Anda-Louise Bogza

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.^[1]

Repertoire

Bogza's repertoire includes the following:^[2]

• 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^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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