Ann Petersen

INTRODUCTION

Ann Petersen is a well-known international soprano and is notable for her performances, especially in the German repertoire of R. Wagner and R. Strauss. She has been singing at many of the major Opera Houses such as: Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro Colôn de Buenos Aires, Opera National de Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Ann Petersen’s most recent engagements include (among others):

• Salome with Claus Gut and Sokhiev at the Bolshoi Theatre (Feb., Mar., and May 2021 and in Feb. 2022);
• Ariadne/Ariadne auf Naxos (with Katie Mitchell and Lawrence Renes in Apr. 2021) and Isolde/Tristan und Isolde (Feb. 2023) with Aix-En-Provence in Luxembourg;
• Leonore/Fidelio at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw (Oct. 2021);
• Sieglinde/Walküre (Mar. 2022), a debut as Tosca (April-May 2022), New Year’s Gala Concerts (Dec. 2023) and Ariadne/Ariadne auf Naxos (Mar. 2024) at the Royal Danish Opera;
• Judith/Bluebeard’s Castle w. Adam Fischer and Dresdner Philharmonie (role debut, Nov. 2022) and w. Aarhus Symfoniorkester (May 2023);
• Wagner’s Isoldes Liebestod (concert) at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Jan. 2023);
• a concert (Wagner/Holmès) w. Orchester National de Metz at Philharmonie de Paris (Feb. 2023)
• a soprano in Vier Letzte Lieder and Marschallin/Der Rosenkavalier (concert version) w. Taiwan Philharmonic (Jun./Jul. 2024);
• Soprano 1/Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Portugal (Sept. 2024).

Her future engagements include (among others):

• Minnie/La Fanciulla del West at Teatro Comunale di Bologna;
• Sieglinde/Walküre at NCPA Beijing.

BIOGRAPHY

2019-2020

Highlights in 2019/2020 included Turandot ( her debût) with Alexander Verdernikov and Isolde/Tristan und Isolde with Lothar Königs at the Royal Danish Opera (2019), and a concert with Radio France de Paris “Wesendonc Lieder” and “Liebestod”. She also sang Isolde at La Monnaie de Bruxelles with Alain Altinoglu and Ralf Pleger (May 2019) as well as in Bologna (Jan. 2020, with Juraj Valcuha), as well as Leonore/Fidelio at the Royal Danish Opera ( Sept. 2020).

2017-2018

The highlights of 2017-2018 included Beethoven 9. Symph. in Tel Aviv (2018), Isolde/Tristan und Isolde in Kassel ( 2018), Ellen Orford/Peter Grimes in Monte Carlo with José Curâ ( 2018), Isolde/Tristan und Isolde at Opera de Lyon with Häenchen, and at the NCPA in Beijing, directed by Mariusz Trelinski ( 2017), “Vier Letzte Lieder” by R. Strauss with Orchestra National de Radio France Paris, Gala Concert at Bolshoi Theatre ( 2 act. Tannhäuser) and Minnie ( her debût)/ Fanciulla del West in Copenhagen (2017).

2015-2016

Highlights in 2015/2016 included Elsa/Lohengrin in Hamburg conducted by Nagano, Freia/Das Rheingold at Semper Oper Dresden conducted by Thielemann, Senta/Der Fliegende Holländer in Copenhagen, debut as Salome also at the Royal Danish Opera in Stefan Herheims regie. Further engagements in 2015/2016 included the Marschallin/Der Rosenkavalier at Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Adam Fischer, Leonore/Fidelio in Taiwan, Kaiserin/Frau ohne Schattenin at Copenhagen and Gutrune/Götterdämmerung at the Staatsoper Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

Career Highlights from Previous Seasons

Higlights in season 2014/2015 included Die Marschallin/Der Rosenkavalier in Copenhagen, Isoldes “Liebestod” in a Tribute Concert to Montserrat Caballé at Teatro Real de Madrid, Isolde/Tristan und Isolde at the Greek National Opera in Athens and Elisabeth/Tannhäuser with Barenboim at Staatsoper Berlin.

Highlights in the seasons of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 included Elsa/Lohengrin at La Scala di Milano with Barenboim and J. Kaufmann, Elisabeth/Tannhäuser with Barenboim at Staatsoper Berlin, Elisabeth/Tannhäuser in Copenhagen, Senta/Der fliegende Holländer at the Chorégies d’Orange, Desdemona/Otello in Copenhagen, Senta/Der fliegende Holländer in Copenhagen and Wagner Galas in Baden-Baden with Thielemann (Isolde and Elsa), at Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Sieglinde and Isolde) and in Copenhagen (Sieglinde) with K. Petrenko.