Hedwig Ritter is an Austrian soprano and ensemble member of the Vienna Volksoper since 2022/23, who recently won the First International Bogdan Paprocki Singing Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This season she is singing the roles of Ariadne in "Ariadne auf Naxos" at the Krakow Opera as well as Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", Sonja in Der Zarewitsch, Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus", Erste Dame in "Die Zauberflöte" and Giulietta in "Les contes d’Hoffmann" at the Volksoper. Highlights of the previous seasons include Jolanthe in "Jolanthe und der Nussknacker", Frau Fluth in "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor", Gretel in "Hänsel und Gretel" and Eurydike in "Orpheus in der Unterwelt". In spring 2025, she rejoined the Toyota Master Players—an orchestra comprising members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony—as a soloist on their Japan tours, following a highly successful debut in 2023. In 2025, she also made her debut at the Konzerthaus Wien at a gala concert featuring arias from operettas. Before coming to the Volksoper she was a member of the opera studio in Linz, Austria. Past engagements include Queen of the Night in Mainfrankentheater Würzburg and the world premiere of Der Besucher in the Theater Bielefeld, Germany. As a child she studied trumpet at the Kunstuni Graz. After high school she studied voice at the MUK Wien and at the HfMT Köln. Currently she is coached by Lucja Zarzycka.