to her vocal career, she designs and performs her own concert and crossover projects – including programs dedicated to women composers of the 17th century and to the musical world of 1920s Berlin. A distinctive feature of her work is the ukulele, which she uses to reimagine historical soundscapes and to create an inventive dialogue between voice and instrument. Since 2025, she has been an official TODO Music Artist, joining the select circle of international artists represented by the brand.

Laila Salome Fischer is also active as a jury member, project leader, and cultural manager. She gained her first stage experience in the Children’s Studio of the Komische Oper Berlin before joining the Julius Stern Institute of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) as a young student at the age of eleven. At twelve, she performed the role of Clothilde in the Echo Klassik-award-winning CD production of Hans Werner Henze’s Pollicino. After completing her secondary education, she studied voice at the UdK Berlin. She was a scholarship holder of the German Music Competition and the Cusanuswerk Foundation and, even during her studies, worked with conductors such as Jacques Lacombe, Thomas Guggeis, Sergio Azzolini, and Jordi Savall.

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