ERIN MARKS

Erin Marks is a young American lyric-mezzo based in Vienna, Austria, originally from the greater New York area of the U.S. She has been seen on stages around Austria, the United States and as far as China. Since joining the ensemble of Bühne Baden in October 2021, Erin has sung solos in several productions including the roles of Vera/Maude in Funny Girl, Sidonie in Graf von Luxemburg, and was featured in Sunset Boulevard, Im weißen Rössl (ORF Live Broadcast), and the Austrian debut of the musical, Nine (Neun).  Erin also had the pleasure of jumping in for colleague Verena Scheitz, and sang the role of Orlofsky this past January in Die Fledermaus

 

Prior to her engagement in Baden, Erin's soloist work  includes a liederabend of Florence Price at Burg Bernstein with soprano Stephanie DePrez, as well as making her debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro in Bruck an der Leitha. She has performed in balls in Vienna, among them the ÖWF (Austrian Space Forum) Ball at Palais Niederösterreich.

 

Several projects of Erin's ensemble work include singing with Oper Klosterneuburg and featured on ORF Austrian National Television, singing in Bachchor Salzburg under the baton of Kirill Petrenko and Markus Poschner, and recording new musicals in Vienna with the Wiener Kammerchor and Synchron Stage Vienna. 

 

She graduated with honors from the Saint Mary's College Music Program, the German Language and Literature minor studies at the University of Notre Dame, and is a grantee of the USTA Fulbright program. A cross-over performer, Erin trained in Operetta, Musical Theater and Jazz Standards. When Erin is not singing, she is half-marathon training and walking her corgi, Indiana Jones.