Ain Anger

Estonian bass Ain Anger is a regular presence on the world’s most celebrated operatic and concert stages and was honoured as Kammersänger by the Austrian government in 2020. Since his 2004 house debut at Wiener Staatsoper as Monterone (Rigoletto), Anger has sung more than forty roles on that same stage including Dosifei in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina conducted by Semyon Bychkov, König Heinrich in Lohengrin with Christian Thielemann, Commendatore in Barrie Kosky’s Don Giovanni under Philippe Jordan and several principal roles of the Verdi repertoire including Filippo II and Il Grande Inquisitore (Don Carlo), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra) and Sparafucile (Rigoletto).

Among Ain Anger’s 2023/24 season commitments are his return to both Teatro alla Scala as Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra) and Il Grande Inquisitore (Don Carlo) conducted by Lorenzo Viotti and Riccardo Chailly respectively, and to Bayerische Staatsoper as Landgraf (Tannhäuser) under Sebastian Weigle and Daland (Der fliegende Holländer) with Lothar Koenigs. He returns to Wiener Staatsoper as Gremin (Eugene Onegin) and in concert, he will join Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jaap Van Zweden, for performances of Der fliegende Holländer.

Ranked among today’s finest Wagnerian basses, Ain Anger made his Bayreuth Festival debut as Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried under Christian Thielemann, and his debut at Teatro alla Scala as Daland (Der fliegende Holländer) under Hartmut Haenchen.