Anne Sophie Duprels

Described as a “formidable singing actress”, she has garnered high critical acclaim internationally for her portrayal of leading verismo heroines. She has appeared as Katiusa in Alfano’s rarely performed Risurrezione (Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Wexford Festival Opera); a staged version of Strauss’ Four Last Songs (Opera National de Paris); Amanda Le Grand Macabre (San Francisco Opera); title role Thaïs (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos; Grange Park Opera, Theater Lübeck); Theresa Benvenuto Cellini (Opera National du Rhin); Jenufa (New Zealand Opera & Opera Holland Park); Salud La vida Breve (Opera North); Madama Butterfly (New Zealand Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera North, Opera de Tours); Lisa Pique Dame (Grange Park Opera); Hilda Sigurd (Grand-Théâtre de Genève); Manon (Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires & Scottish Opera); Oksana Tcherevichki (Garsington Opera); Elle La Voix Humaine (Opera de Tours, Buxton International Festival, Opera Holland Park); Marguerite Faust (New Zealand Opera); Rusalka (Grange Park Opera & Scottish Opera); Malinka‚ Etherea and Kunka The Excursions of Mr Broucek (Scottish Opera & Opera North); Suor Angelica (Opera North & Opera Holland Park); Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande (Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires & Opera Holland Park); the title role in Mascagni’s Isabeau, Iris and Zazá, Luisa Luisa Miller‚ Katya Kabanova‚ Giorgetta Il Tabarro, Amelia Un Ballo in Maschera, and Magda La Rondine (Opera Holland Park); Julie The Jacobin & Léna in Saint-Saëns La Princesse Jaune (Buxton International Festival); and has performed subsequent roles at La Scala, Milan; Opera de Lyon, Opéra Comique‚ Paris, Opera de Massy; Opera de Dijon; Angers Nantes Opéra, New York City Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera.

Future engagements include the title role Madama Butterfly for Angers Nantes Opéra and Opéra de Rennes; the title role in Margot le Rouge and Anna in Le Villi for Opera Holland Park; and the title role in Catalani’s Edmea for Wexford Festival Opera.