Celebrated soprano Anja Silja, who enjoys one of opera's longest and most varied careers, is currently centre-stage at the Royal Opera House in a role she has made her own. She plays the icy character ...

It's lunchtime at Glyndebourne. Over salmon and salad, the German soprano Anja Silja is baring her soul. The phenomenon is at once familiar and strange. You're used to experiencing her across the ...

S2 T1 - Und Es Blitzen Die Sterne (extract) by Anja Silja LONDON OS 26025 Mozart - Queen of the Night Private Recording of Anja Silja CD: Wagner: The Flying Dutchman CD2 T4 - Duet with Lohengrin (Jess ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The Royal Opera's new production of "Hansel and Gretel" is schmaltzy, sentimental, beautifully sung and played -- in short, everything it should be, until German soprano Anja ...

AT THE start of her career, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Anja Silja seemed to defy the natural order of things where operatic voices are concerned. She ranged from the highest coloratura parts, ...

For most of her operatic career, Berlin-born Soprano Anja Silja, 27, got better coverage in German tabloids and picture magazines than in the critical columns. It was easy to see why. Her breezy, ...

Anja Silja has been an opera star since she was 15. As the mistress of Wagner's grandson, she has endured scandal and heartbreak. And no, she tells Michael White, she is not about to retire WHEN Anja ...

German soprano Anja Silja is nearing 70, but her energy is undimmed as she prepares for a Covent Garden role. She talks to Rupert Christiansen She gave her first concert when she was 10 and made her ...

Nikolaus Lehnhoff's production of Jenufa is 11 years old now, but doesn't look it. Re vived at Glyndebourne for first time in the new theatre, it seems fresh-minted: Tobias Hoheisel's luminous sets, ...