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Anda-Louise Bogza (born February 21, 1965) is a celebrated Romanian 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.
Biography
Born in Piatra Neamț, Anda-Louise Bogza studied music at the George Enescu Conservatory in Iași, the National University of Music Bucharest, and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (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, and Turandot.
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 Leipzig Opera. She has portrayed Tosca at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Bavarian State Opera, Oper Frankfurt, 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.
Bogza currently resides in the Czech Republic. In the 2009–2010 season she was scheduled to sing Donna Anna and Aida in Prague and Abigaille at the National Theatre Brno.
Repertoire
Bogza's repertoire includes the following:
Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele – Elena
Arrigo Boito: Nerone – Asteria
Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka – Rusalka
Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka – Foreign Princess
Gottfried von Einem: Der Prozeß – Fräulein Bürstner
Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Maddalena di Coigny
Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa – Jenůfa
Leoš Janáček: Katya Kabanova – Katia
Hans Krása: Verlobung im Traum – Sina
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Santuzza
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni – Donna Anna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – The Countess
Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman – Giulietta
Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West – Minnie
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Manon
Giacomo Puccini: La rondine – Magda
Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro – Giorgetta
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca – Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot – Liù
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot – Turandot
Richard Strauss: Salome – Salome
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – Lisa
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida – Aida
Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera – Amelia
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos – Elisabetta
Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino – Leonora
Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth – Lady Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco – Abigaille
Giuseppe Verdi: Otello – Desdemona
Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore – Leonora
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin – Elsa
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser – Elisabeth
References
External links
Official website – Anda-Louise Bogza – Opera Singer – in English, Czech, Italian, and Romanian
Anda-Louise Bogza – OPERISSIMO
Anda-Louise Bogza – Soloist of the State Opera and the National Theatre in Prague
Singer Anda-Louise Bogza and her profile. Overview of upcoming and passed concerts
article – Hudební Rozhledy (III. Aby se vědělo – Anda-Louise Bogza)
article – Xantypa (ANDA-LOUISE BOGZA – operní zpěvačka)
article - Scena.cz – 1. kulturní portál (Anda-Louise Bogza: Toscu jsem interpretovala 250 krát…)
article – Opera + (Anda-Louise Bogza: Pro mne je Praha stále srdcem Evropy)
Anda-Louise Bogza: Považuji Prahu za svůj druhý domov - Scena.cz – 1. kulturní portál
Anda–Louise Bogza: Pro těch pár okamžiků…
Anda–Louise Bogza, operní pěvkyně
Anda-Louise Bogza – Divadelní festival Opava DiFeO 2016 - STYLEnew.cz
Anda-Louise Bogza – Hudební Rozhledy Archived 2017-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
Anda–Louise Bogza – Slovenské národné divadlo
Von der Selbstapotheose zur Anbetung des unsichtbaren Gottes – Giuseppe Verdis Oper "Nabucco" im Bukarester Opernhaus – Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien
ONB: Anda-Louise Bogza, în spectacolul 'Nabucco'; Maria Slătinaru Nistor, sărbătorită la aniversare – Agerpres
Soprana Anda-Louise Bogza, laureata a Concursului International de Canto de la Viena, canta pe scena Operei Nationale Bucuresti
Anda-Louise Bogza – O mare artistă, onorată de Opera Națională București – Q Magazine
Prim-solista Operei din Praga, Anda-Louise Bogza, nerabdatoare sa revina la Sibiu – SibiuNews
Anda-Louise Bogza – Din nou la Piatra, acasă... – Mesagerul de Neamț
Mari ambasadori ai României peste hotare: Anda-Louise Bogza – ZCH NEWS
Vocea unei românce cucerește Arenele din Verona – Q Magazine
Romanca Anda-Louise Bogza "cap de afis" pe scenele lumii – Curierul Național
Anda-Louise Bogza, pe scena Operei Naţionale Greacă din Atena – Radio România Muzical
Soprana Anda-Louise Bogza: „Contactul cu publicul este benefic pentru mine!” - Lirika.ro
Aplecare asupra sufletului – interviu cu Anda-Louise Bogza – Mesagerul de Neamț
Anda-Louise Bogza – Enciclopedia Muzicală a României