Anja Kaesmacher

Anja Kaesmacher, married name Anja Börner (born 3 September 1974) is a German operatic soprano, and voice teacher.

Anja Kaesmacher (2011)

Life

Born in Trier, Kaesmacher studied with Charlotte Lehmann and Ingeborg Hallstein at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and completed her studies in 2000 with the opera and concert exam. Since 2006, she has been taught by Monika Bürgener. In the 1997/98 season she made her debut at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg and was a member of the ensemble until 2008.[1] In 2008, she decided to go freelance.

Guest appearances have taken her to the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Braunschweig,[2] Staatstheater Kassel, Meiningen Court Theatre, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Theater & Orchester Heidelberg, Theater Chemnitz etc. In the field of contemporary music, Kaesmacher has worked with conductors such as Jun Märkl, Matthias Pintscher, Rupert Huber and the orchestras of the SWR[3] and the MDR[4] together and contributes to festivals such as "Musica Viva" in Strasbourg and the festival "Eclat" in Stuttgart. Highlights include several world premieres of Manfred Trojahn's works, such as the lettera amorosa in 2007 on the occasion of the reopening of the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar,[5] Che fie di me for two sopranos and orchestra, together with soprano Mojca Erdmann and the SWR Orchestra and in 2009 the performance of Ariosi for soprano, clarinet and orchestra with the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Trojahn alongside clarinettist Sabine Meyer.[6]

In addition to her artistic activities, she studied Catholic religion and philosophy at Justus Liebig University Giessen from 2010 to 2011 and passed the second Staatsexamen for the teaching profession at grammar schools in the subjects of music and ethics in May 2014.[7] Kaesmacher has also held a teaching qualification for the subject Performing Arts since 2015 and works as a Studienrätin at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule in Wetzlar.

Kaesmacher is married to the German tenor Heiko Börner and has two sons.

Repertoire
RoleOperaComposer
MimiLa BohèmeGiacomo Puccini
MagdaLa rondineGiacomo Puccini
MargaretheFaustCharles Gounod
BlancheDialogues des CarmélitesFrancis Poulenc
AdinaL'elisir d'amoreGaetano Donizetti
RosinaThe Barber of SevilleGioachino Rossini
AgatheDer FreischützCarl Maria von Weber
VitelliaLa clemenza di TitoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Donna ElviraDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giullia/Carolina Fabbri.[8]Limonen aus SizilienManfred Trojahn

Awards

References
  1. "Der Feenkönig – utopielos". Opernnetz. 26 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. "Michelangelo's Farewell Songs". Braunschweiger Zeitung. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. "SWR2 JetztMusik". SWR. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. "A Prussian Oedipus". Deutschlandradio Kultur. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. Stefan Reisner (21 October 2007). "Smells like Mother's Hair, p. 2". Zeit Online. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. Thomas Ziegner (24 June 2009). "Manfred Trojahns "Ariosi" mit Anja Kaesmacher und Sabine Meyer". Schwäbisches Tagblatt. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. "Teacher training at Philippinum". Gymnasium Philippinum Weilburg. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. "Im Räderwerk der verdammten Gefühle". Neue Musikzeitung. June 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. "Ein wunderschöner Beruf". Trierischer Volksfreund. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. "Namen und Fakten". Oper&Tanz. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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