The Portuguese-born mezzo-soprano Cláudia Ribas completed her Master's degree at the Danish Royal Academy of Music in the summer of 2023. Previously, she studied singing at the Amsterdam Conservatory in her Bachelor's degree and received private singing lessons in her home country.
She has been a member of the Frankfurt Opera Studio since the 2022/23 season where she made her debut as the Third Lady in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and as the Mother of Iseut the Blonde in Le vin herbé Frank Martin.
Among her future engagements are the roles of Pipa/Marquise in J. Offenbach's Die Banditen and the Third Maid R. Strauss’ Elektra at Frankfurt Opera.
She has taken masterclasses with artists such as Pierre Mak, José de Oliveira Lopes, João Mario Alves, Susanna Rigacci, Cristiano Manzoni, Margreet Honig, Angela Brower, Alexander Oliver, Bejun Mehta, Lenneke Ruiten, Neville Dove, Nicky Spence, Eytan Pessen, Hedwig Fassbender, and Neil Shicoff.
She has collaborated with conductors such as João Paulo Santos, Virgilio Caseiro, Bruno Martins, Artur Pinho Maria, Rodrigo Carvalho, Marco Crispo, Steven Sloane, Daniela Musca, Takeshi Moriuchi, Thomas Guggeis and Michael Millard.
Her repertoire includes roles such as Mère Jeanne (Dialogues des Carmélites) and Marzelline (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Amsterdam Conservatory, and Fé-ni-han (Ba-ta-clan) and Polinesso (Ariodante) at the Royal Danish Opera.
