Jasmin Jorias
Mezzo-Soprano
The German mezzo-soprano Jasmin Jorias has been a member of the Theater
Basel ensemble since the 2019/20 season. Her roles this season include Waltraute in the Ring of the Nibelungs and the 2nd Norn in Götterdämmerung, as well as in Die Walküren, where she covers Fricka, and also in Rheingold. She sings Carmen in Carmen by Bizet and the role of Bobin in the world premiere of “Pferd frisst Hut” by Herbert Grönemeyer, directed by Herbert Fritsch. In September 2024, she will make a guest appearance as Bobin at the Ruhrtriennale.
Last season, she sang Herodias in Salome, followed by La Donna in Intolleranza. In 2025 she will make a guest appearance as la Donna in Antwerp/Ghent. In November 2022, Theater Basel staged a children’s play written by her, which she directed and performed herself, accompanied by a trio; this play is already in its third season and there will be a second part.
Jasmin Jorias sang the role of the mother in Dallapicola’s “Il Prigioniero” with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest under the direction of Frank Ollu in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. In previous seasons at Theater Basel, she also sang Podtochina, Pretzel Seller and Osipovna in Shostakovich’s opera The Nose and the solo alto in Johann Sebastian Bach’s staged St. Matthew Passion, as well as Andersen’s Tales, The Magic Flute and she rehearsed Auntie in Peter Grimes, which was not performed due to the pandemic. She made guest appearances at the Cologne Opera as the Witch in “Hansel
and Gretel” and at the Komische Oper as Czipra in “Der Zigeunerbaron” under the direction of Tobias Kratzer and the musical direction of Stefan Soltesz. Leokadja Begbick, Old Lady, Kabanicha, Donna Elvira, Brigitta and Miss Quickly are roles she has enjoyed performing in recent years.
Engagements have taken her to the Komische Oper Berlin, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Bühnen Wuppertal, the Volkstheater Rostock, the state theaters in Schwerin, Oldenburg and Mainz, the Theater Bremen, the Bühnen Halle, the Theater Magdeburg, the Opéra de Reims and the Kurt Weill Fest in Dessau.
After training as an actress, she completed her vocal studies in 2009 with an opera diploma. During this time, she was a student in the Young Ensemble of the Mainz State Theater for six years and sang in several productions for children at the Frankfurt Opera. One of her most important world premieres in the field of new music was the opera “22,13” by Marc André. This took her to the Munich Biennale and the Festival d ́Automne Paris at the Opéra National.
Jasmin Etezadzadeh has been using the stage name Jasmin Jorias since March 2025.
Vita
Engagements have taken her to the Komische Oper Berlin, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Bühnen Wuppertal, the Volkstheater Rostock, the Staatstheaters in Schwerin, Oldenburg and Mainz, the Theater Bremen, the Bühnen Halle, the Theater Magdeburg, the Opéra de Reims and the Kurt Weill Fest in Dessau.
After training as an actor, she completed her vocal studies in 2009 with a diploma in opera. During this time she was a student in the Young Ensemble of the Staatstheater Mainz for six years and sang in several productions for children at the Frankfurt Opera.
One of her most important premieres in the field of new music was the opera “22,13” by Marc André. This took her to the Munich Biennale as well as to the Festival d ́Automne Paris at the Opéra National.
Jasmin Jorias extensive opera and concert activities are complemented by collaborations with renowned conductors and directors such as Frank Ollu, David Parry, Ari Rasileinen, Felice Venanzoni, Constantinos Carydis as well as Phillipp Stölzl, Tobias Kratzer, Herbert Fritsch, Lydia Steier, Peer Boysen, George Delnon, Gottfried Pilz, Anouk Nicklisch and Katharina Thoma.
Repertoire
Repertoire Partien Oper:
Strauss
- Herodias Salome
Wagner
- Waltraute Walküren
- Waltraute Götterdämmerung
- Fricka Rheingold
- Fricka Walküren
- Norn 2 Götterdämmerung
Nono
- la donna Intolleranza
Dallapiccola
- la madre Il prigioniero
Korngold
- Brigitta Tote Stadt
Bizet
- Carmen Carmen
Humperdinck
- Hexe Hänsel und Gretel
Bernstein
- Old Lady Candide
Weill
- Leokadja Begbick Aufstieg und Fall…Mahagonny
Britten
- Auntie Peter Grimes
- Florence Pike Albert Herring
- Lucretia Lucretia
Janacek
- Kabanicha (d) Katja Kabanova
Puccini
- Zita Gianni Schicchi
Verdi
- Miss Quickly Falstaff
Schostakowitsch
- Podtoschina Nase
- Ossipowna
- Brezelverkäuferin
Detaillierter Überblick des Repertoires
André:
- 22,13 / Stimme 1
Beethoven:
- Sinfonie/ Mezzosopran
Bernstein:
- Candide / Old Lady, Baronin
Britten:
- Albert Herring / Florence Pike
- The Rape of Lucretia / Lucretia (deutsch)
- Peter Grimes / 2. Niece
Cilea
- L’arlesiana /L’Innocente
Dinescu
- Mai / Konrad
Gluck
- La Semiramide riconosciuta / Ircano
Handel
- The Messiah / Alt
Hummel,F
- Zarathustra / Friedrich, Seiltänzer
Humperdinck
- Hänsel und Gretel / Hänsel, Die Knusperhexe
Korngold
- Die tote Stadt / Brigitta
Lortzing
- Zar und Zimmermann / Witwe Browe
Mozart
- Don Giovanni / Donna Elvira
- Le nozze di Figaro / Cherubino
- Zauberflöte / Dame 2+3
Puccini
- Gianni Schicchi / Zita
- Suor Angelica / 1. cercatrice
Rezniček
- Benzin / Nell
Rossini
- Maometto II/ Calbo
- Ermione/ Andromaca
- Il barbiere di Siviglia / Rosina
Russman
- Happy Birthday, Mr. President / Jackie Kennedy
Scarlatti,A
- La Giuditta/ Ozia
Siebert
- Untergang der Titanic/ Mrs Molly
Strauss,J
- Die Fledermaus / Prinz Orlofsky
Strauss,R
- Elektra / 1+3. Magd
Stubbner
- Variete Liberty / Spanierin
Tchaikovsky,P
- Yevgeny Onegin / Olga deutsch (russisch nur konzertant)
Verdi
- Falstaff / Mrs Quickly
- La traviata / Annina
- Viardot
- Cendrillon / Maguelon
Wagner,Richard
- Lohengrin / Edelknaben
Weill
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny / Leokadja Begbick
Dates
2024 /25
MAI
06.05.2025 PREMIERE
INTOLLERRANZA
LA DONNA
OPERA VLAANDEREN
Musikalische Leitung – Stefan Klingele
Inszenierung – Benedikt von Peter
8./ 10./ 13./ 15./ 16./ 18. 05.2025
INTOLLERRANZA
LA DONNA
OPERA VLAANDEREN
Musikalische Leitung – Stefan Klingele
Inszenierung – Benedikt von Peter
20.05.2025 / 4.06.2025
RHEINGOLD
NORN 2 / COVER FRICKA
THEATER BASEL
Musikalische Leitung – Jonathan Nott
Inszenierung – Benedikt von Peter
21.05.2025/ 05.06.2025
WALKÜREN
WALTRAUTE / COVER FRICKA
THEATER BASEL
Musikalische Leitung – Jonathan Nott
Inszenierung – Benedikt von Peter
25.05.2025 / 09.06.2025
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
WALTRAUTE / NORN 2
THEATER BASEL
Musikalische Leitung – Jonathan Nott
Inszenierung – Benedikt von Peter
IN DIESER SPIELZEIT SCHON ABGESPIELT:
WAS IST DAS KIND SO SCHÖN
Inszenierung – Teresa Couthino
Text -Teresa Couthino und Team
Musik – SURMA
ABGESPIELT 2024/25
PFERD FRISST HUT
BOBIN
Inszenierung – Herbert Fritsch
(UA Herbert Grönemeyer)
ABGESPIELT 2024/25
TRUDI DIE GEISS, REISST AUS!
THEATER BASEL
Regie / Autorin/ Sängerin: Jasmin Etezadzadeh
ABGESPIELT 2024/25
CARMEN
CARMEN
THEATER BASEL
Musikalische Leitung – Maxime Pascal
Inszenierung – Constanza Macras
ABGESPIELT 2024/25
BEETHOVENS 9
Silvesterkonzert
Casino Basel Sinfonieorchester Basel
ABGESPIELT 2024/25
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