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Nicholas Moloney

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Megan Steller

Megan Steller

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

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About Anna

Austrian-English soprano Anna Prohaska made her debut aged 18 at Berlin’s Komische Oper as Flora in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and soon after with the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, entering the ensemble at age 23. She has since gone on to have an extraordinary international career with some of the world’s greatest opera houses and orchestras, though the Staatsoper remains her artistic home.

Plans for the 23/24 season include Angelica (Orlando) conducted by Ivor Bolton for Teatro Real Madrid, Silvia (Violetter Schnee) conducted by Matthias Pintscher for the Deutsche Staatsoper, L’Ange in Messiaen’s St François d’Assise conducted by Kent Nagano for the Hamburgische Staatsoper and a return to Festival Aix-en-Provence where she appears alongside Patricia Kopatchinskaja in 'Songs and Fragments' directed by Barrie Kosky. On the concert platform, Anna performs the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Mikko Franck, Mozart arias conducted by Ivor Bolton for the Mozartwoche Salzburg, Mendelssohn’s Hör mein Bitten and Infelice with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, and her ‘Serpent and Fire’ programme with Il Giardino Armonico for the Grafenegg Festival. She also appears with the Phantasm ensemble at the Wigmore Hall, joins the London Mozart Players for their 75th anniversary concert conducted by Jonathan Bloxham and debuts her ‘Ophelia' programme in Paris at the Athénée Théâtre. Tours in the 23/24 season include a solo concert tour with Ensemble Modern conducted by Sir George Benjamin featuring the world premiere of Filidei’s Cantico delle Creature, a collaborative dance project with the Emanuel Soavi Company and Lautten Compagney, and a recital tour of her ‘Paradise Lost’ programme alongside Julius Drake.

Anna is based in Berlin

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Season Highlights

Jul 2023
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Festival d'Aix en Provence
Songs and Fragments Barrie Kosky (Director) Anna Prohaska (soprano) Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Sep 2023
Berlin Philharmonie; Philharmonie Köln; Wigmore Hall, London; Alte Oper Frankfurt
Works by Fauré, Benjamin and Filidei’s Cantico delle Creatura (World Premiere) Sir George Benjamin (conductor) Ensemble Modern
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
Teatro Real, Madrid
Handel Orlando (Angelica) Ivor Bolton (conductor) Claus Guth (director)

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Ensemble Resonanz & Anna Prohaska performing at the Elbphilharmonie

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Anna Prohaska & Ensemble Resonanz

Star soprano Anna Prohaska and conductor Nicolas Ellis combine forces with Ensemble Resonanz to present a programme of 'Love and Betrayal', with music by Berg and Mozart. Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony No. 35 serves as the backbone of the programme, and the performance intertwines encrypted love messages from Berg's 'Lyric Suite' with the dizzying emotional states expressed in many of Mozart's most famous arias, including from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte.

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  • Ensemble Resonanz & Anna Prohaska performing at the Elbphilharmonie

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    Anna Prohaska & Ensemble Resonanz

    Star soprano Anna Prohaska and conductor Nicolas Ellis combine forces with Ensemble Resonanz to present a programme of 'Love and Betrayal', with music by Berg and Mozart. Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony No. 35 serves as the backbone of the programme, and the performance intertwines encrypted love messages from Berg's 'Lyric Suite' with the dizzying emotional states expressed in many of Mozart's most famous arias, including from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte.

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Sample Programmes

  • Paradise Lost

    Performed in collaboration with Julius Drake TITLE: Morning in Paradise - Eve Awakens - Eve breathes life into God’s creation MAURICE RAVEL: Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Bonjour toi, colombe verte GABRIEL FAURÉ: La chanson d'Ève, Op. 95 CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Apparition DANIEL-LESUR: Ce qu'Adam dit à Ève TITLE: Pastoral Idyll - Playing with Fire - Eve and Evil - The Fall of Man IGOR STRAVINSKY: Pastorale HUGO WOLF: 'Die Spröde' from Goethe-Lieder, No. 26 HUGO WOLF: 'Die Bekehrte' from Goethe-Lieder, No. 27 JOHANNES BRAHMS: 'Salamander' from 5 Lieder, Op.107, No. 2 ARIBERT REIMANN: 'Gib Mir Den Apfel' from Kinderlieder, No. 6 BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Poison Tree HANS PFITZNER: Röschen biß den Apfel an, Op. 33 MAURICE RAVEL: 'Air du Feu' from L'enfant et les sortilèges Interval TITLE: Banishment - Exodus – Memories SERGEI RACHMANINOV: 'A-oo', Op.38, No. 6 CHARLES IVES: Evening HENRY PURCELL: Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest, Z195 FRANZ SCHUBERT: Auflösung, D.807 FRANZ SCHUBERT: Abendstern, D.806 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Heine): 6. Warte, warte wilder Schiffmann TITLE: Earthly Life HANS EISLER: Jeden Morgen, mein Brot zu verdienen HANS EISLER: Die Stadt hat mich belehrt GUSTAV MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, No. 5 Das irdische Leben GEORGE CRUMB: Wind Elegy LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Silhouette (Galilee)

  • Serpent & Fire

    Performed in collaboration with Il Giardino Armonico HENRY PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 'Overture' HENRY PURCELL: Ah! Belinda from Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER: "Holdestes Lispeln der spielenden Fluthen" from "Dido, Königin von Karthago" in G Major ANTONIO SARTORIO: "Non voglio amar" from Giulio Cesare in Egitto MATTHEW LOCKE: Curtain Tune (from The Tempest) DANIELE DE CASTROVILLARI: "A Dio regni, a Dio scettri" from La Cleopatra ANTONIO SARTORIO: "Quando voglio" from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HENRY PURCELL: ‘Chaconne’ from The Fairy Queen CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER: "Der Himmel ist von Donner... Infido Cupido" from Dido, Königin von Karthago CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER: "Agitato da tempeste" from Dido, Königin von Karthago Interval SAMMARTINI: Recorder concerto in F major JOHANN ADOLF HASSE: "Già si desta la tempesta" from Didone abbandonata GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: "Se pietà di me non senti" from Giulio Cesare in Egitto DARIO CASTELLO: Sonata decimaquinta a quattro (Venezia, 1629) FRANCESCO CAVALLI: "Re de' Getuli Altero...Il mio marito" from Didone JOHANN ADOLF HASSE: "Morte col fiero aspetto" from Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra LUIGI ROSSI: Passacaille del Seig. R Louigi HENRY PURCELL: "Oft She visits this lone mountain" from Dido and Aeneas HENRY PURCELL: Dido's Lament (from Dido and Aeneas)

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  • Saint François d'Assise (L'Ange)

    Staatsoper Hamubrg
    Jun 2024

    • ...in the scene with the angel making music, sung seraphically by Anna Prohaska...

    • Anna Prohaska is also outstanding as the angel, who alternates between elf and Star Wars princess in a white and silver costume with glitter on her face. And then she actually takes off: she climbs into a futuristic capsule, is pulled up into the air and floats around the auditorium singing.

    • The appearances of Anna Prohaska’s Angel injected some dramatic tension, especially sung with her characteristically edgy blend of pure tone and light vibrato.

    • One exception is the role of the Angel, sung by Anna Prohaska, whose radiant tones (...) corresponded with her glistening, dazzling costume.

    • This noblesse finds its personification in Anna Prohaska, who as an angel in pearly white robes shimmering in the colors of the rainbow knocks on the monastery gates from the tiers of the hall, first as a wanderer unrecognized with martial orchestral support, then as an angel identified almost in iridescent nihilism, preaching of heavenly bliss. Taking up the otherworldly sonority of the (...) Ondes Martenots, Prohaska with her unearthly soprano is able to reproduce sweeping tonal plunges as well as chromatic raptures without ever forfeiting dynamic quality. Prohaska thus stands in correspondence with the powerful choral ensemble...

    • Incidentally, Anna Prohaska also floated as an angel, sounding down from above with her beguiling soprano.

    • The solo parts were congenial: above all the charismatic Anna Prohaska as Angel...

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