Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Xenia
PREMIERE Nov 2
Nov 6/8/14/21/23/26
Bizet - Carmen - Frasquita
Dec 13/19/21/27, Jan 9/16/18/24/31
Massenet - Werther - Sophie
March 6/11, April 4/9/17

KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Neuwirth - Orlando - Sasha/Chastity
PREMIERE May 16
May 21/24/27/31, June 6

Biography

Moscow-born soprano Anna Nekhames combines technical brilliance with multifaceted stage presence, particularly in roles that blend expressiveness with virtuosity.

As an ensemble member of the Oper Frankfurt Last season she celebrated a great success in the title role of Reimann's Melusine, for which she was awarded, among other things, "Young Artist of the Year" by the Opernwelt was awarded.

In the 2025/26 season, she can be seen as Xenia (Boris Godunov), Frasquita (Carmen), Sophie (Werther), and as the niece in Peter Grimes, among other roles. Her penchant for contemporary repertoire is demonstrated by her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin, where she will sing the roles of Sasha/Chastity in the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's Orlando.

Anna Nekhames received her first musical training in the children's choir of the Bolshoi Theatre. She initially studied singing at the Galina Vishnevskaya Music Theatre College. This was followed by vocal studies at the renowned Gnessin Conservatory in Moscow and a master's degree (solo singing & song and oratorio) at the MUK (Music and Arts Private University) of the City of Vienna.
She received international inspiration through masterclasses with Michael Kraus, Linda Watson, Daniela Fally, Adrian Eröd, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson, Helmut Deutsch, and Brigitte Fassbaender.
Following this, she was a member of the Vienna State Opera's opera studio, where she attracted attention with roles such as the Confidante (Elektra), the Flower Maiden (Parsifal), Konstanze (The Abduction from the Enchanted Kingdom), Juliette (Die tote Stadt), the Milliner (Der Rosenkavalier), and the Morning Bird in the Austrian premiere of Leyla and Medjnun (Detlev Glanert). Invitations took Anna Nekhames to, among other venues, the Tyrolean Festival Erl, where she debuted in the title role of Mercadante's Francesca da Rimini. Subsequently, she was engaged by Brigitte Fassbaender for her Ring Cycle production as the Woodbird and Woglinde. Her repertoire includes roles such as the Queen of the Night, which she has performed at, among others, the Vienna State Opera. Oper Frankfurt , the Viennese Volksoper and at the Wiesbaden State Theatre, as well as Musetta (La Bohème), Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), Giannetta (L'elisir d'amore), Gilda (Rigoletto), Schopfhenne/ Die Gastwirtin (Das schlaue Füchslein), Mizi (Der ferne Klang), Beauté (Guercœur), Eine italienische Sängerin (Capriccio), Fiakermilli (Arabella), Leonore (Doktor und Apotheker), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto).
In the 2024/25 season, Anna Nekhames played at the Oper Frankfurt Key artistic highlights: She impressed as Aksinya in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, as the fifteen-year-old in Lulu, as Polya in Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress, and in the title role of Aribert Reimann's Melusine, which she performed in a highly acclaimed new production. Previously, she had also given compelling performances as Venus/Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, as Fauno in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba, and as Belisa's mother in Wolfgang Fortner's In seinem Garten, Don Perlimplìn liebt Belisa.
As a concert singer, she made her debut at the Rheingau Festival with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under the direction of Emmanuel Tjeknavorian in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
Anna Nekhames is the winner of numerous competitions, including the 11th International Hilde Zadek Singing Competition and the 3rd International Haydn Competition.
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