In summer 2009, the soprano Talia Or presented herself as Sacerdotessa in Aida under the baton of Carlo Rizzi at Bregenz Festival, followed by an immediate re-invitation for summer 2010. The present season furthermore sees her return as Adina (Elisir d’Amore) to Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich. In spring 2011, she will sing the role of Despina (Cosi fan tutte) at Hamburg State Opera.

Highlights of the season 2008/09 were her acclaimed role debut as Elizabeth Zimmer in Henze’s Elegy for young lovers Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao (Director: Pierre Luigi Pizzi), her debut as Adina at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich as well as the First Flower Maiden under the baton of Lorin Maazel in a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal the the Palau de les Arts Valencia. In June 2008, she gave her debut with Zubin Mehta, who engaged her for the opening concert of the World-Exhibition in Saragossa (Mahler’s Symphony N° 2) and for a tour through Israel with concerts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa (Bach-cantatas).

During the season 2007/08 Talia Or could regularly be heard at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich. In the revival series of Humperdinck’s Königskinder she sang the role of the Child again, for which she was celebrated as extraordinary lyrical talent after the premiere in 2005. Further more she covered the title-role in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland. Under the baton of Peter Schreier she made her debut at Teatro dell Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Bach’s Christmas–oratorio. At Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz she appeared in roles such as Valencienne (Lusitge Witwe), Rosina (Barbiere) Anna Reich (Lustige Weiber von Widsor) and Pamina (Zauberflöte).

In the 06/07 season Talia Or sang the Voce del Cielo in Don Carlo under the baton of Paolo Carignani, Armour in Orphée et Eurydice under the baton of Ivor Bolton and the Young Girl in Moses and Aaron under Lothar Zagrosek each at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich.

Born in Jerusalem, Talia Or first began studying violin in 1985 before deciding to study singing at the Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Drama in 1997. There, she won the Mozart-Competition as well as the Competition for sacred song and oratorio in 2002. In 2003 she appeared as Taumännchen in Hansel and Gretel and as Papagena in Zauberflöte at the Hamburgische Staatsoper. At La Monnaie Brussels she debuted in Nozze di Figaro in the course of the Young Artists Program. She performed Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), Despina (Cosi fan tutte) and Yniold (Pelléas et Mélisande) at the International Vocal Arts Institute Tel Aviv. In the 2003/04 season she became a member of the young ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper München and also sang at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz as a guest performer. She has been a member of this ensemble since the 2004/05 season and appears in parts like Adele (Fledermaus), Blonde (Entführung aus dem Serail), Frasquita (Carmen) or Lauretta (Gianni Schicci).