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Anna Prohaska's Biography
At the age of 20, Anna Prohaska made her debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where she remains a member of the ensemble despite her international career. Anna Prohaska stands out for her remarkably diverse repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to world premieres, and has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Philippe Jordan, and Sir Simon Rattle. Soon after, she was invited to perform on many other major stages, including La Scala in Milan, the Bolshoi Theatre, De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Paris Opera.
Anna Prohaska has been a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival since 2008. She has performed there as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così fan tutte), Deola in Luigi Nono’s Al Gran Sole, Carico d’Amore, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and in 2017 as Cordelia in Reimann’s Lear.
On the stage of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the soprano has appeared as Blonde and Adele, and in 2016 in Les Indes Galantes. In 2012, Jörg Widmann dedicated the role of Inanna in his opera Babylon to her (conducted by Kent Nagano).
She is also in high demand at leading concert halls worldwide. Concerts have taken her to the Cleveland Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has sung under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Herbert Blomstedt, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Harding, Mariss Jansons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gustavo Dudamel, and Franz Welser-Möst.
Early music holds a special place for her. She frequently performed with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus and regularly collaborates with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, and the Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
In the 2017/18 season, Anna Prohaska appeared again at the Theater an der Wien in a new production of Handel’s Saul by Claus Guth and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff. At her home theatre, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, she also appeared in the title role of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.
On the concert stage, she was an artist-in-residence at the Philharmonie Luxembourg and performed with the Staatskapelle Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim in Berlin and at the Vienna Musikverein in oratorios by Debussy, showing a completely different side of her artistry.
Having already participated in the opening concerts of the Pierre Boulez Saal, she fulfilled a long-held repertoire wish in March 2018 by performing Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire under the direction of Zubin Mehta, with Daniel Barenboim accompanying her on piano.
Anna Prohaska is also a welcomed guest with her thematic song recitals at venues such as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Wigmore Hall in London, and in Vienna and Berlin. In 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, she gave song recitals with her program Behind the Lines, which was already released as an album by Deutsche Grammophon in 2014.
She has released numerous recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, for which she has received awards such as the ECHO Klassik. Her latest album, Serpent & Fire: Arias for Dido and Cleopatra, with Il Giardino Armonico (Alpha), quickly reached the top of the classical charts.
Anna Prohaska's Biography
At the age of 20, Anna Prohaska made her debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where she remains a member of the ensemble despite her international career. Anna Prohaska stands out for her remarkably diverse repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to world premieres, and has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Philippe Jordan, and Sir Simon Rattle. Soon after, she was invited to perform on many other major stages, including La Scala in Milan, the Bolshoi Theatre, De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Paris Opera.
Anna Prohaska has been a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival since 2008. She has performed there as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così fan tutte), Deola in Luigi Nono’s Al Gran Sole, Carico d’Amore, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and in 2017 as Cordelia in Reimann’s Lear.
On the stage of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the soprano has appeared as Blonde and Adele, and in 2016 in Les Indes Galantes. In 2012, Jörg Widmann dedicated the role of Inanna in his opera Babylon to her (conducted by Kent Nagano).
She is also in high demand at leading concert halls worldwide. Concerts have taken her to the Cleveland Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has sung under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Herbert Blomstedt, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Harding, Mariss Jansons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gustavo Dudamel, and Franz Welser-Möst.
Early music holds a special place for her. She frequently performed with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus and regularly collaborates with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, and the Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
In the 2017/18 season, Anna Prohaska appeared again at the Theater an der Wien in a new production of Handel’s Saul by Claus Guth and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff. At her home theatre, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, she also appeared in the title role of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.
On the concert stage, she was an artist-in-residence at the Philharmonie Luxembourg and performed with the Staatskapelle Berlin under the direction of Daniel Barenboim in Berlin and at the Vienna Musikverein in oratorios by Debussy, showing a completely different side of her artistry.
Having already participated in the opening concerts of the Pierre Boulez Saal, she fulfilled a long-held repertoire wish in March 2018 by performing Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire under the direction of Zubin Mehta, with Daniel Barenboim accompanying her on piano.
Anna Prohaska is also a welcomed guest with her thematic song recitals at venues such as the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Wigmore Hall in London, and in Vienna and Berlin. In 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, she gave song recitals with her program Behind the Lines, which was already released as an album by Deutsche Grammophon in 2014.
She has released numerous recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, for which she has received awards such as the ECHO Klassik. Her latest album, Serpent & Fire: Arias for Dido and Cleopatra, with Il Giardino Armonico (Alpha), quickly reached the top of the classical charts.
