Lydia Teuscher has established herself as one of the most insightful interpreters of Baroque repertoire on the contemporary stage: her voice is widely praised for its agility and lyricism.
In the 2025/26 season Lydia performs Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Tölzer Knabenchor at the Kölner Philharmonie, Bach’s Wienachtsoratorium with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Münchner Symphoniker, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with I Pomeriggi Musicali and Diego Fasolis in Milan.
Recent concert appearances have included Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Münchner Symphoniker, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Estrella in concert performances of Schubert's Alfonso und Estrella with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Aapo Häkkinen, Verdi's Quattro pezzi sacri with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Christian Thielemann, Haydn's Die Schöpfung with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and Kazushi Ono, and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Philharmonia Zürich and Gianandrea Noseda.
On the opera stage, Lydia has sung Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) at the Salzburg Mozartwoche, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Bolshoi, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich and Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin; Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Glyndebourne Festival, Dresdner Semperoper, Staatstheater Karlsruhe and at the Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Japan; Ännchen (Der Freischütz) for the Opernhaus Zürich; Hero (Béatrice et Bénédict) at the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan; Zerlina (Don Giovanni) for the Bolshoi; and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) for the Glyndebourne Festival, Dresdner Semperoper and Saito Kinen Festival.
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Weber's Der Freischütz | Opernhaus Zürich
Jun-Jul 2023
Lydia Teuschers Ännchen ist mit jugendlichem Klang und Leichtigkeit der ideale Kontrast und harmoniert trotzdem ideal mit Agathe.
With its youthful sound and lightness, Lydia Teuscher's Ännchen is the ideal contrast whilst still harmonising perfectly with Agathe.
Online Merker
Lydia Teuscher brillierte mit ihren beiden Arien, wobei besonders die Traumgeschichte von Nero dem Kettenhund, der ihrer Base im Traum erschienen war, zu Beginn des dritten Aktes für Freude sorgte.
Lydia Teuscher shone with her two arias, with the dream story of Nero the chain dog, who appeared to her cousin in a dream, at the beginning of the third act particularly causing joy.
Opera Gazet
Haydn's Creation | Maxim Emelyanychev | Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Oct 2022
Soloists Lydia Teuscher and Hanno Müller-Brachmann came on arm in arm for the work’s final sections, leaving no doubt as to their roles as the first humans, and were uncannily well matched in their clarity, precision and joyful freedom in tone and vocal decoration
The Scotsman
Lydia Teuscher's Concert repertoire
| Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem |
|---|---|
| Handel | Aci, Galatea e Polifemo Israel in Egypt Messiah Samson Theodora Gloria Die Jahreszeiten Paukenmesse Die Schöpfung |
| J.S. Bach | Magnificat Mass in B Minor Matthäus-Passion Johannes-Passion Weihnachts-Oratorium |
| Mahler | Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 8 |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lobgesang |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass Exsultate, Jubilate Mass in C Minor Requiem |
| Pergolesi | Stabat Mater |
| Schoenberg | Pierrot lunaire |
| Schumann | Jungfrau, Das Paradies und die Peri |
| Telemann | Brockes Passion |
| Vivaldi | Gloria Magnificat |
Lydia Teuscher's Opera repertoire
| Berlioz | Hero, Béatrice et Bénédict |
|---|---|
| Cherubini | Marcellina, Der Wasserträger |
| Gluck | Eurydice, Orfeo et Euridice |
| Handel | Aci, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo |
| Hasse | Cleopatra, Marc Antonio e Cleopatra |
| Humperdinck | Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel |
| J.C. Bach | Cecilio, Lucio Silla |
| Lehár | Valencienne, Die lustige Witwe |
| Massenet | Poussette, Manon |
| Pfitzner | Ighino, Palestrina |
| Telemann | Nisibis, Miriways Caliste, Pastorelle en Musique |
| Weber | Ännchen, Der Freischütz |
| Wolf Ferrari | Lucetta, Le Quattro Rustighi |
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