Available from June 6th, 2021:



"Sämtliche Lieder und Melodramen"
by Simon Laks / first recording
Artists:
Ania Vegry, Katarzyna Wasiak, Dominique Horwitz

BIOGRAPHY


The London-born soprano Ania Vegry studied at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Christiane Iven and Charlotte Lehmann as well as in Madrid with Teresa Berganza.

While still a student, she became a permanent soloist member of the Hanover State Opera, where she performed numerous roles, including Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Ilia in Idomeneo, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. For this role she was nominated Young Singer of the Year in the magazine Opernwelt. Vegry has also appeared as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Ännchen in Der Freischütz and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, sang Nanetta in Verdi‘s Falstaff, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and Gilda in Rigoletto, Puccini‘s Musetta in La Bohème and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi as well as Rosina in Rossini‘s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Madama Cortese in Il viaggio a Reims, Adina in Donizetti‘s L´elisir d ́amore, Cunegonde in Bernstein‘s Candide and Constance in Francis Poulenc‘s Les Dialogues des Carmelites. She has also performed numerous roles of the contemporary repertoire, including Gabrielle in Penderecki‘s Die Teufel von Loudun, Minette in Henze‘s Die englische Katze, as well as Hermione in Manfred Trojahn‘s Orest and Viola & Cesario in Was ihr wollt. The season of 20/21 Vegry premiered Poulenc´s La voix humaine at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. There she also performed Gilda in Verdis Rigoletto and will appear as Rosina in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia as well as Sophie in Strauss´ Der Rosenkavalier. In the upcoming season she will be premiering the title role in Verdis La Traviata.

Guest engagements have taken Vegry to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theater Bremen, Komische Oper Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Hamburg State Opera, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus Berlin, Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg, Opéra Garnier in Paris, Berlin Philharmonic and Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich. Being a sought-after concert singer, Vegry performs together with conductors such as Alexander Shelley, Jonathan Darlington, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Simon Halsey, Christopher Hogwood, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Ira Levin, Enrique Mazzola, Gregor Bühl, Marc Albrecht, Kent Nagano, Joana Mallwitz, Dorian Wilson, Ivan Repusic and Helmuth Rilling. She regularly sings recitals and concerts with renowned orchestras such as the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, the Hannoversche Hofkapelle, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and with ensembles such as the Neues Ensemble, Musica Alta Ripa, Musica Assoluta, Ensemble New Seasons, Stockholm Chamber Brass, the Szymanowski Quartet or the Arte Ensemble. Her chamber music partners include internationally renowned musicians such as Tabea Zimmermann, Andreas Ottensamer, Albrecht Mayer, Sharon Kam, Markus Becker, Rudolf Buchbinder, Maxim Vengerov, Andrej Bielow, Nicholas Rimmer and Jan-Philip Schulze. She is a regular guest at festivals such as the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Kunstfestspiele Hannover, Braunschweig Classix, Movimentos, Anima Mundi, Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi (Herreweghe), Festival de musique classique à Sion, and the Sommerliche Tage as well as the Musikwoche Hitzacker.

Vegry has recorded opera arias and song cycles for numerous radio stations such as NDR, MDR, SWR or BR. Inspired by the Opera production of F. L. Gassmann’s L`Opera Seria in the gallery building of the „Herrenhäuser Gärten Hannover“ she viewed the entire oeuvre and initiated a recording of the previously unpublished concert and opera arias with the NDR Radiophilharmonie conducted by David Stern (2020 by CPO). Her most recent album Simon Laks: Complete works for voice and piano, which entered the Long list of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik, was released in June (2021 by eda).

SCHEDULE

June 23
14/6/23 Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Kulturpalast
Wagner / Rheingold (Woglinde), conducted by Kent Nagano
25/6/23 Dessauer Mausoleum - Tierpark
Orff / Carmina Burana, conducted by Elisa Gogou
August 23
18/8/23 Kölner Philharmonie
Wagner / Rheingold (Woglinde), conducted by Kent Nagano
20/8/23 Ravello Festival / Belvedere di Villa Rufolo
Wagner / Rheingold (Woglinde), conducted by Kent Nagano
22/8/23 Lucerne Festival / KKL Luzern
Wagner / Rheingold (Woglinde), conducted by Kent Nagano
September 23
2/9/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Opening concert season 23/24, conducted by Markus Frank / Wolfgang Kluge
8/9/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
RITUS (Rossini: Petite messe solenelle), conducted by Sebastian Kennerknecht
24/9/23 Minden, St. Marienkirche
Mendelssohn - Paulus, conducted by Stefan Doormann
30/9/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Premiere Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
October 23
8/10/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
22/10/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
29/10/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
November 23
3/11/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), conducted by Elisa Gogou
10/11/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
19/11/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
RITUS (Rossini: Petite messe solenelle), conducted by Sebastian Kennerknecht
26/11/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
December 23
2/12/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), conducted by Elisa Gogou
29/12/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), conducted by Elisa Gogou
31/12/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
January 24
5/1/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
7/1/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), conducted by Elisa Gogou
February 24
1/2/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Sinfoniekonzert (Szymanowski, Lieder des verliebten Muezzin), conducted by Marc Niemann
2/2/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Sinfoniekonzert (Szymanowski, Lieder des verliebten Muezzin), conducted by Marc Niemann
March 24
2/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Szymanowski / Premiere König Roger (Roxana), conducted by Elisa Gogou
9/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Szymanowski / König Roger (Roxana), conducted by Elisa Gogou
15/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Szymanowski / König Roger (Roxana), conducted by Elisa Gogou
17/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
23/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
31/3/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), conducted by Elisa Gogou
April 24
7/4/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Szymanowski / König Roger (Roxana), conducted by Elisa Gogou
14/4/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Verdi / La Traviata (Violetta), conducted by Elisa Gogou
20/4/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
RITUS (Rossini: Petite messe solenelle), conducted by Sebastian Kennerknecht
21/4/23 Polnisches Institut Leipzig
Liederabend (Lieder von Andrzej Tschaikowski), piano: Katarzyna Wasiak
May 24
5/5/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Premiere Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), conducted by Markus Frank
17/5/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), conducted by Markus Frank
31/5/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Mozart / Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), conducted by Markus Frank
June 24
2/6/23 Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Zeller / Der Vogelhändler (Kurfürstin Marie), conducted by Wolfgang Kluge
July 24
7/7/23 Gedächtniskirche Speyer
Mendelssohn / Lobgesang, conducted by Michael Francis

REPERTORY MUSIC THEATRE

L. Bernstein Candide Cunegonde (en)
G. Bizet Carmen Frasquita / Michaëla (fr)
B. Britten Albert Herring Emmy (de)
  Let´s make an opera Juliet (de)
G. Donizetti L'elisir d'amore Adina (it)
G. Frid Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank Anne Frank (de)
F. Leopold Gassmann L'opera seria Porporina (de)
W. Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Euridice (it)
H.W. Henze Die englische Katze Minette (de)
E. Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Sand- und Taumännchen/Gretel (de)
J. Massenet Werther Sophie (fr)
W. A. Mozart Idomeneo Ilia (it)
  Le Nozze di Figaro Susanna (it)
  Entführung aus dem Serail Blonde (de)
  Zauberflöte Pamina (de)
  La finta semplice Rosina (de)
  La Clemenza di Tito Servilia (it)
  Bastian und Bastienne Bastienne (de)
S. Prokofjew Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen Ninetta
G. Puccini La Bohème Musetta (it)
  Suor Angelica Genovieffa (it)
  Gianni Schicchi Lauretta (it)
H. Purcell Dido and Aeneas Dido / Belinda (en)
  King Arthur Phil/Amor/She/Venus (en)
G. Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia Rosina (it)
  Il viaggio a Reims Madama Cortese (it)
J. Strauss Die Fledermaus Adele (de)
R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Sophie (de)
M. Trojahn Orest Hermione (de)
V. Ullmann Der Kaiser von Atlantis Bubikopf (de)
G. Verdi Don Carlos Tebaldo / La voce del cielo (it)
  Rigoletto Gilda (it)
  Un ballo in maschera Oscar
  Falstaff Nannetta (it)
R. Wagner Tannhäuser Junger Hirte (de)
  Das Rheingold Woglinde (de)
  Siegfried Waldvogel (de)
  Parsifal Blumenmädchen 2/2 (de)
C.M.v. Weber Der Freischütz  Ännchen (de)
K. Weill Der Zar lässt sich photographieren Falsche Angèle (de)
  Street Scene Rose Maurrant (de)


REPERTORY CONCERT (Selection)

A.C. Adam Bravour-Variationen über ein Thema von Mozart
L. Arditi Il Bacio
J. S. Bach Messe h-moll BWV 232
  Magnificat BWV 243
  Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
  Johannes-Passion BWV 245
  Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
  Tilge Höchster meine Sünden BWV 1083
  div. Kantaten und Arien
A. Berg Sieben frühe Lieder op. 18
L. Berio Sequenza III
J. Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
  Liebesliederwalzer op. 52 und op. 65
B. Britten Les Illuminations
G. Fauré Requiem op. 48
G. F. Händel Messiah HWV 56
J.A. Hasse Laudate Pueri- Psalm 112
J. Haydn Die Schöpfung
  Missa Sancti Aloysii
G. Mahler 2. Sinfonie
  4. Sinfonie
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy Elias op. 70
  Lobgesang op. 52
  Hör mein Bitten, Herr, neige dich zu mir / Hymne
C. Monteverdi Confitebor
W. A. Mozart Exsultate, jubilate KV 165
  Krönungsmesse KV 317
  c-moll-Messe KV 427
  Der Messias KV 572
  Requiem KV 625
  Laudate Dominum KV 339
  "Ch'io mi scordi di te? Non temer amato bene" KV 505
L. Nono Canti di vita e d'amore
C. Orff Carmina Burana
  Catulli Carmina
G.P. da Palestrina Pulchra es, amica mea
G.B. Pergolesi Stabat mater
M. Ravel Schéhérazade
A. Reimann Nacht-Räume
A. Schönberg Sechs Orchesterlieder op. 8
F. Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D 565
R. Strauss Orchesterlieder (Selection)
I. Strawinski Pulcinella
K. Szymanowski Lieder des verliebten Muezzin op. 42
  Lieder der Märchenprinzessin op. 31

MEDIA

MEDIA



Heinz Holliger: "Dörfliche Motive"


W. A. Mozart: "Giunse alfin il momento"

MEDIA

Florian Leopold Gassmann
Opernarien (2020)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
ML: David Stern
Anton Bruckner
Messe 3 & Psalm 146 (2016)
Philharmonischer Chor München
Philharmonie Festiva
ML: Gerd Schaller
Johann Sebastian Bach
Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
WV 1083 (2016)
Sharon Kam & Faure Ensemble
Arte Ensemble
Mädchenchor Hannover
ML: Gudrun Schröfel
Kurt Weill
Zaubernacht (2013)
Arte Ensemble
Robert Schumann & Felix Mendelssohn
Duette (2009 - 2010)
mit Mareike Morr - Mezzosopran
Hammerflügel: Nicholas Rimmer
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Gaude, Plaude! Psalmen & Mottete (2008)
(Wegrzyn = Vegry)
Hannoversche Hofkapelle
ML: Gudrun Schröfel
Von Mozart bis Messiaen
Konzertarie KV 505 und Non
„Canti di vita e d´amore“ (2003)
(Wegrzyn = Vegry)
Klavier: Markus Becker
NDR Radiophilharmonie
ML: Gregor Bühl

CONTACT

E-Mail: info@aniavegry.com


AGENCIES:

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