Anna Caterina Antonacci
Anna Caterina Antonacci is widely acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She has scored notable personal success as Cassandre (Les Troyens) with Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Incoronazione di Poppea at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, as well as the title role in Medea in Toulouse, at the Teatro Regio Turin and the Châtelet, Paris.
Her debut in a new production of Carmen at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden conducted by Antonio Pappano was a huge triumph, performed also at the Opera Comique conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, and was a precursor to her return to London as Cassandre (Les Troyens) at Covent Garden and the BBC Proms. Also revered for her interpretations of Berlioz' vocal works, performances have included La Mort de Cléopâtre with the Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Yannick Nézét-Seguin, with the Hong Kong Philharmonic conducted by John Nelson and with the LPO again with Nézét-Seguin.
Anna Caterina has been honoured with the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur' by the French Republic, which is the highest national distinction one can receive. Her first recording, Era la Notte for the Naive label received great acclaim. She has also recorded L'Alba separa dalla luce l'ombra for Wigmore Live, with her pianist Donald Sulzen, featuring songs by Tosti, Cilea, and Hahn.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.133 |
Birthday | 1961-04-05 |
Place of Birth | Ferrara, Italy |
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2007
Carmen
6.2/6
Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of...
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Carmen
2018
Gloriana
0/0
Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex:...
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Gloriana
2022
Lord of the Ants
7.2/190
Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he...
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Lord of the Ants
1995
Ermione
0/0
Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachino Rossini's epic opus ERMIONE is based on Jean Ra...
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Ermione
1998
Rodelinda
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Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-renowned Glyndebourne Opera House in the United Kingdo...
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Rodelinda
2010
Un giorno di regno
0/0
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Un giorno di regno (2010) Parma. 'Un giorno di regno, ossia il finto Stanislao' ('A One-Day Reign, or The Pretend Stanisl...
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Un giorno di regno
2012
Les Troyens
0/0
After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty. He meets Didon, Queen of Carthage, and falls in l...
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Les Troyens
2009
Don Giovanni
10/1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni is performed live at the Theater an der Wien in this 1999 production starring Carlos Alvarez in the title role...
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Don Giovanni
2003
Berlioz: Les Troyens
10/1
This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of t...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
2009
Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
0/0
Two queens on one island. A recipe for disaster. Especially as both have a legitimate claim to the other's throne. They are, after all, related... So...
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Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
2016
Hindemith: Sancta Susanna
0/0
Klementia, who has been a nun for several years, is troubled by an apparition of Saint Susanna. The latter, performed by Anna Caterina Antonacci, lift...
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Hindemith: Sancta Susanna
2009
Luigi Cherubini - Medea
0/0
The story takes place in Corinth, in Creon's palace. Glauce (the king's daughter) is making preparations for her wedding with Jason; the hero has repu...
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Luigi Cherubini - Medea
1987
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
0/0
Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers of...
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Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1986
Madama Butterfly
0/0
Opera at La Scala Milan
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Madama Butterfly
1986
I Vespri Siciliani
0/0
I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they conclude that i...
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I Vespri Siciliani
2010
Bizet: Carmen (Anna Caterina Antonacci/The Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner)
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About the Director: John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Acknowledged as a key figure in the early music revival,...
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Bizet: Carmen (Anna Caterina Antonacci/The Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner)
2015
Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera
0/0
Witness the fall of Troy and the rise of an even greater nation in Hector Berlioz’s monumental five-part epic The Trojans. Opera legend Susan Graham,...
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Les Troyens - San Francisco Opera
2002
Falstaff (La Scala)
0/0
Verdi's opera, performed by the choir and orchestra of the La Scala theatre under Riccardo Muti.
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