Anja Daniela Wagner
German opera singer
Anja Daniela Wagner (born 11 March 1969, in Halle/Saale) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano and photographer.
Life and work
After a training in picture retouching, Wagner, the daughter of the artist couple Heidi Wagner-Kerkhof and Hannes H. Wagner, studied singing at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Jitka Kovarikova. With Cornelia Melian from Munich, she also received training in "historical singing" in early music. After graduating, she completed postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. Her teacher there was Hartmut Zabel. This was followed by master classes with Jessica Cash, Hermann Christian Polster and chamber music singer Brigitte Fassbaender.
Wagner gave her debut on the opera stage during her studies as Hansel in E. Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel at the Zwickau theatre.
In 2003 she was engaged at the Theater Nordhausen and is active there until today (2017). In 2004 she took part in the world premiere of the opera The Legend of Paul and Paula (after the same name film) by Ludger Vollmer as Paula / Laura. As in the film, the opera is based on the novel by Ulrich Plenzdorf.
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