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Greek-Canadian soprano Andromahi Raptis has been praised as “the shining star of the evening” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). Her “radiant voice and acting abilities” were honoured with a Bavarian Arts Advancement Award in 2021.
A current ensemble member at Staatstheater Nürnberg, the 2026/2027 season will see her debuts as Aminta (Die schweigsame Frau), Gilda (Rigoletto) and Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail). In Nürnberg, her primary repertoire to date has included the title roles in La Traviata and Lucia di Lammermoor as well as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Sophie Scholl (Weiße Rose), Maria (West Side Story), Musetta (La Bohème) and Adele (Die Fledermaus). Curt Magazin distinguished her portrayal of Despina (Così fan tutte) as a highlight of the entire 2018-2019 theatre season in Nürnberg.
Andromahi has appeared on the stages of the Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Hannover, Prinzregententheater, Gärtnerplatz Theater, Oper Halle, Anhaltisches Theater Dessau and the Kurt Weill Festival. In 2016, she was a member of the studio of l’Opéra de Lyon, where she sang Bubikopf in Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Her further repertoire entails the Controller (Flight), Ilia (Idomeneo), Mable (The Pirates of Penzance) and Johanna (Sweeney Todd). She has sung under the baton of Joana Mallwitz, Ulf Schirmer, Ernst Theis, Roland Böer, Michael Brandstätter, Konstantia Gourzi, Johannes Harneit, Ivo Hentschel, Björn Huestege, Wolfgang Katschner, Gabriel Venzago and Stephan Zilias, and collaborated with directors such as Ilaria Lanzino, Richard Brunel, Clarac-Deloeuil, Rudolf Frey, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Melissa King, Balázs Kovalik, Philipp M. Krenn, Vera Nemirova, Otto Pichler, Marshall Pynkoski and Philipp Stölzl.
An avid performer of contemporary music, Andromahi has sung several world premieres. In 2017, she debuted at the Komische Oper Berlin as the Rooster in the children’s opera Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten by Attila Kadri Şendil and at the Staatsoper Hamburg as Elisabeth in Jan Dvořák’s Frankenstein, for which she was praised as “a discovery” (Das Opernmagazin). She presented Oriol Cruxient’s Manifest with the Münchner Rundfunk Orchester and Konstantia Gourzi’s Eros with the Bayerische Staatsorchester. She also created the role of Mme K.I. in Anno Schreier’s Turing at Staatstheater Nürnberg. The 2014 Münchener Biennale saw her portrayal of the soprano part in Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus. In 2019, she was awarded second prize at the 11th International Hilde Zadek Voice Competition, which emphasises 21st century opera.
In the concert realm, Andromahi has performed Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. She enriched her connection to German art song at the Franz-Schubert-Institut in 2012. The Hidalgo Festival in Munich has regularly invited her for various song performances.
After obtaining an Honours Bachelor’s in Voice from the University of Toronto, Canada, Andromahi moved to Germany in 2013 to pursue a Master’s in Voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and then a Master’s in Opera at the Theaterakademie August Everding.