Anna Prohaska Explained

Anna Prohaska
Birth Date:27 June 1983
Birth Place:Neu-Ulm, West Germany
Nationality:Austrian/British
Organisation:Berlin State Opera
Occupation:Soprano singer
Years Active:2002–present

Anna Prohaska (born June 27, 1983) is an Austrian-British lyric soprano. She lives in Berlin.

Career

Anna Prohaska studied in Berlin at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music.[1] [2] Prohaska made her debut in 2002 at the Komische Oper in Harry Kupfer’s production of Britten’s Turn of the Screw.[3] [4] In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence, and in 2006 for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe. In 2006 she was engaged as a member of the permanent ensemble at the Berlin State Opera under Daniel Barenboim.[5] Since 2007, she has worked closely with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Beside her wide standard repertoire, she is a modern and early music specialist.[6] Prohaska performed the world premiere of Rihm's Mnemosyne in 2009 with the Scharoun Ensemble,[7] and Requiem-Strophen in 2017 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.[8] She appeared as Inanna in the world premiere of Jörg Widmann's Babylon in October 2012, with the Bavarian State Opera conducted by Kent Nagano.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kuhn . Annette . 22 December 2014 . Sängerin Anna Prohaska - Singen, bis die Nachbarn klingeln . . Berlin . de . 26 August 2017.
  2. News: Blech . Volker . 27 October 2013 . Mit Sopranistin Anna Prohaska im goldenen Käfig . Berliner Morgenpost . Berlin . de . 26 August 2017.
  3. News: Hamdorf . Laura . 16 July 2011 . Oper frei Schnauze . . Hamburg . de . 26 August 2017.
  4. News: 12 March 2002 . Harry Kupfer inszenierte Brittens "The Turn of the Screw" . . de . 25 August 2017.
  5. News: Brug . Manuel . 22 May 2011 . Die zwei Seiten der Anna Prohaska . . Hamburg . de . 27 August 2017.
  6. News: Mahlke . Sybill . 14 February 2016 . Die Nahrung der Liebe . Der Tagesspiegel . Berlin . de . 27 August 2017.
  7. News: Wilkening . Martin . 25 May 2009 . Claudio Abbado dirigierte wieder in Berlin und wurde zuvor durch ein Konzert geehrt: Eine Feier des Augenblicks . . Berlin . de . 27 August 2017.
  8. News: Braunmüller . Robert . 28 March 2017 . Anna Prohaska über die "Requiem-Strophen" von Wolfgang Rihm . . Munich . de . 27 August 2017.
  9. News: Loomis . George . 6 November 2012 . Carnal Knowledge in a Modern Metropolis: Babylon . . New York . 26 August 2017.
  10. News: Primus . Juliane . 9 September 2009 . Lacht schmutzig, spielt intensiv . . Berlin . de . 26 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Anna Prohaska erhält den Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis Mainz 2010 . 30 March 2010 . nmz online . neue musikzeitung . de . 25 August 2017.
  12. Web site: ECHO Klassik Prizewinners 2012 . ECHO Klassik . 27 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804052945/http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2012_Preistraeger_FINAL_120711.pdf . 4 August 2017 . dead .
  13. News: Pirich . Carolin . 11 September 2014 . Zwischen den Fronten . . Hamburg . de . 27 August 2017.