Anna Samuil

Народився 1 січ. 1976 р. · Perm, Russia

The soprano Anna Samuil is one of the most sought-after Russian singers of her generation and has been a soloist since 2004 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. Her international career quickly brought her to the major stages of the world: To the Milan Scala (Donna Anna, Freia & Gutrune), the Metropolitan Opera New York (Musetta), the Staatsoper in Munich (Violetta, Donna Anna), Dresden (Mimì) and Hamburg (Adina, Fiordiligi, Donna Anna, Violetta), to the opera houses in Valencia (Donna Anna), Lyon (Maria in Mazeppa), Tel Aviv and Tokyo (Donna Anna, Rosalinde), Pittsburgh (Violetta, Tatjana), Baltimore (Mimì) and the Grand Théâtre Luxembourg (Violetta). Anna Samuil was born in the Russian city of Perm. She studied violin as well as singing at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and graduated in 2003 with distinction from the concert exam in the vocal class of Irina Arkhipova. She is a laureate of major international singing competitions, including the »Tchaikovsky Competition« and the »Glinka Competition« in Russia, the »Concorso Franco Corelli« and »Concorso Riccardo Zandonai« in Italy, and the »Klaudia Taev« competitions in Estonia and » New voices «in Germany. Her operatic debut she celebrated in the role of the swan princess at the Moscow Stanislawski Opera Theater, where she was subsequently engaged from 2001 to 2004. During this time she also appeared as Adele, Queen of Schemacha, Violetta and Gilda. At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Anna Samuil made her debut in September 2003 as Violetta under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and has since appeared as Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Contessa, Tatiana, Mimì and Musetta, Violetta, Elisabetta, Alice Ford, Adina, Micaëla, Rosalinde, Mařenka, Elsa, Eva, Freia and Gutrune.