Anna El-Khashem

Named "Emerging Opera Singer of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine and first-prize winner at the renowned NEUE STIMMEN Competition in 2019, Anna El-Khashem was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and completed her musical studies at the State Conservatory in her native city. She made her international debut at the Bregenz Festival in 2016 as Bastienne in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne and Soprano Solo in Weber's Jubelmesse. El-Khashem was subsequently invited to join the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and in 2017 she became a member of the company. She appeared in many new productions in Munich, singing, among other roles, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, the Mermaid in Oberon, Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride, Inès in La Favorite, Ksenia in Boris Godunov, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and Coryphée in Alceste. She has sung under the baton of many of today’s leading conductors, including Kirill Petrenko, Gustavo Dudamel, Constantinos Carydis, Ivor Bolton, Giacomo Sagripanti, Bertrand de Billy, Simone Young, Philippe Jordan and Riccardo Minasi. She made her house and role debut at Opéra de Paris (Opéra Garnier) in June 2021 as Servilia in Mozart‘s opera La Clemenza di Tito, returning to Paris as Susanna in a new production of Le Nozze di Figaro in January 2022 and made her role debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni on stage of Opéra Bastille in February 2022. In July 2022 she performed for the first time at the Verbier Festival singing Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and presenting a solo recital alongside Semion Skigin (piano). She successfully debuted at the Zurich Opera House in a concert under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Minasi in April 2022. In the following season she returned to Zurich and made her role debut as Flavia Gemmira in a new production of Cavalli’s Eliogabalo directed by Calixto Bieito. In March 2023 she gave her debut with the Vienna State Opera during their guest performance at Opéra de Monte-Carlo singing Susanna in Mozart‘s Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Philippe Jordan.