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Noa Frenkel

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Called ‘phenomenal’ (nmz) and acknowledged for her ‘imposing stage presence’ (Olyrix), extensive vocal range and ‘spectacular virtuosity’ (The Guardian), contralto Noa Frenkel is a sought-after interpreter of repertoire that spans from Renaissance music to the most cutting-edge contemporary works. She has premiered numerous works and regularly collaborates with leading composers and ensembles, including Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, L’Ensemble Intercontemporain, MusikFabrik and the SWR Experimentalstudio.

Highlights of the season 2026/27 include her return to Deutsche Oper Berlin for the world premieres of Sofia Jernberg’s Sunville and Bara Gisladottir’s Good Vibes Only. On the concert podium she will perform Nono’s Prometeo at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the SWR Sinfonieorchester and François-Xavier Roth, the UK premiere of Rebecca Saunders Lash with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Barbican Hall, as well as Saunders’ Us Dead Talk Love with Ensemble Nikel at Wigmore Hall. She concludes the season at Tiroler Festspiele Erl, reprising the title role in of Francesco Filidei’s Accabadora, which will receive its Austrian premiere.

Most recent opera appearances include the world premieres of Francesco Filidei’s Accabadora at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Lash by Rebecca Saunders at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Ein Ermordeter aus Warschau with Novoflot at Kunstfest Weimar, Musikfestival Bern, Cologne and Berlin, Shall I build a dam? by Kai Kobayashi at the Münchener Biennale and at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chaya Czernowin’s Pnima at Staatstheater Darmstadt, Welcome To Paradise Lost by Jörn Arnecke and Falk Richter at Theater Weimar, Thierry Pécou’s Until the Lions at Opéra national du Rhin and Johannes Kalitzke’s Kapitän Nemos Bibliothek at the Schwetzinger and Bregenzer Festspiele.

Noa Frenkel has performed Luigi Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore at Theater Basel, the role of Her Inner Voice in the world premiere of Heart Chamber by Chaya Czernowin at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Subnormal Europe by Óscar Escudero at the Munich Biennale,in Paris and Luxembourg, Gubaidulina’s Stunde der Seele at Konzerthaus Wien, the world premiere of Pécou’s Nahasdzáán with Ensemble Variences at the Opéra de Rouen, Czernowin’s Infinite Now at Vlaamse Opera and Nationaltheater Mannheim and Hans Zender’s Don Quijote de la Mancha with Klangforum Heidelberg at the Frankfurt LAB.

Other opera engagements include Woman in Zaide/Adama by Mozart/Czernowin at the Salzburger Festspiele, Frau Ocholowska in the world premiere of Kalitzke’s Die Besessenen at Theater an der Wien, La révérende Mère in François Parls’ Maria Republica and Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, both at Angers Nantes Opera, Madame Flora in Menotti’s The Medium and Philip Glass’Akhnaten in Rotterdam and Stockhausen’s Sonntag aus Licht at Oper Köln, conducted by Peter Rundel.

In concert, Noa Frenkel has performed with orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, MDR Sinfonieorchester, SWR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Basel Sinfonietta and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, in works ranging from Handel’s Dixit Dominus to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Verdi’s Requiem.

In 2017, Noa Frenkel was appointed Professor of Voice at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.
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