Ain Anger

2011/12 sees Estonian-born Ain Anger return to the US for Verdi’s Requiem with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (James Conlon) as well as Strauss’ Elektra with The Philadelphia Orchestra (Charles Dutoit). Performances in Munich of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Bayerischer Rundfunkorchester (Mariss Jansons) are followed by the new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre  (Kent Nagano) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, his return to Paris as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at the Theatre Champs-Elysees (Jean-Christophe Spinosi), La Forza del Destino at the Wiener Staatsoper and Tannhäuser  with Opera Nomori, Tokyo.

A member of the ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper since his house debut in 2004/2005 as Monterone (Rigoletto), Ain Anger has gone on to sing over 40 roles on Vienna’s main stage including Philippe II (Don Carlos), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Heinrich (Lohengrin), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Fiesco (Simone Boccanegra) and Hunding (Die Walküre).

Other engagements have taken him to Berlin, Montpellier, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich and on tour to Japan, as well as to the Savonlinna, Helsinki, Bergen and Luzern Festivals.  Anger made his debut at the 2009 Bayreuth Festival as Fafner (Das Rheingold and Siegfried), conducted by Christian Thielemann.

Equally present on the concert platform, Ain Anger has appeared as soloist with orchestras in New York, Cleveland, Saint Louis, Stockholm, San Francisco and Tokyo and has performed with such esteemed conductors as Franz Welser-Möst, Lorin Maazel, Christian Thielemann, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Esa-Pekka Salonen.