Anja Harteros Wagner Lohengrin Elsas Dream

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Anja Harteros (born 23 July 1972) is a German operatic soprano. In 1999, she became the first German to win the Cardiff Singer of the World competition. In the summer of 1999, she won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, which led to many invitations for concerts and guest performances. This was the major breakthrough for her career: since then, she has appeared as a guest at all the major world opera houses, including Frankfurt, Lyon, Amsterdam, Dresden, Paris, Hamburg, Vienna, New York (Metropolitan Opera), Munich, Cologne and Berlin (Deutsche Oper), as well as the Salzburger Festspiele. She has also given concerts and Lieder recitals all over Germany, as well as in Boston, Florence, London, Edinburgh, Vicenza and Tel Aviv. She sang the title role in a new production of Händel's Alcina at the opera festival in Munich in 2005. Her repertoire includes the roles of Mimì (La bohème), Desdemona (Otello), Micaëla (Carmen), Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Arabella (Arabella), Alice Ford (Falstaff), and Alcina. She sang her first Violetta in La traviata in 2004 and her first Amelia in Simon Boccanegra in 2005 with San Diego Opera... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anja_Har... • • Lyrics English Translation • Lonely, in troubled days • Ilooked toward the heavens, • my most heartfelt grief • I poured out my longings. • And from my groans • there issued a plaintive sound • that grew into a mighteous roar • as it echoed through the skies: • I listened as it receded into the distance • until my ear could scarce hear it; • my eyes closed • and I fell into a deep sleep. • In splendid, shining armour • a knight approached, • a man of such pure virtue • as I had never seen before: • a golden horn at his side, • leaning on a sword - • thus he appeared to me • from nowhere, this warrior true; • with kindly gestures • he gave me comfort; • I will wait for the knight, • he shall be my champion! • • Please Enjoy! • I send my kind and warm regards,

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