Anja Silja hon debuterade som Rosina i Barberaren från Sevilla i Braunschweig 1956, men själva karriären började med rollen som Nattens drottning i Mozart´s T rollflöjten,1959 på Staatsoper i Wien under ledning av Karl Böhm och på Aix-en-Provence.
Anja Silja finsk sopran
Anja Silja tidiga roller bestod av Santuzza in På Sicilien, de fyra hjältinnorna i Hoffmanns äventyr, Konstanze i Enleveringen ur seraljen av Mozart och Fiordiligi i Così fan tutte, men också Leonora i Trubaduren, av Verdi.
Hon debuterade 1960 som Senta i Den flygande holländaren i Bayreuth.Man kunde höra henne i Frankfurt, Toulouse, Paris, Turin, Neapel, Stuttgart, Zürich, Barcelona, Geneve Holland, Budapest och London.
Hon debuterade i San Francisco som Salome 1968 och har sjungit i Chicago. Vidare har hon sjungit i Trieste på Festivalen i Edinburgh och Salzburg. Hon sjöng Fidelio och Salome på Metropolitan Opera i New York.
Metropolitan Opera
Met Performance] CID:228610 Fidelio {121} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/1972 Debut: Anja Silja |
[Met Performance] CID:228660 Fidelio {122} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/3/1972 |
[Met Performance] CID:228740 Fidelio {123} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1972 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:228790 Fidelio {124} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1972 |
[Met Performance] CID:228860 Salome {78} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/1972 |
[Met Performance] CID:228910 Salome {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1972 |
[Met Performance] CID:260600 Wozzeck {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1980 Debut: Christopher Byars Review |
[Met Performance] CID:260650 Wozzeck {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/1980 |
[Met Performance] CID:260690 Wozzeck {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1980 |
[Met Performance] CID:260710 Wozzeck {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1980 |
[Met Performance] CID:260750 Opera News Wozzeck {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/8/1980 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:260790 Wozzeck {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1980 |
[Met Performance] CID:291890 Lulu {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/1988 Debut: Ronald Hamilton Review |
[Met Performance] CID:310980 Jenufa {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/1992 |
[Met Performance] CID:311050 Jenufa {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/5/1993 |
[Met Performance] CID:311080 Jenufa {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/8/1993 |
[Met Performance] CID:311110 Jenufa {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/1993 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351415 The MET Orchestra: Erwartung {11} Carnegie Hall, New York; 01/29/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:351819 Jenufa {40} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/2007 Debut: Michaela Martens Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:351827 Jenufa {41} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2007 |
[Met Performance] CID:351835 Jenufa {42} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/06/2007 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:351852 Jenufa {44} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/2007 Debut: Jay Hunter Morris |
[Met Performance] CID:351860 Jenufa {45} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2007 Broadcast |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:352314 The MET Chamber Ensemble Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York; 01/27/2008 |