mezzo-soprano
Anna Larsson graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 1996. Her international debut followed immediately in Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra and Claudio Abbado, and her opera debut as Erda in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
Among her many roles are Kundry in Wagner’s Parsifal, Herodias in Massenet’s Hérodiade, Erda in Wagner’s Siegfried and Fricka in Die Walküre, Delilah in Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah and Genevieve in Debussy’s Pelleas et Mélisande at theatres including Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence Festivals, the Opéra de Paris, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro Maggio Musicale in Florence, La Monnaie Brussels, Palau des Arts Valencia, Royal Opera Copenhagen, Finnish National Opera and the Swedish Royal Opera.
In concert, Anna Larsson is internationally renowned as a consummate interpreter of Gustav Mahler’s works. She regularly sings with the world’s great orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras. She has sung with illustrious conductors including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniel Harding, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Antonio Pappano, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In December 2010 Anna Larsson was appointed Court Singer by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and in 2011 she opened her own concert house, Vattnäs Concert Bam.
Recent engagements have included Erda with Barenboim for the Deutsche Staatsoper and with Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klytemnestra Elektra for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zia Principessa Suor Angelica for Malmö Opera, Royal Swedish Opera & Den Norske Opera, Erda Siegfried for Musikhuset Esbjerg & Waltraute Götterdämmerung at MUPA Bupdaest. On the concert platform, recent appearances have included Wesendoncklieder with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Ono, Das Lied von der Erde for the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele cond. Oksana Lyniv, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the LA Philharmonic under Dudamel and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon cond. Szeps-Znaider & with the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala cond. Chailly.
In 22/23 Anna returns to the operatic stage as Klytemnestra Elektra for Den Norske Opera. On the concert platform, Anna sings Das Lied von der Erde with Lucerne Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Sanderling and for the NOVA Chamber Music Series Utah cond. Thierry Fischer, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 for Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Sao Paulo State Symphony and Utah Symphony all cond. Thierry Fischer, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 on tour with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Lahav Shani and for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra cond. Masur, & Verdi’s Requiem with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra cond. Han-Na Chang.