Manuela Kraller
| Manuela Kraller | |
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Manuela Kraller with Xandria at a live performance in 2012.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
August 1, 1981 Ainring, Germany |
| Origin | Bayerisch Gmain, Germany |
| Genres | Classical, Medieval music, symphonic metal, gothic metal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2005–Present |
| Labels | Napalm Records |
| Associated acts | Nagor Mar, Haggard, Xandria, Heidi Parviainen, Dark Sarah, Voices Of Destiny |
| Website | Manuela Kraller's Official Page |
Manuela Kraller (born 1 August 1981) is a German soprano singer from Ainring. She is best known as the former lead singer of German symphonic metal band Xandria from late 2010, until late 2013. Manuela was formerly one of the soprano vocalists in German symphonic metal band Haggard.
Manuela began her musical life in 2005 at the age of 23 while singing in a Finnish choir group, and discovered her new passion was singing. She began to take classical singing lessons and sang in more church and gospel choirs, and was soon asked to become a solo singer. She grew up with rock and metal music, and wanted to combine it with her classical background, and so began singing rock and metal music songs.
While writing her own songs, she joined the Swiss band Nagor Mar, but shortly, she left and became a vocalist for German musical group Haggard. She only performed with Haggard live with no studio albums. On December 19, 2010, she became the new singer of Xandria after Lisa Middelhauve finished performing the rest of the live tour dates after Kerstin's departure. On January 7, 2011, she debuted live with Xandria at the "Classic Meets Pop" event at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld, and performed their 2004 hit song, "Ravenheart", with the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra. She then toured with Xandria on the Out of The Dark tour. On November 28, 2011, Xandria announced they would release their first album with Kraller titled Neverworld's End and released the album's first and only single "Valentine" on February 14, 2012, followed by their music video with Manuela. She then went on tour with Epica, Stream of Passion and Kamelot on their Neverworld's End tour.
On August 2013, Manuela has collaborated with ex-Amberian Dawn singer Heidi Parviainen a duet on her new project Dark Sarah for her future upcoming album.
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