Anja Kampe
soprano
German soprano Anja Kampe is one of today‘s most important singers. Her portrayals of significant roles have set the standard for other performers, including her Brünnhilden in the new Ring des Nibelungen (Tcherniakov/Thielemann) at Berlin State Opera, Kundry at the Wiener Staatsoper and at the Operá de Paris, Sieglinde at the Bayreuth Festival, Isolde at the Berlin and Munich State Opera, Katerina Ismailova and Minnie (La Fanciulla del West) at Bayerische Staatsoper München, Walküre-Brünnhilde at the Salzburg Easter Festival or most recently as Wozzeck-Marie at the Vienna State Opera.
With Sieglinde at the side of Placido Domingo, Anja Kampe achieved her international breakthrough at the Washington National Opera. With this very role she has performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Munich, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, London and Bayreuth. In addition to Sieglinde, Senta has become a central part of Anja Kampe. She has sung it in New York, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, London, Tokyo and Dallas. Another important role of the soprano’s repertoire is Fidelio-Leonore, with successful performances in Baden-Baden, Madrid, Zurich, Los Angeles as well as at the Vienna and Bavarian State Opera. As Senta she opened the season at Teatro alla Scala Milano under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. With him conducting she made her role debuts as Tosca and Kundry at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and could repeat her Kundry triumph at Teatro Real Madrid as well as at Opéra de Paris and Vienna State Opera.
Ms Kampe’s repertoire further includes roles like Lisa (Pique Dame), Jenůfa, Ariadne auf Naxos, Carlotta (Die Gezeichneten) and Tosca among others. 2017 brought Ms. Kampe yet more international recognition with triumphant performances as Katerina Ismailowa under the direction of Kirill Petrenko at Bayerische Staatsoper München, and Walküre-Brünnhilde with Christian Thielemann conducting at the Salzburg Osterfestspiele, both of which are counted among the most outstanding opera highlights of the year.
Ms. Kampe‘s concert repertoire includes Giuseppe Verdi‘s Messa da Requiem, Beethoven‘s Symphony No.9 (Philippe Jordan/Wiener Musikverein), Strauss’ Hölderlin-Hymnen (Christian Thielemann/Berliner Philharmoniker), Berg’s Altenberg-Lieder (Berliner Philharmoniker/Philippe Jordan), Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder (Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden) and Tove in Schönbergs Gurrelieder (Edinburgh Festival).
