Born in Vienna, Steinsky completed her vocal studies with the Kammersängerin
Hilde Zadek and
Waldemar Kmentt. She followed this with training at the opera school of the
Conservatory of the City of Vienna. Since 1982, Steinsky has been an ensemble member of the
Vienna State Opera and has also been engaged by the
Vienna Volksoper since 1987. In 1995 she was appointed
Kammersängerin. Since 1992, she has also given concerts of classical Viennese music in Germany. Since 2011, she has been working as a
singing teacher in Vienna. On 3 December 2012, she was awarded the professional title of "Professor" by Federal President
Heinz Fischer. She is married to the tenor Alois Haselbacher. Her sister Eva, born in 1956, is also an opera singer (soprano). Furthermore, Steinsky is a practising
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