The Cunning Little Vixen
Bayerische Staatsoper
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Barrie Kosky, director
Mirjam Mesak, The Vixen
Wolfgang Koch, The Forester
Angela Brower, The Fox
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About Angela Brower
Hailed by the New York Times for her “plush, full sound, yet also youthful brightness”, American mezzo-soprano Angela Brower is one of the most sought-after lyric mezzo-sopranos of her generation.
A former member of the Bayerische Staatsoper ensemble, and alumna of their studio, she continues to bring her compelling artistry and musicianship to the world’s leading opera houses and concert venues.
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Bayerische Staatsoper
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Barrie Kosky, director
Mirjam Mesak, The Vixen
Wolfgang Koch, The Forester
Angela Brower, The Fox
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Thomas Dolié, Count Almaviva
Anna-Maria Labin, Countess Almaviva
Angela Brower, Susanna
Robert Gleadow, Figaro
Lea Desandre, Cherubino
Arianna Vendittelli, Marcellina
Norman Patzke, Bartolo / Antonio
Paco García, Basilio / Don Curzio
Mercedes Gancedo, Barbarina
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Ana Maria Labin, Fiordiligi
Angela Brower, Dorabella
James Ley, Ferrando
Robert Gleadow, Guglielmo
Miriam Albano, Despina
Alexandre Duhamel, Don Alfonso
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From January 23 until February 15 Angela Brower stars as The Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen at the Bayerische Staatsoper, joining forces once again with conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, with whom she performed the opera in Dortmund and Paris last November. This time, she shares the stage with Mirjam…
Recorded earlier this season at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Daniele Finzi Pasca’s new production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann is conducted by the Staatsoper’s Music Director Kent Nagano and stars Angela Brower in the dual role of Nicklausse and the Muse, Benjamin Bernheim, as the poet Hoffmann, Olga Peretyatko, who plays all four…
This November, Angela Brower sings two performances of Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the helm. She will sing The Fox, joined by Elena Tsallagova as The Vixen, Roland Wood as The Forester, Elizabeth Cragg and The Hen and The Jay,…
This month, Angela Brower makes her greatly anticipated Scandinavian debut performing several recitals with Swedish pianist Andreas Landegren in Sweden and Denmark. Ms. Brower has chosen a special multifaceted program that reflects her story, roots, and ancestors, including American and Quaker songs and songs by Copland. The program will also feature…
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‘The school for lovers’, Mozart’s alternative title for Così fan tutte, is given a playful, theatrical treatment by German director Jan Philipp Gloger, who sets this new production for The Royal Opera in a theatre. The four lovers are performed by Corinne Winters, Angela Brower, Daniel Behle and Alessio Arduini, with Sabina Puértolas as the fun-loving Despina and acclaimed German baritone and comic genius Johannes Martin Kränzle as the impresario Don Alfonso, who leads the lovers on a role-playing journey full of picturesque settings. Semyon Bychkov conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in one of Mozart’s most beautiful scores, packed with wonderful arias and ensembles
