Anna Shafajinskaia sings Tosca

Soprano Anna Shafajinskaia sings the title role

Anna has emerged as one of the most important young dramatic sopranos of our time. Her debut in "TURANDOT" with WNO was called "A sensation" Rodney Milnes "The Times", "Opera" magazine and her Princess Turandot at The Royal Opera House/Covent Garden, being praised as "reminiscent of Callas" Matthew Connolly "The Times"; "She sings with great assurance and truly imperious quality that few achieve" - "Opera" magazine, London.

Anna has been an acclaimed guest at many of the world's opera companies including:

The Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Opera National de Paris (Bastille); Opera de Nice; Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona); The New National Theatre (Tokyo); Teatro Massimo (Palermo); Teatro Comunale (Florence); Torre del Lago Puccini's Festival; Deutsche Oper (Berlin); Oper Frankfurt; Semperoper in Dresden; New York City Opera; The Dallas Opera; Michigan Opera ( Detroit); Nederlandse Opera; The Amsterdam's Concertgebouw; The Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg); The Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow); Finnish National Opera; Den Norske Opera (Oslo); Opera National de Montpellier; Royal Opera de Wallonie (Liege); Welsh National Opera; Florida Grand Opera (Miami); San Diego; New Orleans; Columbus; Nacionale Opera (Mexico City); Opera de Montreal; Opera Festival of New Jersey; Opera Ontario (Hamilton)...

Tosca synopsis:
Scarpia, resuming his supper, suggests that Tosca yield herself to him in exchange for her lover's life. Fighting off his embraces, she protests her fate to God, having dedicated her life to art and love ("Vissi d'arte"). Scarpia again insists, but Spoletta interrupts: faced with capture, Angelotti has killed himself. Tosca, forced to give in or lose her lover, agrees to Scarpia's proposition. The baron pretends to order a mock execution for the prisoner, after which he is to be freed; Spoletta leaves. No sooner has Scarpia written a safe-conduct for the lovers than Tosca snatches a knife from the table and kills him. Wrenching the document from his stiffening fingers and placing candles at his head and a crucifix on his chest, she slips from the room.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• opera
• puccini
• tosca
• shafajinskaia
• duet

[cyfieithydd]

Thank you for sharing. It is a rare voice indeed that can sing with such power and finesse at the same time.

[operadoctore]

I don't even mention the fully dramatic beauty of her voice but such passionate singing can go directly to the heart of any audience. This is the magic of a great artist!

[Maugerad]

E sempre calante...

[travelimageart]

Anna - you should perform in the MET, great voice, real actress!

[joanabanyeres]

yes she has a great instrument and she is a very good actress. In fact her voice is not like many dramatic sopranos, it's a soft and strong at the same time. To THE MET::::::

[scarpia1965]

Right! Engange this unique singer for Tosca and Turandot at the Met. She is breathtaking!

[joanabanyeres]

Anna, TO THE MET, To THE MET. Bravaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[ALEXISVASSILIEV]

Magnifique voix , douce, puissante en même temps! J'adore! AV

[Heraopera]

I love her voice and her expressive singingstyle! BRAVA! Thanks for posting....

[SSlavaS]

Amazing performance! Big, beautiful voice!

[incvoice]

Bravissima!!!