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 worlds 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 NézétSeguin with the Hong Kong Philharmonic conducted by John Nelson and with the LPO again with NézétSeguin Anna Caterina has been honoured with the Chevalier de lOrdre National de la Légion dhonneur 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 LAlba separa dalla luce lombra for Wigmore Live with her pianist Donald Sulzen featuring songs by Tosti Cilea and Hahn