Prof. Anna Samuil

• Born in Perm, Russia
• Violin and voice studies with Irina Archipowa at Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, Konzertexamen with honors in 2003
• Guest performances with Metropolitan Opera New York, Bavarian State Opera, La Scala in Milan and Arena di Verona, at opera houses in Valencia, Tokyo, Hamburg and Lyon and at Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Verbier, Florence, Edinburgh and Aix-en-Provence Festivals
• Collaboration with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Sir Neville Marriner, Antonio Pappano, Vladimir Jurowski, Kent Nagano, Plácido Domingo and directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Peter Stein, Andrea Breth, Jonathan Kent and Achim Freyer
• Stage partners including Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Jonas Kaufmann, Waltraut Meier, Anna Netrebko, René Pape, Deborah Polaski, Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazón, Ramón Vargas and many others
• Concerts and Lied performances at Covent Garden and Royal Albert Hall in London, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, in Bayreuth, Brussels, Dresden, Jerusalem, Lisbon, Prague, Tel Aviv and Vienna amongst others
• From 2001 to 2004, engaged by Moscow’s Stanislavsky Opera Theater
• Prizewinner at renowned international competitions such as Franco Corelli and Riccardo Zandonai (Italy), Neue Stimmen (Germany), Klaudia Taev (Estonia), Glinka and Tchaikovsky Competitions (Russia)
• In 2008, awarded “Daphne” stage prize for exceptional performance in singing and performance
• Numerous CD and DVD recordings: “Don Giovanni”, “Eugene Onegin”, “Das Rheingold”, Britten’s “War Requiem”, Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” and Rimsky-Korsakov Lieder (on Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and EMI)
• Since 2004, soloist with Staatsoper Berlin in main roles such as Violetta, Mimí, Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Contessa, Rosalinde, Adina, Tatiana, Elsa etc.
• Since 2011, teacher for Voice Studies at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
• appointed as Honorary Professor in April 2023