Anja Petersen

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Anja Petersen b. Anja Metzger is a German opera singer with a soprano voice .

life and work

Anja Petersen first completed violin and school music studies in Stuttgart and then her concert exam . During her studies she was a member of the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and went on concert tours with this ensemble. In 2000 she made her debut as a soloist with the Ensemble Modern at the Klangspuren Festival in Tyrol. From 2002 to 2007 she was - under her maiden name - member of the ensemble of the Oldenburg State Theater , where she took on a number of roles in the lyrical coloratura field, including Gilda, Zerbinetta, Adina, Olympia, several Mozart roles and the title role in Violeta Dinescu's Eréndira (after one Story by Gabriel García Márquez ). In 2006, she was at the premiere of the opera Moon shadows of Younghi Pagh-Paan involved in Stuttgart. In the 2007-08 season she was engaged at the Augsburg Theater , where she sang Despina, Blonde and Oscar.

Since the birth of her daughter in 2008, the singer has been working freelance, mostly in the concert hall with a repertoire from the baroque to the modern. Work closely connects with the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne and the Chamber Symphony Bremen , but they also sang with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Lautten Compagney , the Main Baroque Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Regensburg . She is touring all over Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy. Since 2010 she has been a member of the RIAS Chamber Choir . In 2014 and 2015 she had a teaching position at the Berlin University of the Arts .

In parallel to her concert activities, she repeatedly took on opera roles, for example she sang the blonde at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden, at the Theater Bremen , and at the Semperoper in Dresden. In November 2017 she was able to achieve substantial personal success as Johanna in the world premiere of the opera Der Mieter at the Frankfurt Opera , after she had already performed the Drei Gesänge am open window by Händl Klaus (text) and Arnulf Herrmann (music ) in October 2014 in the Herkulessaal in Munich ) had premiered. The Drei Gesänge represented a pre-release of the opera.

The singer lives in Berlin.

Roles (selection)

World premieres

repertoire

Amber :

Bizet :

  • Frasquita and Micaëla in Carmen

Donizetti :

Luck :

Mozart :

 

Offenbach :

Poulenc :

Purcell :

Puccini

Richard Strauss :

Verdi :

The singer has also been heard in several operetta roles , for example as Raka in Die Blume von Hawaii by Paul Abraham , as Julia in Cousin from Dingsda by Eduard Künneke and as Laura in begging students by Carl Millöcker .

Award

  • 2005: Erna-Schlüter-Prize for exceptional singing achievements at a young age

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personal data
SURNAME Petersen, Anja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzger, Anja (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century