Anja Silja

Anja Silja
Anja Silja in 1968
Born (1940-04-17) 17 April 1940
Berlin, Germany
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)
Years active1956–present

Anja Silja Regina Langwagen (de, born 17 April 1940) is a German soprano singer.[1] Her career began in 1960 at the Bayreuth Festival, as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer. She also sang Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin, both Venus and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Freia in Das Rheingold and Waldvogel in Siegfried. She appeared in Wieland Wagner's productions of Salome by Strauss, Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre and Siegfried (as Brünnhilde), Elektra by Strauss, Beethoven's Fidelio, Verdi's Otello, Alban Berg's Lulu and Wozzeck (conducted by Pierre Boulez).

References

  1. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (13 February 2007). "Bayreuth Star Goes on to Ovations in Her 60s". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2007.

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