Lyric soprano Eleonore Marguerre has sung in important houses such as Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Semperoper Dresden as well as at the Festival of Bregenz. She has collaborated with conductors such as Christopher Hogwood, Adam Fischer, Jac van Steen, Alexander Joel, Julia Jones, Bruno Weil, Michael Jurowski, Giovanni Antonini and Massimo Zanetti.

In 2012-2013, Marguerre will be heard as Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea in Dortmund, Manon in Dortmund, La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro in Dortmund, and Ghita in n Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg in Nancy. In 2013 2014, she will sing Lucio Cinna in Lucio Silla in Bordeaux,  Die Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte in Paris (cond. Ph. Jordan), and Arminda in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera in Glyndebourne.

In 2011-2012 was heard as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutteand in Schweiter’s Rosamunde in Schwetzingen. In December 2010, she sang Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe in Nancy followed by Armida in Rinaldo in Antwerpen, and Flavia  in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo in Dortmund. In January 2009, she debuted at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in Die Tote Stadt, after which she sang Konstanze at the Staatstheater Braunschweig in September 2009.

In December 2008, she sang Konstanze in a new production of Mozart’s Entführung at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, following which she was heard as Donna Anna in Oldenburg. Other engagements included Lucio Cinna in Lucio Silla in Nice and Cleofide in Alessandroin Mannheim. After a successful debut as Venus at La Scala in Mozart’s Ascanio in Alba in 2006, Marguerre went on to debut Gilda at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, where she also sang in a staged production of Carmina Buranaduring the 2008-2009 season.

A native of in Heidelberg, Germany, Marguerre completed her academic studies with Margarita Lilova at the University of Vienna in 2001. She also studied voice at the Lichtenberger Institute of Functional Singing, where she worked with her first (and present) teacher, Gisela Rohmert. Marguerre has been awarded several prizes in international competitions, such as the Marcello Viotti Competition in 2008, the "Leyla Gencer Voice Competition” (2006) and the "Competizione dell’ Opera" at the Semperoper Dresden (2004). In April 2009, she won the First Prize at the "Boris Christoff International Singing Competition” in Sofia, and sang Gilda at the Sofia National Theater.

Having been heard as Königin der Nacht at the Grand Theatre de Genève and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marguerre has now shifted her focus to lyric roles, such as Fiordiligi, which she has sung at Nationaltheater Weimar, and Melissa in Händel’s Amadigi di Gaula, which she sang on tour in Switzerland with the Lauttencompagney.

No stranger to the recital and concert stages, Marguerre has sung Britten’s War Requiem in Aachen, as well as Brahms’ Requiem in Switzerland in 2008. Recitals with conductor Cornelius Meister at the piano have led her to Japan, France, Norway, Austria and Switzerland.

Her recordings include Mozart’s Fragment Demofoonte as Timante (available on arts music, 2008), Suppe’s Schoene Galathée with Marguerre singing the title role with the WDR orchestra and Bruno Weil conducting (available on Capriccio, 2007). She also has recorded Erwin and Elmire from Countess Anna-Amalia of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (available on DS, 2007) as well as Max Bruch’s Lay of the Bell (available on CPO, 2005).