Anda-Louise Bogza
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Anda-Louise Bogzais a celebrated Romania
n opera
soprano
. In 1994 she won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vienna International Singing Competition. In 2007 she was honored with the Thalia Award.
(piano, singing and harpsichord). She began her career performing at the State Opera
and the National Theatre
in Prague
. She remains committed to both of those houses to this day. Among the roles which she has portrayed in Prague are Abigaille in Nabucco
, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera
, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
, Desdemona in Otello
, Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro
Katerina in Káťa Kabanová
, Leonora in Il Trovatore
, Lisa in Pique Dame, Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
, Sina in Hans Krása
's Verlobung im Traum, and the title roles in Aida
, Jenůfa
, Manon Lescaut
,Tosca
, Turandot.
Anda-Louise Bogza maintains an active international career as a freelance artist. She has sung Aida at the Vienna State Opera
, the Berlin State Opera
, the Deutsche Oper Berlin
, and the Opera Leipzig. She has portrayed Tosca at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
, the Bavarian State Opera
, Opera Frankfort, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
, the New Israeli Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
, the Slovak National Theatre
, in Japan, the Romanian National Opera
, and at the Salzburg Festival
. Another signature role, Leonora in Il Trovatore, has brought her to the stages of the Hamburg State Opera
, the Hungarian State Opera, the Royal Danish Theatre
, the Teatro de la Maestranza
, and to opera houses in the United States. She has also sung at Suntory Hall
in Tokyo and Opéra de Marseille
. In 2005 she made her first appearance at the Opéra National de Paris in the title role of Dvořák's Rusalka
.
Anda-Louise Bogza currently resides in the Czech Republic
. In the 2009-2010 season she is scheduled to sing Donna Anna and Aida in Prague and Abigaille at the Brno National Theatre
.
in the Czech Republic, as reported by the local branch of IFPI. She surpassed all popular recordings, such as Kabát
rock band (2nd place that week) and Jára Cimrman
theater (3rd place then, 1st in December 2009 monthly figures). This surprise was first explained by a drop in sales after Christmas, but later it emerged that she had bought 50 CDs herself for giving away abroad, without intention on her side to change the ranking. This incident was mentioned in news as an illustration of thinness of Czech market with music CDs and its detachment from global trends.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. In 1994 she won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vienna International Singing Competition. In 2007 she was honored with the Thalia Award.
Biography
Anda-Louise Bogza studied music at the George Enescu Conservatory, the Academy Music of Bucharest and at the Academy of Performing Arts in PragueAcademy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies.- Faculties :*Film and TV School - FAMU*Music Faculty - HAMU*Theatre Faculty - DAMU-Notable alumni:...
(piano, singing and harpsichord). She began her career performing at the State Opera
Prague State Opera
The Prague State Opera , is an opera and ballet company in Prague, Czech Republic. The theatre was originally founded in 1888 as the New German Theatre and from 1949 to 1989 it was known as the Smetana Theatre....
and the National Theatre
National Theatre (Prague)
The National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition which was created and maintained by the most distinguished...
in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. She remains committed to both of those houses to this day. Among the roles which she has portrayed in Prague are Abigaille in Nabucco
Nabucco
Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue...
, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera , is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. The libretto is loosely based on an 1833 play, Gustave III, by French playwright Eugène Scribe who wrote about the historical assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden...
, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, Desdemona in Otello
Otello
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887....
, Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro
Il tabarro
Il tabarro is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on Didier Gold's play La houppelande. It is the first of the trio of operas known as Il trittico...
Katerina in Káťa Kabanová
Káta Kabanová
Káťa Kabanová is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by Vincenc Červinka, based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček's love for Kamila Stösslová...
, Leonora in Il Trovatore
Il trovatore
Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
, Lisa in Pique Dame, Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Its highly-publicised premiere occurred in New York City in 1910...
, Sina in Hans Krása
Hans Krása
Hans Krása was a Czech composer who was killed in the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.-Life:...
's Verlobung im Traum, and the title roles in Aida
Aida
Aida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
, Jenůfa
Jenufa
Jenůfa is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play Její pastorkyňa by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed at the Brno Theater, Brno, 21 January 1904...
, Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité . It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication...
,Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
, Turandot.
Anda-Louise Bogza maintains an active international career as a freelance artist. She has sung Aida at the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
, the Berlin State Opera
Berlin State Opera
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a German opera company. Its permanent home is the opera house on the Unter den Linden boulevard in the Mitte district of Berlin, which also hosts the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra.-Early years:...
, the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, Germany. The resident building is also home to the Berlin State Ballet.-History:...
, and the Opera Leipzig. She has portrayed Tosca at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera festival which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions. It was the first music festival in Italy. The first opera presented was Verdi's early...
, the Bavarian State Opera
Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera is an opera company based in Munich, Germany.Its orchestra is the Bavarian State Orchestra.- History:The opera company which was founded under Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy has been in existence since 1653...
, Opera Frankfort, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, is a Theatre in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La Fille Mal Gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets....
, the New Israeli Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, underwent renovation work in 2002–2003 resulting in substantial improvements to the stage technology, acoustics and lighting facilities...
, the Slovak National Theatre
Slovak National Theatre
The Slovak National Theatre denotes:* the oldest Slovak professional theatre consisting of 3 ensembles ,* a Neo-Renaissance theatre building in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, which formerly housed two of the theatre's ensembles , and* the theatre's large modern theatre building in...
, in Japan, the Romanian National Opera
Romanian National Opera
The Romanian National Opera is one of the national opera companies of Romania, situated in a historical building in Bucharest, near the Cotroceni neighbourhood....
, and at the Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
. Another signature role, Leonora in Il Trovatore, has brought her to the stages of the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg State Opera
The Hamburg State Opera is one of the leading opera companies in Germany.Opera in Hamburg dates back to 2 January 1678 when the "Opern-Theatrum" was inaugurated with a performance of a biblical Singspiel by Johann Theile...
, the Hungarian State Opera, the Royal Danish Theatre
Royal Danish Theatre
The Royal Danish Theatre is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the...
, the Teatro de la Maestranza
Teatro de la Maestranza
The Teatro de la Maestranza is an opera house located in Seville, Spain.The theatre was conceived to be one of the main cultural venues of the Seville Expo '92 , and the first performance took place in 1991, shortly before the inauguration of the International Expo. The theatre was re-refurnished...
, and to opera houses in the United States. She has also sung at Suntory Hall
Suntory Hall
The Suntory Hall is a concert hall complex consisting of the "Main Hall" and the "Small Hall" located in the Ark Hills complex, near the U.S. Embassy and TV Asahi in the Akasaka district of northern Minato, a ward in Tokyo, Japan...
in Tokyo and Opéra de Marseille
Opéra de Marseille
L’Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court....
. In 2005 she made her first appearance at the Opéra National de Paris in the title role of Dvořák's Rusalka
Rusalka (opera)
Rusalka is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. Rusalka is one of the most successful Czech operas, and represents a cornerstone of the repertoire of Czech opera houses...
.
Anda-Louise Bogza currently resides in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. In the 2009-2010 season she is scheduled to sing Donna Anna and Aida in Prague and Abigaille at the Brno National Theatre
National Theatre (Brno)
The National Theatre in Brno is the major theatre house in Brno. It was established in 1884 by model of the National Theatre in Prague.Nowadays it consists of three stages:...
.
Other information
In the second week of January 2010, Anda-Louise Bogza's classical CD Portrait surprisingly became the best selling albumAlbum
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in the Czech Republic, as reported by the local branch of IFPI. She surpassed all popular recordings, such as Kabát
Kabát
Kabát is a hard rock band hailing from Teplice, Czech Republic. The group is composed of Josef Vojtek , Milan Špalek , Tomáš Krulich , Ota Váňa and Radek Hurčík . Kabát have enjoyed major popularity in their home country since the 1990s...
rock band (2nd place that week) and Jára Cimrman
Jára Cimrman
Jára Cimrman or Jára da Cimrman is a Czech fictional character created by Jiří Šebánek, Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák. He is presented as one of the greatest Czech playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians and sportsmen of the...
theater (3rd place then, 1st in December 2009 monthly figures). This surprise was first explained by a drop in sales after Christmas, but later it emerged that she had bought 50 CDs herself for giving away abroad, without intention on her side to change the ranking. This incident was mentioned in news as an illustration of thinness of Czech market with music CDs and its detachment from global trends.