Anja Augustin

Anja Augustin
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Munich
Education
Occupation
OrganizationsTheater Erfurt
Websitewww.anjaaugustin.de

Anja Augustin (born 1974) is a German soprano in opera and concert, oratorio and lied. She appeared in the title roles of musicals, such as My Fair Lady and Evita.

Life

Augustin was born in Munich. During her school years, she received training in piano, flute, singing, ballet and jazz dance.[1][2] Augustin appeared frequently in school and music school projects, among others in Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne and the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.[2] She studied voice at the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg from 1994 to 2000, and at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg with Dorothea Chryst. She attended further classes with Edith Wiens for lied singing. She took masterclasses with Margreet Honig [nl], Rudolf Janssen and Brigitte Fassbaender. From 1996 to 2003, Augustin was a member of the Kammerchor Stuttgart conducted by Frieder Bernius, touring through Europe, the U.S., Israel, Asia and Canada.[1][2] In 2002 she made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, where she also played Taumännchen in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel.[1]

In 2003, Augustin was awarded a prize in the Veronica Dunne European Union Singing Competition.[3] She received her first permanent engagement at the Theater Erfurt in 2003. There she appeared as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Princess Schafittchen in Wilfried Hiller's Das Traumfresserchen [de], and the title role in Evita, among others.[1][4] In 2006, she appeared at the Bregenzer Festspiele as Isaure in Offenbach's Barbe-bleue, conducted by Kristjan Järvi, in a production which was recorded live.[5] She sang the soprano solo in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, performed open air in front of the Staatstheater Mainz on 4 August 2006, conducted by Andreas Ketelhut.[6] She took part in the first recording of Pizzetti's Fedra in a performance by the Montpellier Operain a concert performance on 16 July 2008.[7] In 2018, she appeared as the Owl in the musical Grimm! by Peter Lund and Thomas Zaufke [de].[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Our 2003 Prizewinners". Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition. 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Anja Augustin-Walker". Theater Erfurt (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ Dervan, Michael (3 February 2003). "Veronica Dunne European Union Singing Competition at Mahony Hall, The Helix". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Anja Augustin / Singer". theoperacritic.com. 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Barbe-Bleue by Jacques Offenbach performed in German". operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Diskografie Carl Orff – OZM" (PDF). Orff Zentrum München (in German). 23 September 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Fedra". opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr. 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. ^ Dippel, Roland H. (2 February 2018). "Potential zum Dauerbrenner: Lunds & Zaufkes Musical "Grimm!" in Erfurt". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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