Gabriele Maria Ronge is securely established as "one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of our time" (New Straits Times, 2000). Recently she sang at the Vienna State Opera (“Fidelio“ and “Walküre“-Sieglinde with Plácido Domingo) and the Berlin State Opera (“Fidelio“ and Brünnhilde). In 2002 she made her debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève singing Brünnhilde in a new production of “Götterdämmerung“ conducted by Armin Jordan, she did “Fidelio” in Tokyo and Senta in a Werner Herzog production of “Flying Dutchman”.

In 2002/03 she made her debuts in Bilbao and Montpellier, sang her first Chrysothemis in “Elektra” at the Opéra de Marseille and made her debut in Catania with “Götterdämmerung”. During the 2003/04 season she sang her first “Wozzeck” with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome conducted by Daniele Gatti, her first Turandot in Lucca, Pisa, Ravenna and later in Catania,, “Fidelio” in Genoa (conducted by Lorin Maazel) as well as concerts in Germany and Singapore. The season 2004/05 took her to the Liège for "Götterdämmerung", to the New Israeli Opera for "Fidelio" and to Toulon for "Ariadne auf Naxos". She opened the season 2005/06 with the complete "Ring" at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Contracts for 2006 and 2007 include: "Fidelio" in Vienna, "Turandot" in the Caracalla Therms with the Rome Opera, "Fliegender Holländer" in Trieste and the Isolde debut at the Teatro Regio di Torino.

She was born in Hannover, Germany; the child of a French father and a German mother. She finished her studies in Romance and Anglistic languages before studying voice with Nurit Gorén and Friedel Becker-Brill. After her first engagements in Osnabrück and Gelsenkirchen she was offered a contract by Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich where she sang many roles including Agathe, Eva and Jaroslawna. At this time she began a freelance career with engagements at the Berlin State Opera (Rosenkavalier, Freischütz), Berlin Deutsche Oper, Hamburg State Opera, in Cologne, Bonn, Frankfurt, Essen, Hannover, Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe.

Her international career started at the Grand Opéra de Paris singing Eva in „Meistersinger“. She made her Italy-debut as Isabella in „Liebesverbot“ at Teatro Massimo di Palermo and sang Gutrune in Bologna under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. In 1994, she made her debuts at Teatro alla Scala Milano under Riccardo Muti and at the Vienna State Opera and sang Sieglinde for a CD-production for Karlsruhe State Opera. The following year she sang for the first time at Zürich Opera (Senta under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos) and recorded the immolation scene from „Götterdämmerung“ for the new BMG-label Arte Nova. At the Bregenz Festival and in Athens Concerthall she sang Leonore in "Fidelio“.

In 1996 she sang Senta and Gutrune at Vienna State Opera (Donald C. Runnicles, Peter Schneider, Leopold Hager), Strauss´“4 last songs“ with the SWF Symphony Orchestra and with the Orquesta Nacionales de Espana, conducted by Christian Badea, „Merry Widow“ in Frankfurt under Sylvain Cambreling, Wagner-Concerts with Paul Frey, "Les nuits d´été“ with the Orchestra of the Rome Opera.
In 1997 she started with "Flying Dutchman“ in Taipeh, followed by Mahler´s 2nd symphony and "Götterdämmerung“ at Hamburg State Opera. She made her debut as "Salome“ at Opéra Royal de Wallonie, together with Paata Burchuladze she sang excerpts from "Tosca“ and "Forza del Destino“. In Berlin she sang the immolation scene from "Götterdämmerung“ conducted by Michael Gielen and with the SWF Symphony Orchestra she made a recording of Beethoven´s "Ah, perfido!“. She had successful performances of "Fidelio“ at the Staatsoper Berlin.

In 1998 she returned to Berlin Staatsoper in the title role of "Salome“ conducted by Horst Stein and Peter Schneider, then to Liège for "Tannhäuser“ and to Essen for "Fidelio“. In gala-performances of "Salome“ she made her debut at the Budapest Spring Festival. She returned to Karlsruhe for "Flying Dutchman“ and "Walküre“, with Eliahu Inbal she sang Gutrune in Torino, together with the RSO Berlin she sang the demanding role of Chawa in the world premiere recording of Rudi Stephan´s opera "Die ersten Menschen“ and with Marek Janowski she recorded Krenek´s "Der Diktator". She returned to the Vienna State Opera as Senta.

In 1999: "Fidelio" in Munich conducted by Zubin Mehta, Mahler´s "Das Klagende Lied“ with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos in Berlin, "Vier letzte Lieder“ and final scene from "Salome“ with Michel Plasson in Dresden, Mahler´s Symphony #8 with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Bernard Haitink, debut as Aida, "Flying Dutchman" at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the Frankfurt Opera.

In 2000/2001 Gabriele Maria Ronge made her debuts as Brünnhilde in a new “Ring“-production of the Graz Opera, Wagner-concerts got her to Kuala Lumpur (with Kazushi Ono conducting) and Spain. With Leopold Hager she sang her first “Wesendonk-Lieder”. She was Senta in the opening of the 2000/2001 season at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Cond.: Daniele Gatti) as well as at the Frankfurt Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Among her CDs we find a highly acclaimed recording of Sieglinde in "Walküre", the final scene from "Götterdämmerung", "Der Diktator" by Ernst Krenek and Mahler´s Symphony no.2. Her recording of Rudi Stephan´s "Die ersten Menschen" will be released soon.