Established as one of the finest sopranos of her generation, Anna Caterina Antonacci has gained multiple prestigious prizes including at the International Competition for Verdian Voices in 1988, the Maria Callas Competition and the Pavarotti Competition. Career highlights have included Carmen (Opéra Comique, Paris, Royal Opera House, London), Cassandra in Les Troyens (Théâtre du Châtelet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House), Medea (Théâtre du Châtelet, Epidaurus Festival, Greece, Teatro Regio, Turin), Pénélope (Opéra national du Rhin), Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara, commissioned for her (San Francisco Opera), Iphigénie en Tauride (Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra national du Rhin, Grand Théâtre de Genève), La Voix humaine (Opéra Comique, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna) and Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna (Opéra national de Paris). Her portrayal of roles within L’incoronazione di Poppea inspired Era la notte, a one-woman show around Monteverdi’s Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. She has been honoured with the ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur’ by the French Republic.
