Operatic highlights from previous seasons include playing Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Mother-in-Law in Saariaho’s Innocence, titular roles in Strauss’ Salome, Berg’s Lulu, Holliger’s Schneewittchen, Eötvös’s Lady Sarashina and Poulenc’s Tiresias, Catherine in Meyerbeer’s L’étoile du nord, Eva in Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht, and the sole role in Feldman’s Neither, appearing at prestigious opera companies and festivals such as Opéra national de Paris, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival and Savonlinna Opera Festival.
Amongst the many pieces specially written for Komsi, repertoire highlights include Saariaho’s Leino Songs and Saarikoski Songs, Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill, Jukka Tiensuu’s Voice Verser and Double Concerto, ‘Ihmepari’, Salonen’s Floof and Wing on Wing, Chin’s Cantatrix Sopranica, Christian Mason’s Man Made, and the 2020 revision of Magnus Lindberg’s Accused.
Komsi boasts an extensive discography, including her internationally lauded rendition of Sibelius’ Luonnotar, Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments, Zimmermann’s Soldaten Symphony and Fagerlund’s Döbeln. She has featured on three Gramophone Award-winning recordings: Rued Langgaard’s Symphony No.2 with Wiener Philharmoniker under Sakari Oramo, Saariaho’s Leino Songs with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Harvey´s White as Jasmine with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Her latest album Sumun Läpi (Through the Mist) features songs with piano by Saariaho.
As Founder, Artistic Director and Managing Director of West Coast Kokkola Opera for 14 seasons, Komsi oversaw Kokkola Opera Summer Festival which produced 25 full-scale opera productions, as well as over 100 concerts and events. She was critically acclaimed as stage director in Puccini´s Suor Angelica, Weill´s Der Silbersee and operas by Vivaldi and Detlev Glanert. A champion of new music, Komsi was awarded the Madetoja Prize by The Finnish Composers’ Society in 2020 and received the prestigious Erik Bergman Prize in 2021 for special achievements in performing and commissioning new vocal repertoire internationally.
HarrisonParrott represents Anu Komsi for worldwide general management.