Carmen Anhorn

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Carmen Anhorn (born August 5, 1956 in Lucerne , Switzerland ) is a Swiss singer with a soprano and mezzo- soprano voice .

Live and act

Carmen Anhorn studied at the Zurich University of Music from 1975 to 1980 with Sylvia Gähwiller and Carol Smith. From 1980 to 1982 she received lessons from Brigitte Fassbaender in the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich . From 1982 to 1988 she was a soloist at the Bavarian State Opera, initially as a coloratura soprano , especially as a soubrette . From 1985 she received extensive lessons from Leonore Kirschstein in Augsburg and from 1987 appeared mainly as a mezzo-soprano.

Carmen Anhorn has made guest appearances at the Hamburg State Opera , the Deutsche Oper am Rhein , the Frankfurt Opera House , the Scala in Milan , the Teatro Comunale di Firenze , the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, ​​the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Gent, at the Opera Nice , at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux , at the Volksoper Vienna , at the Teatro Massimo Palermo, at the Salzburg Easter Festival and at the Bayreuth Festival . As a concert singer she appeared at the Bachwochen Ansbach and has made guest appearances in several European countries such as Austria, Hungary, Spain and Russia.

Her stage repertoire includes Barbarina and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro , Zerlina in Don Giovanni , Despina in Così fan tutte , Papagena in Die Zauberflöte , Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice , Woglinde in Das Rheingold , Musetta in La Bohème , Najade and the composer in Ariadne on Naxos and Dorella in The Ban on Love .

Carmen Anhorn can be heard on several CD recordings, including roles from Elektra , Feuersnot , Pique Dame , Tiefland , Peer Gynt , Rienzi and Iphigénie en Tauride .

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personal data
SURNAME Anhorn, Carmen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss singer (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne , Switzerland