Lixenberg is an opera maker and mezzo soprano. Having studied composition with Woolrich, Vores and Saxton, masterclasses with Peter Maxwell Davies, and having gone on to study singing with Powell, Mason, Isepp and Vishnevskaya she went on to apply bel canto singing physical theatre, comedy and free improv with Simon Munnery, Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee, Complicite & Simon McBurney. She has performed internationally on concert platforms and galleries, opera houses and companies (Danish Royal opera, ROH, Bayreuth, Narional Theatre etc..) developed and performed in 'Jerry Springer the Opera' on London’s West End, and has collaborated on experimental installations and vocal performances with visual and sound artists Stelarc, Bruce Mclean, ORLAN, Gette, Georgina Starr, Imogen Sidworthy and David Toop. Collaborations also with institutions such as The Wellcome Foundation, The Natural History Museum London, (performances of Bird) Science Museum London. Also Performed the works of composers such as Aperghis, Burrell, Beat, Howard, Baukholt, Oehring, Osborn, Turnage, Power, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Furrer, Birtwistle, Earle Brown, Ferrari, Barry, Oliveros, Acquaviva, Niblock, Dufour, Fujikura, Hind, Rønshold, among others, performing with many ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Rechereche, SWDR, BCMG, BBCSO, LSO, London Philharmonic, Swedish+Danish+Japan Radio Orchestras..etc etc.. in contemporary music festivals worldwide. She has made numerous experimental comedy opera series for BBC2 and Channel 4 such as 'FTRTV' ‘The Kombat Operas’ and ‘Attention Scum’, also Strings Bows and Bellows with Joanna Macgregor.
