About the artist
Versatile Musical Theatre Performer
Cornelia is originally from Styria and graduated from the MUK (Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, formerly the Conservatory of the City of Vienna) in 2017. At the age of 17, she won the TV talent show Helden von morgen (Heroes of Tomorrow). Her album Star on the Horizon subsequently topped the Austrian album charts.
After finishing school, Conny began her training in musical theatre. Her stage credits include Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Liesel in The Sound of Music at the Vienna Volksoper, Hannah in Der größte Schatz at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, and the Hostess in Im weißen Rössl. She has also appeared in the German-language premiere of In the Heights, the operetta Blume von Hawaii, as Sophie in Mamma Mia! at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, and as Wendy in Peter Pan in Baden near Vienna.
She subsequently joined the ensemble of the musical I Am from Austria at Vienna’s Raimund Theater, where she also covered the leading role of Emma Carter. Other roles include Rosalinde in the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Conny in Rock My Soul (both in Vienna), and Sybil in the world premiere of I Feel Love in Bolzano, Italy.
Her further credits include Sally Smith in Me and My Girl in Passau, Germany, Anne Draper in the Austrian premiere of Strike Up the Band in Linz, and Elsa Schrader in The Sound of Music at Bühne Baden.