Plans of young German soprano Julia Kleiter include ‘Zdenka’ (Arabella) at Deutsche Oper Berlin as well as Mozart’s c minor Mass conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Graz, Mendelssohn’s “Elias” with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Daniel Harding in Lucerne, Bremen and Stockholm, Pergolesi concerts conducted by Claudio Abbado in Bolgona and Bach-concerts with Freiburger Barockorchester on tour in Germany and Switzerland.

2011 she will sing ‘Susanna’ (“Le Nozze di Figaro”) in Paris, ‘Pamina’ (“Die Zauberflöte”) in Munich, “Acis und Galathea” conducted by Marc Minkowski in Salzburg, Mahler II. with Fabio Luisi in Vienna, “Die Schöpfung” conducted by Marek Janowski in Berlin and Mozart’s “Requiem” in Salzburg. 2012 she will make her debut at Chicago Lyric Opera with “Rinaldo”.

Julia Kleiter made her operatic debut at Opéra-Bastille in Paris as ‚Pamina‘ in Bob Wilson’s production “Die Zauberflöte“ conducted by Jiri Kout in 2004.

2005 she sang concert performances “Daphne“ on tour conducted by Semyon Bychkov, ‘Pamina‘ in new productions “Die Zauberflöte“ in Paris and Madrid conducted by Marc Minkowski,  ‘Papagena‘ ( “Die Zauberflöte“) conducted by Claudio Abbado in Ferrara, Baden-Baden and Modena, ‘Xenia‘ (“Boris Godunov“) in Florence conducted by Semyon Bychkov and made her debut as ‚Giunia‘ („Lucio Silla“ by Johann Christian Bach) conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer with Opernhaus Zürich in Winterthur.

Her debut 2006 in the part of ‘Serpetta’ (“La Finta Giardiniera”) conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Zurich was followed by two other debuts: 'Susanna' (“Le Nozze di Figaro”) in Verona and Reggio Emilia and ‘Celia’ (“Lucio Silla” by Mozart) conducted by Tamas Netopil at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice and at the Salzburg Festvial, where she was also heard in “Betulia liberata” in concert form conducted by Christopher Poppen. At the Edinburgh International Festival she made her debut in the part of ‘Pamina’ conducted by Claudio Abbado.

2007 she sang, among others, in Zurich ‘Pamina’ conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, her first ‘Sophie’ (“Der Rosenkavalier”) and her first ‘Zdenka’ (“Arabella”) conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and in Florence ‘Amor’ (“Orfeo ed Euridice”) in concert conducted by Riccardo Muti.

2008 were on her Program: “Orfeo ed Euridice” conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock in Paris, her debut as ‘Marzelline’ (“Fidelio”) conducted by Claudio Abbado in Reggio Emilia, Madrid and Baden-Baden as well as “Acis and Galathea” in concert at Göttingen Händel Festival (including cd recording), her debut in the part of ‘Ilia’ (“Idomeneo”) at Styriarte Graz conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and a new production “Fidelio” in Paris conducted by Sylvain Cambreling.

2009 she made her debut at Semperoper Dresden as ‘Sophie’ (“Der Roenkavalier”) conducted by Fabio Luisi and her debut as ‘Ännchen’ (“Der Freischütz”) conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock at the Baden-Baden Festival.

2010 she sang ‘Ilia’ (“Idomeneo”) in Zurich conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and made her highly acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York in the part of ‘Pamina’.

As a concert singer Julia Kleiter performed in Stockholm, Freiburg, Limburg, Köln, München, Stuttgart, Los Angeles (under Helmut Rilling), Ferrara und Berlin (under Claudio Abbado) as well as in Paris, Toulouse, at the Salzburg Festival and at the Vienna Musikverein (Riccardo Muti), at the  Styriarte in Graz (Harnoncourt). She sang  Mozart concerts in St. Pölten and Linz, Händel‘s „Messiah“ and Mozart‘s „Requiem“  on tour throguh Japan and Corea under Harnoncourt, Schumann’s „Das Paradies und die Peri“ in Naples under Jeffrey Tate, 2007 Beethoven’s mass in d major under Minkowski in Einsiedeln and Mozart’s „Requiem“ under Ivor Bolton in Salzburg, cantatas by Bach with Harnoncourt in Vienna, Paris and Budapest as well as Bach’s „Weihnachtsoratorium“ in Vienna. At the turn of 2008/9 she performed Haydn‘s „Schöpfung“ on tour with René Jacobs, and sang it in  Antwerp and Gent under Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, in Amsterdam a Mendelssohn program with Harnoncourt.

With song recitals she was heard 2006 at the prestigious Lucerne Festival, 2007 at the Vienna Musikverein and in Salzburg. Together with Christoph Prégardien she sang “Das italienische Liederbuch” in several German cities as well as in Antwerp, in 2008 she made her debut at the Schubertaide Schwarzenberg in a recital with Christoph Prégardien.

Julia Kleiter has recorded Strauss’ “Daphne” conducted by Semyon Bychkov, Mozart’s “Requiem” conducted by Ralf Otto and “Die Zauberflöte” (‘Papagena’) conducted by Claudio Abbado. On dvd are available Mozart’s “La finta giardiniera”, “Die Zauberflöte” (‘Pamina’) and “Arabella” (‘Zdenka’) from Zurich as well as “Lucio Silla” and “Betulia liberata” from the 2006 Salzburg Festival.

Born in Limburg, Germany, Julia Kleiter studied with Prof. William Workmann in Hamburg and with Prof. Klesie Kelly-Moog in Cologne.