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The Opera Singer

Contralto / Mezzo Soprano

Anna Larsson has, with her rich, melliflous, ”dark velvet” voice, among other roles, achieved international recognition and status as the world's foremost exponent of Erda in Wagner's ”Der Ring des Nibelungen”, with performances at opera houses in Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence, and Stockholm.

A hugely versatile singer, her current opera roles include Waltraute, Erda, and Klytämnestra at the Vienna State Opera, Gaea in ”Daphne” in Toulouse, Kundry in Bologna, Herodias in Stockholm and Waldtaube in Gurre-Lieder at the Netherlands Opera, Amsterdam.

She has successfully created the roles of Kundry, Waltraute, Orphée, Zia Principessa, Fricka, and Dalilah at theaters including La Monnaie in Brussels, Bayerisches Staatsoper München, Festspiele Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence, Royal Opera London, Teatro Maggio Musicale Firenze, Palao des Arts Valencia, Royal Opera Copenhagen, Finnish National Opera and Royal Opera Stockholm, with distinguished conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Harding, Gustavo Dudamel, Vladimir Jurowski, Antonio Pappano, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lorin Maazel, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kent Nagano.

Repertoire

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Alfred Schnittke
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Ottone
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Kärlekskriget
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Hon
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Daniel Börtz
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Kassandra
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Orlando
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Pelléas et Mélisande
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Genevié
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Giacomo Puccini
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