Anna Caterina Antonacci

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Anna Caterina Antonacci, July 2012

Anna Caterina Antonacci (born April 5, 1961 in Ferrara ) is an Italian opera and lied singer ( mezzo-soprano and soprano ).

Life

After studying in Bologna, Anna Caterina Antonacci sang mezzo-soprano roles in Italian bel canto and, at the opening of the 1996 season at La Scala in Milan, played the title role in Gluck's Armide with great success . A few years later, she decided to expand her vocal subject in the direction of drama Soprano. In 2006 she celebrated success in Carmen at the Royal Opera House , then also in soprano roles such as B. Elettra in Mozart's Idomeneo , Rachel in Halévy's La Juive and Cassandre in Berlioz ' Les Troyens .

Overall, her repertoire covers a broad spectrum of mezzo-soprano and soprano roles from early baroque to music of the 20th century, with French operas being a special focus.

Important engagements in recent years have included a .:

  • Carmen ( Carmen ), Royal Opera House, London, December 2013; Teatro Regio di Torino, June 2016.
  • Cassandre ( Les Troyens ), Royal Opera House, London, July 2012; Teatro alla Scala, Milan, April 2014; San Francisco Opera, June 2015.
  • Charlotte ( Werther ), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, April 2015; Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, ​​January 2017; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, May 2017.
  • Iphigénie ( Iphigénie en Tauride ), Grand Théâtre de Genève, January 2015; Hamburg State Opera, October 2016.

As an interpreter of orchestral songs , Anna Caterina Antonacci performed Wagner's Wesendonck lieder at the BBC Proms 2013 and sang Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz with the Berliner Philharmoniker in November 2015 . As a lieder singer with piano and string quartet accompaniment, she performed Italian and French songs from the 19th and 20th centuries in Frankfurt in May 2017.

Discography

DVD:

  • Les Troyens , Cassandre / Clio - Châtelet, with Gardiner, Kunde, Graham - Opus Arte 2004
  • Don Giovanni , Donna Elvira - Vienna State Opera, with Muti, Pieczonka, Kirchschlager, Schade, Alvarez, d'Arcangelo - TDK 2005
  • Rodelinda , title role - Glyndebourne, with Christie, Streit, Chiummo, Winter, Scholl - Kultur 2005
  • Ermione , title role - Glyndebourne, with Montargue, Forbe, Lopez-Yanez, Kelly - Culture 2005
  • Hans Heiling , Anna - Teatro Lirici di Cagliari, with Palumbo, Fontana. Lippert, Werba, Wulkopf - Dynamic 2005
  • Carmen , title role - Royal Opera House, with Pappano, Kaufmann, Zambello - Decca 2008
  • Medea , title role - Teatro Regio Torino, with Parodi, Farto, Mingardo, Filianoti - Hardy 2009
  • Maria Stuarda , Elisabetta - La Scala, with Meli, Devia - ArtHaus 2009
  • Les Troyens, Cassandre - Royal Opera House London with Pappano, Hymel, and Westbroek - Opus Arte 2013

CD:

  • Album - Era la Notte - Music by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Giramo, Sardelli - Naïve 2006
  • Complete recording - L'incoronazione di Poppea , title role - Bavarian State Opera, with Bolton, Daniels, Moll - Farao 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zachary Woolfe: A Career That Moves in Mysterious Ways. New York Times, March 30, 2012, accessed November 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Anna Caterina Antonacci. Compilation on Youtube, accessed on November 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Have a chat with: Anna Caterina Antonacci. Hamburg State Opera, October 7, 2016, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
  4. ^ Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (Anna Caterina Antonacci, Proms 2013). Video document on Youtube, August 23, 2013, accessed on November 11, 2017 .
  5. ^ Christiane Peitz: Francois-Xaver Roth with the Berliner Philharmoniker: Self-talk in longing loops. Der Tagesspiegel, December 1, 2015, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
  6. ^ Judith von Sternburg: Anna Caterina Antonacci: Lieber once from death to life. Frankfurter Rundschau, May 11, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Antonacci, Anna Caterina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera and lieder singer (mezzo-soprano and soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara