'Prohaska transcends all genre boundaries in her choice of pieces ... A convincing album with many facets!'
Rondo
Anna Prohaska
Anna Prohaska
Soprano
Anna Prohaska is an Austrian coloratura soprano. She was named Female Singer of the Year at the 2024 Opus Klassik Awards.
Genre
Classical
Biography
In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence and went on to win the Hanns-Eisler-Preis für Komposition und Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik two years later. She was selected for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe and won the Daphne-Preis. Anna has also won the Schneider-Schott Music Prize and in 2012 received an Echo Deutscher Musikpreis Klassik for her album 'Sirène'.
Reviews
'Her understanding of the text is just as convincing as her handling of dynamics and tone: sometimes relaxed and detached, sometimes dramatic, sometimes cheerful, sometimes effervescent.'
Das Opernglas
Editor's Choice: '... there's plenty of edgy vitality on this eclectic recital which spans eight centuries and only slightly fewer countries.'
Presto Music
'Nothing sounds stale here, everything has an enormous alertness and freshness. The album has many melancholic tones ... but you never have the feeling that the music has robbed you of hope.'
SWR2