# Anna Prohaska

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{{short description|Austrian soprano}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name                = Anna Prohaska
| image               = Anna prohaska 1954 (cropped).jpg
| image_upright       =
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Prohaska in a recital at [Centre cultural l'Atlàntida](/source/Centre_cultural_l'Atl%C3%A0ntida) ([Vic](/source/Vic%2C_Spain), Spain). May 2016
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1983|06|27}}
| birth_place         = [Neu-Ulm](/source/Neu-Ulm), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| death_date          = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) -->
| death_place         = 
| organisation        = [Berlin State Opera](/source/Berlin_State_Opera)
| occupation          = Soprano singer
| years_active        = 2002–present
| website             = {{URL|https://www.annaprohaska.com/}}
}}
'''Anna Prohaska''' (born June 27, 1983) is an Austrian-British [lyric soprano](/source/lyric_soprano). She lives in Berlin.<ref name=brug />

==Career==
Anna Prohaska studied in Berlin at the [Hanns Eisler Academy of Music](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_%22Hanns_Eisler%22).<ref>{{cite news |last=Kuhn |first=Annette |date=22 December 2014 |title=Sängerin Anna Prohaska - Singen, bis die Nachbarn klingeln |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin-aktuell/weihnachten-in-berlin/article135639211/Saengerin-Anna-Prohaska-Singen-bis-die-Nachbarn-klingeln.html |work=[Berliner Morgenpost](/source/Berliner_Morgenpost) |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blech |first=Volker  |date=27 October 2013 |title=Mit Sopranistin Anna Prohaska im goldenen Käfig |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article121255157/Mit-Sopranistin-Anna-Prohaska-im-goldenen-Kaefig.html |work=Berliner Morgenpost |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref>  Prohaska made her debut in 2002 at the [Komische Oper](/source/Komische_Oper) in [Harry Kupfer](/source/Harry_Kupfer)’s production of [Britten](/source/Britten)’s ''[Turn of the Screw](/source/Turn_of_the_Screw)''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hamdorf |first=Laura |date=16 July 2011 |title=Oper frei Schnauze |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/operntalent-anna-prohaska-oper-frei-schnauze-a-774714.html |work=[Der Spiegel](/source/Der_Spiegel) |location=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 March 2002 |title=Harry Kupfer inszenierte Brittens "The Turn of the Screw" |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/harry-kupfer-inszenierte-brittens-the-turn-of-the-screw |work=[neue musikzeitung](/source/neue_musikzeitung) |language=de |access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence, and in 2006 for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe. In 2006 she was engaged as a member of the permanent ensemble at the [Berlin State Opera](/source/Berlin_State_Opera) under [Daniel Barenboim](/source/Daniel_Barenboim).<ref name=brug>{{cite news |last=Brug |first=Manuel |date=22 May 2011 |title=Die zwei Seiten der Anna Prohaska |url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article13386662/Die-zwei-Seiten-der-Anna-Prohaska.html |work=[Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt) |location=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> Since 2007, she has worked closely with the [Berliner Philharmoniker](/source/Berliner_Philharmoniker).<ref name=primus /> Beside her wide standard repertoire, she is a modern and early music specialist.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahlke |first=Sybill |date=14 February 2016 |title=Die Nahrung der Liebe |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/anna-prohaska-und-die-akademie-fuer-alte-musik-die-nahrung-der-liebe/12961694.html |work=Der Tagesspiegel |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> Prohaska performed the world premiere of [Rihm](/source/Wolfgang_Rihm)'s ''Mnemosyne'' in 2009 with the [Scharoun Ensemble](/source/Scharoun_Ensemble),<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilkening |first=Martin |date=25 May 2009 |title=Claudio Abbado dirigierte wieder in Berlin und wurde zuvor durch ein Konzert geehrt: Eine Feier des Augenblicks |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/claudio-abbado-dirigierte-wieder-in-berlin-und-wurde-zuvor-durch-ein-konzert-geehrt-eine-feier-des-augenblicks-15649210 |work=[Berliner Zeitung](/source/Berliner_Zeitung) |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=braunmüller /> and ''Requiem-Strophen'' in 2017 with the [Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/Bavarian_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra).<ref name=braunmüller>{{cite news |last=Braunmüller |first=Robert |date=28 March 2017 |title=Anna Prohaska über die "Requiem-Strophen" von Wolfgang Rihm |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.musica-viva-anna-prohaska-ueber-die-requiem-strophen-von-wolfgang-rihm.1ebd1bd7-41c3-48a1-b4f4-fd9c824bd7bc.html |work=[Abendzeitung](/source/Abendzeitung) |location=Munich |language=de |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> She appeared as Inanna in the world premiere of [Jörg Widmann](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Widmann)'s ''[Babylon](/source/Babylon_(opera))'' in October 2012, with the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) conducted by [Kent Nagano](/source/Kent_Nagano).<ref name=loomis>{{cite news |last=Loomis |first=George |date=6 November 2012 |title=Carnal Knowledge in a Modern Metropolis: Babylon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/arts/07iht-loomis07.html |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |location=New York |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 2005 {{ill|Hanns-Eisler-Preis für Komposition und Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik|de}}
* 2008 {{ill|Daphne-Preis|de}}<ref name=primus>{{cite news |last=Primus |first=Juliane |date=9 September 2009 |title=Lacht schmutzig, spielt intensiv |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/stadtleben/stadtmenschen-lacht-schmutzig-spielt-intensiv/1596424.html |work=[Der Tagesspiegel](/source/Der_Tagesspiegel) |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref>
* 2010 [Schneider-Schott Music Prize](/source/Schneider-Schott_Music_Prize)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/anna-prohaska-erhaelt-den-schneider-schott-musikpreis-mainz-2010 |title=Anna Prohaska erhält den Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis Mainz 2010 |date=30 March 2010 |website=nmz online |publisher=neue musikzeitung |language=de |access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref>
* 2012 [Echo Deutscher Musikpreis Klassik](/source/2012_Echo_Klassik_Awards) (Newcomer award) for her album ''Sirène''<ref name=EK12>{{cite web |title=ECHO Klassik Prizewinners 2012 |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2012_Preistraeger_FINAL_120711.pdf |publisher=ECHO Klassik |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804052945/http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2012_Preistraeger_FINAL_120711.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2016 [Kunstpreis Berlin](/source/Kunstpreis_Berlin) (performing arts)
* 2017 [International Classical Music Awards](/source/International_Classical_Music_Awards) (Baroque vocal) for her album ''Serpent & Fire''

== Discography ==
* [Giovanni Battista Pergolesi](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi): ''[Stabat Mater](/source/Stabat_Mater_(Pergolesi))'' [Bernarda Fink](/source/Bernarda_Fink), [Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin](/source/Akademie_f%C3%BCr_Alte_Musik_Berlin), Bernhard Forck. Harmonia Mundi France, 2009.
*''Sirène.'' Songs by [Gustav Mahler](/source/Gustav_Mahler), [Claude Debussy](/source/Claude_Debussy), [Henry Lawes](/source/Henry_Lawes), [John Dowland](/source/John_Dowland), [Joseph Haydn](/source/Joseph_Haydn), [Franz Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert), [Georges Bizet](/source/Georges_Bizet), [Karol Szymanowski](/source/Karol_Szymanowski), [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann), [Gabriel Fauré](/source/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9), [Hugo Wolf](/source/Hugo_Wolf), [Arthur Honegger](/source/Arthur_Honegger), [Felix Mendelssohn](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn), [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k). With {{ill|Eric Schneider (pianist)|lt=Eric Schneider|de|Eric Schneider (Pianist)}}, piano. DGG 2011.
* [Bernd Alois Zimmermann](/source/Bernd_Alois_Zimmermann): ''Initiale.'' Lieder und frühe Kammermusik. With Cordelia Höfer, Alessandro Cappone, Rachel Schmidt und Trio Berlin. Wergo, 2011.
* [Georg Friedrich Händel](/source/Georg_Friedrich_H%C3%A4ndel): '' [Saul](/source/Saul_(Handel)).'' [Dresdner Kammerchor](/source/Dresdner_Kammerchor), {{Interlanguage link|Dresdner Barockorchester|de}}, [Hans-Christoph Rademann](/source/Hans-Christoph_Rademann). Carus, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 2011.
*''Enchanted Forest''. Arias by [Antonio Vivaldi](/source/Antonio_Vivaldi), [Georg Friedrich Händel](/source/Georg_Friedrich_H%C3%A4ndel), [Henry Purcell](/source/Henry_Purcell), [Francesco Cavalli](/source/Francesco_Cavalli) und [Claudio Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi). [Arcangelo](/source/Arcangelo_(ensemble)), [Jonathan Cohen](/source/Jonathan_Cohen_(conductor)). DGG 2013.
*''Behind the Lines''. Songs by [Ludwig van Beethoven](/source/Ludwig_van_Beethoven), [Hanns Eisler](/source/Hanns_Eisler), [Hugo Wolf](/source/Hugo_Wolf), Alexey Nikolayevitch Pleshcheyev, Thomas Traill, [Charles Edward Ives](/source/Charles_Edward_Ives), [Roger Quilter](/source/Roger_Quilter), [Michael Cavendish](/source/Michael_Cavendish), [Franz Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert), [Wolfgang Rihm](/source/Wolfgang_Rihm), [Franz Liszt](/source/Franz_Liszt), [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann), [Francis Poulenc](/source/Francis_Poulenc), [Gustav Mahler](/source/Gustav_Mahler), [Kurt Weill](/source/Kurt_Weill). With Eric Schneider, piano. DGG 2014<ref>{{cite news |last=Pirich |first=Carolin |date=11 September 2014 |title=Zwischen den Fronten |url=https://www.zeit.de/2014/36/anna-prohaska-klassik-behind-the-lines |work=[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit) |location=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>
*''Serpent & Fire''. Arias by [Henry Purcell](/source/Henry_Purcell), [Christoph Graupner](/source/Christoph_Graupner), [Antonio Sartorio](/source/Antonio_Sartorio), [Matthew Locke](/source/Matthew_Locke_(composer)), [Daniele da Castrovillari](/source/Daniele_da_Castrovillari), [Georg Friedrich Händel](/source/Georg_Friedrich_H%C3%A4ndel), [Johann Adolph Hasse](/source/Johann_Adolph_Hasse), [Francesco Cavalli](/source/Francesco_Cavalli). [Il Giardino Armonico](/source/Il_Giardino_Armonico), [Giovanni Antonini](/source/Giovanni_Antonini). Alpha 2015

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|https://www.annaprohaska.com/}}
* [https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/en/kuenstler/anna-prohaska.1030/ Anna Prohaska] [Staatsoper Unter den Linden](/source/Staatsoper_Unter_den_Linden) {{in lang|de}}
* [https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/prohaska-anna.html Anna Prohaska] [Bayerische Staatsoper](/source/Bayerische_Staatsoper) {{in lang|de}}
*[https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/anna-prohaska/biography Anna Prohaska][Deutsche Grammophon](/source/Deutsche_Grammophon)

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