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The Gaerman soprano, Anna Bachleitner, studied with Evelyn Tubb and Gerd Türk at the well-known Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (Bachelor of Music degree in Early Music and Renaissance Singing: 2015-2018; Master of Music degree in Baroque Singing: 2018-2020) and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Xenia Meijer (Master of Arts degree in Earty Music: 2020-2022). She also studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Masters degree in cultural and media management: 2021-2023). During her studies, she had the possibility to work with Anthony Rooley, Václav Luks, Andrea Marcon, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Bruce Dickey, Frithjof Smith, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, and others. She has received awards and scholarships from the Karl-und-Lily-Till-Stiftung, Stiftung der Musikakademie Basel, Fonds Marie Lousie and the Bayerischer Staatspreis. Master-classes with Magreet Honig, Ulrike Hofbauer, Elizabeth Dobbin, Anne Marie Dragosits and Jan van Elsacker deepened her love of Early Music. For Baroque gesture and acting, which is an important aspect of her current work, she works with Deda Christina Colonna, Sigrid t’Hooft, Jed Wentz and Laila Cathleen Neuman.
Anna Bachleitner regularly performs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and The Netherlands. She is specialized in Early Music and, as Südbadische Zeitung writes: “a highly flexible voice artist and richly equipped with nuanced colors of sound and expression.” As a soloist, she has sung many of the major oratorical works of the Baroque and Classical period such as the Passions by J.S. Bach, Oratorios by George Frideric Handel, and sacred works by C. Monteverdi, W.A. Mozart and J. Haydn. Along with her work with chamber music groups, she loves Baroque opera. In 2018 she took the leading role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Ensemble Locatelli under the direction of Thomas Chigioni in Bergamo. In a production of G.F. Handel's Rodelinda by the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, she worked with stage director and specialist for Baroque theatre Deda Christina Colonna. In 2020 she ould have performed Anima in La Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo by E. de’Cavallieri with staging by Carlos Harmuch, under the musical direction of Francesco Pedrini. The roles of “Setso” in G.F. Handel's Giulio Caesare and Cherubino in W.A. Mozart's La nozze de Figaro are also part of her repertoire.
Ensemble singing is another essential part of her musical life. Anna Bachleitner is a member of La Cetra Barockorchester & Vocal Ensemble Basel (since August 2020; Director: Andrea Marcon) and regularly appears with ensembles such as Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier) and Zürcher Sing-Akademie (since October 2021; Director: Florian Helgath).
Anna Bachleitner performed as Nunzia and Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero by F.Caccini during the Brighton Early Music Festival (UK) and was selected in 2021 for the Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Academy (SE), where she was part of the new production Hail! Bright Cecilia! and Charpentier's opera Les Arts Florrisant. In 2022 she performed as Donau in J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 206 under the direction of Guy van Waas with the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra at venues such as the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. In the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, she was selected for the "Young Fellowship" program of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Shunske Sato). In 2023, she performed the Soprano II solo in J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 191 with the Freiburger Barockorchester under Kristian Bezuidenhout, alongside renowned soloists at prestigious venues such as the Konzerthaus in Dortmund, Freiburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, and the Berlin Philharmonie.
Highlights of her current season include performances in the Fabulous Fringe at the renowned Utrecht Early Music Festival, where she appears with her duo partner Niels Pfeffer, as well as collaboration with the ensemble Ælbgut for the Heinrich Schütz Music Festival. |
