Friederike Harmsen studied singing at the UdK Berlin. In addition to appearances as a soloist at the Berlin State Opera (including César Cuis‘ Puss in Boots, Moscow Cheryomushki by Shostakovich, directed by Neco Çelik), in concerts, performances and in dance theater, she is interested in contemporary music theater and baroque opera. She has worked with Christoph Schlingensief (Mea Culpa, Via Intolleranza II, among others), René Pollesch & Carl Hegemann (Der Mensch ist nur da ganz Mensch, wo er singt) and Nicolas Steman (Faust 1&2) and has performed at the Ruhrtriennale, the Berliner Theatertreffen, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the Schillertage Mannheim, the Nederlandse Oper Amsterdam and the Salzburg Festival, among others. At Ballhaus Naunynstraße she appeared in Liga der Verdammten.