Season 2022/23
Humperdinck - Hänsel & Gretel
MUTTER / GERTRUD
Nederlandse Reisopera
ANNA-MARIA DUR, since many years an immense successful ly dramatic
mezzo-soprano, is showered by the press with superlatives as "class of her own", " a revelation", "brilliant",
"highly authentic", “technical perfect", "overwhelming",
fantastic singer and actor", "a gift from heaven",
"world-class".
In the 2022/23 season, Mrs Dur will appear as MOTHER/GERTRUD in Humperdinck's "Händel & Gretel" at the Nederlandse Reisopera.
A part, she already embodied with high critically acclaim at the Felsenreitschule Salzburg ; where she in 2016, '18 and '19 in productions of the Salzburger Festspiele also performed the parts of CAMILLA in Thomas Adés "The Exterminating Angel" in stage direction of Krzysztof Warlikowski, of MÉROPE in Enescu's "Œedipe" in stage direction of Achim Freyer and under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher, and of BÉROE in Henze's "The Bassarids" under Kent Nagano.
Due to the Covid-pandemic, her planed theater-debut at the Komische Oper Berlin as BÉROE in stage direction of Barrie Kosky and with Vladimir Jurowski conducting, unfortunately had to be cancelled.
Commitments of the recent past included a highly celebrated LA CIECA in Poinchelli's "La Gioconda" and MADRE in Menotti's "Der Konsul" at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, where she also embodied ZITA in "Gianni Schicchi" in stage direction of Carlos Wagner and under the baton of Lukas Beikircher, as well as ZIA PRINCIPESSA in Puccini's "Suor Angelica", for which she was nominated as "Best female supporting part" at the Austrian Music-Theater-Award 2020.
"... Anna-Maria Dur with an exceptional incarnation of Zia Principessa,
with prominent singing and acting..."
(Das Opernglas)
"... as ZIA PRINZIPESSA, the grande dame of human portraying
Anna-Maria Dur,
woher all her stunning vocal and acting skills..."
(Der OnlinMerker)
"... for Anna-Maria Dur as ZIA PRINZIPESSA there is only one adjective: fantastic!...."
(Mein Bezirk)
In the 2021/22 season, she returned to Salzburg to embody HANNA PITT / RABBI / HENRY / ANGEL ASIATICA in Peter Eötvös'' "Angels in America" (Quotation Peter Eötvös: "The best Rabbi ever!") at the Landestheater Salzburg, where she is a regular guest and already appeared as MRS TWIST in the Austrian Premiere of Charles Wuorinen's "Brokeback Mountain", TERESA in Donizetti's "La Sonnambula" and FILIPIEWNA in Chaikovsky's "Jewgeni Onegin".
In addition, she was MOTHER in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel". A part, which also led her to the Staatstheater Mainz.
Furthermore, she performed FILIPJEVNA at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Oper Köln, where she also gave her debut as WESNER's MUTTER in Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" and performed MARY in Wagner's "Der Fliegende Holländer";
MARY also led her to the Wuppertaler Bühnen, where she also was THERESA in Donizetti's "La Sonnambula";
and as MARFA IGNATJEVNA KABANOVA in Janacek's "Katja Kabanova", BRANGÄNE in Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde" and PRIORIN in Othmar Schock's seldom played opera "Das Schloß Dürande" she appeared at the Meininger Staatstheater and overtook on a short call BRIGITTA in Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt" at Oper Graz.
Netherlands
born Anna-Maria Dur studied at the Conservatoire
Royal de Bruxelles (“Prix d’excellence”) and the Sweelinck
Conservatorium Amsterdam, as well as with the "Grande Dame of Belcanto" Christina Deutekom, and completed
her studies with masterclasses in Italy with Prof. Giulietta Simionato und Prof. Salvatore Campogalliani.
Young Anna-Maria
She gave her debut as EURYDICE in Monteverdi’s "Orfeo" at the Vlaamse
Opera Antwerpen, followed up by numerous parts in baroque operas,
working with big names of the scene such as Ton Koopman and Phillippe
Herreweghe, performing among others at the Festival
van Vlaanderen, Festival de Wallonie, the Holland
Festival Amsterdam, as well as the Festivals in Paris, Locarno and Madrid.
After her vocal
change to a Dramatic Mezzosoprano, Anna-Maria Dur was performing, next to the
already mentioned, the Wagner-parts of KUNDRY in “Parsifal”, ORTRUD in
“Lohengrin”, VENUS in “Tannhäuser”, GRIMGERDE in „Walküre” and ERDA in “Rheingold”; the Richard-Strauss-parts
of KLYTEMNÄSTRA
in “Elektra” , ANNINA
in “Der Rosenkavalier” and HERODIAS
in “Salome”; SANTUZZA in Mascagnis’s “Cavalleria Rusticana”, EBOLI in
Verdi’s “Don Carlo”, AZUCENA in
“Il Trovatore” and AMNERIS in “Aida”, MARCELLINA in Mozart’s „Le Nozze di Figaro“, GERTRUD in
Erkel’s “Bánk Bán”, KABANICHA in „Katja Kabanowa“, MUTTER and HEXE in
Humperdinck’s „Hänsel & Gretel“,
and MADELON in Umberto Giordano’s “Andréa Chenier”,
to name only a
few of Ana-Maria Dur’s more than 60 parts including opera repertoire, where one
also can find many parts in contemporary operas, such as her highly celebrated PONCIA in
Aribert Reimanns "Bernarda
Albas Haus".
In 2009,
Anna-Maria Dur was awarded for her interpretation as KUNDRY
by Magazine "Die Opernwelt” as “Best Singer of the Season”.
Her theatre
Credits include the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Oper
Theater Bern, the Opera Bologna, the Staatstheater
Braunschweig, the Théâtre de la Monnaie Brüssel, the Deutsche
Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, the Oper Frankfurt, the Staatstheater
Hannover, the Innsbrucker Landestheater, the Pfalztheater
Kaiserslautern, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Oper
Köln, the Operá de Liège, the Nationaltheater Mannheim,
the Theater Meiningen, the Nationale Reisopera, the Oper
Nürnberg, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Salzburger
Landestheater, and the Théâtre Capitole Toulouse, being
partner of, among others, Eva Marton,
Gwyneth Jones, Gabriele Schnaut or Placido
Domingo.
She had the
pleasure to work with conductors and stage directors such as Thomas Adès, Wolfgang
Bozis, Justin Brown, Roman Brogli-Sacher, Miquel Gomez-Martinez, Jun Märkel, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Sir
John Pritchard, Uwe Sandner, Pinchas Steinberg, Hans Urbanek, Hans
Zender; and Bruno Berger-Gorski, Tom Cairns, Willy Decker, Achim Freyer, Ansgar
Haag, Gerd Heinz, Hansgünther Heyme, Alfred Kirchner, Andrea Moses, Peter Stein, Robert
Tannenbaum.
Besides opera,
Anna-Maria Dur’s second passion is the Art-Song, giving regularly Recitals in
whole Europe; also in this genre with
high critical acclaim: “Anna-Maria
Dur, with a wonderful imbered, full, warm mezzosoprano, interpret the
<Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen> very moving…”
In 2002, Anna-Maria
Dur was appointed Professor for
Voice at the Conservatory in Mannheim, being in this profession as
successful as a singer, having many of her students singing in renowned
international theaters.
In
addition, she is a frequently asked lecturer of Masterclasses and congresses among others in Milano, Triest, Glasgow and Bad Neustadt, and a not less
frequently asked writer in specialized musical magazinges, such as the „Musikermedizin“.
Season 2022/23
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copy and use of the CV and all material on this website, including all picture is not allowed.
For a CV in required length and a headshot, please contact us HERE
ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN
Das Kopieren und die Verwendung des CVs, sowie sämtlicher Materialien auf dieser Website, einschließlich aller Fotos sind nicht gestattet.
Für ein CV in gewünschter Länge und ein Portraitfoto, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte HIER
