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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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Teatro dell'opera di Roma
Maxime Pascal, conductor
Charles Morillon, Der Haushofmeister
Adrian Eröd, Ein Musiklehrer
Angela Brower, Der Komponist
Axelle Fanyo, Primadonna (Ariadne)
Tuomas Katajala, Tenor (Bacchus)
Ziyi Dai, Zerbinetta
Photo: Diego Delso
Staatsoper Berlin
Giuseppe Mentuccia, conductor
Sonya Yoncheva, Norma
Freddie De Tommaso, Pollione
Angela Brower, Adalgisa
Erwin Schrott, Oroveso
Wiener Staatsoper
Louis Langrée, conductor
Elsa Dreisig, Fiordiligi
Angela Brower, Dorabella
Maria Nazarova, Despina
Filipe Manu, Ferrando
Peter Kellner, Guglielmo
Christopher Maltman, Don Alfonso
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For her first performances of 2026 on January 23 and 25, Angela Brower is the soloist for Berlioz’s cantata Cléopâtre, on the first of her two weeks with the TSO. Maestro Gomez introduces the music of Olivier Messiaen with the intensely spiritual Les Offrandes oubliées (the Forgotten Offerings). Debussy’s impressionistic…
“In the role of Octavian, Angela Brower was a delight, bringing out many layers to her character. At the beginning, you could see a young boy enthralled, excited, and stricken with his Marschallin. There is a combination of sexual desire, but also care and love, especially in the first scene,…
Angela Brower returns to the role of Octavian this autumn in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, in a new production by Lydia Steier based on an extant set, and Joana Mallwitz at the musical helm. Diana Damrau stars as the Marschallin, Günther Groissböck sings Ochs, with Emily Pogorelc as Sophie, and Bo…
Angela Brower returns to the Endinburgh International Festival on August 9, appearing as Sesto in Mozart’s political thriller, La clemenza di Tito. It’s an opera that’s played an important role in Brower’s career; of a previous performance as Sesto, Bachtrack said, “Angela Brower plays Sesto’s range of emotions with poignant…
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The poet E. T. A. Hoffmann as the protagonist of his own fantastic tales: In his encounter with three women – Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta – he searches in vain for love and for himself. Will he draw the strength for art from his failure in life? Stage director Daniele Finzi Pasca brings an enchanting, fairy-tale-like spectacle to the stage with all the colourful means of theatrical magic.
Soloists: Benjamin Bernheim, Olga Peretyatko, Luca Pisaroni, Angela Brower
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Conductor: Kent Nagano
