Renate Behle (née Summer; born 3 April 1945)[1] is an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano and soprano who made an international career, based in Germany.

[2] In 1971, she married an oboist of the NDR and only performed in guest roles, such as Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, as Cherubino in his Le nozze di Figaro at the Theater Hagen, and as the Gymnasiast (schoolboy) in Berg's Lulu in Lisbon and Graz.

[2] From 1979, she was again a lyric mezzo-soprano, now at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, where she performed roles such as Penelope in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, the title role of Bizet's Carmen, Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, Olga in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, and Rosina in Rossini's Der Barbier von Sevilla[2] which she also sang at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, stepping in for Agnes Baltsa.

[3] In 2017, she appeared as Sara in the premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's opera Lot at the Staatsoper Hannover, alongside Franz Mazura as Abraham.

[2] Recordings by Behle are held by the German National Library, including several CDs:[5] She appears on two DVDs of Stuttgart opera productions: