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The 18/19 season sees her making a company and role debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Idamante Idomeneo, under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis. Other important highlights are Dorabella Così fan tutte and Adalgisa Norma, both at Bayerische Staatsoper, as well as her highly anticipated South American debut at the Teatro Mayor de Bogotá as Octavian in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. On the concert platform her engagements include Mozart’s Requiem with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada; a concert with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra which features works by Debussy, Chausson, Ravel, and Duruflé; and Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Further ahead, Brower makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Octavian Der Rosenkavalier and at Dutch National Opera as Dorabella Così fan tutte.
Last season Brower made a series of triumphant house debuts with Opéra de Paris as Annio La Clemenza di Tito; with Deutsche Oper Berlin as Prince Orlovsky in a new production of Die Fledermaus; and as Komponist Ariadne auf Naxos at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in a new production by Katie Mitchell. Other appearances s included Dorabella and Octavian at the Bayerische Staatsoper; a triumphant concert debut singing Berio’s Folk Songs in Prague; as well as solo recitals at Stanford University, Arizona State University and the Cuvilliés-Theater in Munich.
Recent successes include Dorabella in new productions of Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Salzburg Festival and Royal Opera House; Tamiri in Mozart’s Il re pastore at Lucerne Festival; Der Komponist Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne Festival; Dorabella at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Wiener Staatsoper; Siebel Faust at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; and Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro both at San Francisco Opera. At Bayerische Staatsoper she was heard as Annio and Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito; Der Komponist Ariadne auf Naxos; title role of La Cenerentola; Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel; Charlotte Werther; and Adalgisa Norma.
On the concert stage, she has performed works such as Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with the Tiroler Symphonie Orchester in Innsbruck, and she sang Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer Op. 19 and Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the NDR Sinfonieorchester, under the musical direction of Yal Pascal Tortilier.
Her discography include the hugely acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Le Nozze di Figaro, both conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Angela Brower was raised in Arizona and studied at Arizona State University and Indiana University. Her career started as a young artist singing at the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program in 2008. She was then invited to join the Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where she later became a member of the Ensemble from 2010-2016. Her portrayal of Dorabella in Così fan tutte earned her particular attention on the main stage of the National Theater, which led to her receiving the prestigious Munich Festival Prize in 2009.
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