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Anna
Christy

Soprano
Anna Christy
Praised by the New York Times as “nimble of voice, body and spirit,” Grammy Award ™ winning soprano Anna Christy continues to impress and delight audiences with an extraordinary blend of sparkling voice, powerful stage presence, and innate musicality. 
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Anna Christy

Praised by the New York Times as “nimble of voice, body and spirit,” Grammy Award ™ winning soprano Anna Christy continues to impress and delight audiences with an extraordinary blend of sparkling voice, powerful stage presence, and innate musicality. This season Ms. Christy returns Seiji Ozawa Music Academy for Adeke in Die Fledermaus. Recent engagements include a return to Carnegie Hall for the US premiere of Joe Hisaishi’s East Land Symphony, conducted by the composer and accompanied by the American Symphony Orchestra, followed by returns to the Colorado Symphony for Messiah, Seiji Ozawa Music Academy for Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Central City Opera for Julie Jordan in Carousel. Additional engagements include a debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in L'enfant et les sortilèges conducted by Stéphane Denève. Last season she was seen as Tytania in Robert Carsen’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opera Philadelphia, debuted with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Finzi’s In Terra Pax conducted by Brett Mitchell, and returned to the San Francisco Symphony for Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Anna was also featured in a concert at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC. Other recent engagements include Gilda in Rigoletto at the Canadian Opera Company, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Florida Grand Opera, Marzelline in Fidelio with Boston Baroque, and Adele in Die Fledermaus with Des Moines Metro Opera. She also returned to Japan for performances of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Seiji Ozawa.  In the 2016-2017 season, Anna Christy was seen as Sophie in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Werther. She returned to Japan for performances of L’enfant et les sortilèges with Seiji Ozawa and sang Carmina burana with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony. At home in Denver, she sang Lucia di Lammermoor with Opera Colorado and reprised her performances of Morgana in David Alden’s production of Alcina at Santa Fe Opera, a role she sang to great acclaim at Teatro Real in Madrid and Opéra National de Bordeaux. She returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites and celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Central City Opera as the title role in The Ballad of Baby Doe. She returned to Japan to sing Adele in Die Fledermaus with Seiji Ozawa to open the new opera house in Kyoto. Additionally, Ms. Christy was seen as Morgana in Alcina with Harry Bicket at the English Concert on tour in London, Madrid, Vienna, and New York. She made New York City recital debut at Pace University’s “Voce at Pace” series and was seen with Baroque ensemble Les Vents Atlantiques as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In the summer of 2015, she returned to Santa Fe Opera as Marie in La fille du régiment.  Anna made her role debut as Gilda in Christopher Alden’s production of Rigoletto at the English National Opera. She was also seen at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Adele in Die Fledermaus and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at Central City Opera. Ms. Christy made a triumphant debut in her signature role of Cunegonde in Candide at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Christy was seen as Cleopatra in a new production of Handel’s Julius Caesar at English National Opera, followed by concerts of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and Stravinsky’s Le rossignol with Charles Dutoit and the NHK Symphony in Tokyo. She returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Lisette in the Nicholas Joel production of Puccini’s La rondine and Toronto audiences heard Ms. Christy as Lucia in the highly-acclaimed David Alden production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. She closed the season as Emily Webb in Ned Rorem’s Our Town with Central City Opera, followed by performances of Le feu, La princesse, and Le rossignol in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges at the Saito Kinen Festival with Seiji Ozawa conducting for which she won a Grammy ™ Award (Best Opera Recording 2016). Ms. Christy has been seen as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann at Lyric Opera of Chicago, followed by her role debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. She has also appeared as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera, Tytania in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lyric Opera of Chicago and the English National Opera. She returned to Santa Fe Opera as Kitty in the highly-acclaimed production of Menotti’s The Last Savage. Ms. Christy has performed Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the San Francisco Opera and sang the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at English National Opera. She appeared as Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera at both the Paris Opera and at the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden. She was Cunegonde in Robert Carsen’s production of Candide at English National Opera with further debuts at Teatro alla Scala and at Théâtre du Châtélet in the same production. Other opera credits include Lisette in La rondine with the San Francisco Opera, Adele in Die Fledermaus in Japan conducted by Seiji Ozawa, and Bianca in Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero with the Washington Concert Opera. She also appeared as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera with San Francisco Opera and as Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites at the Lyric Opera of Chicago conducted by Andrew Davis. In addition, she made her debut at Opéra de Lille as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare. On the concert stage, Ms. Christy has been a featured soloist in the New York City Opera Gala “American Voices” and portrayed Angela in a semi-staged version of Kurt Weill’s The Firebrand of Florence with the Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall. She has performed Candide with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carmina Burana with the Saint Louis Symphony, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Candide, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Other concert engagements have included appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the New York Festival of Song.

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