Anita Hartig, Kang Wang, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra & Ivan Repušić
Biography Anita Hartig, Kang Wang, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra & Ivan Repušić
Anita Hartig
is one of the most highly sought-after opera stars today. During her studies at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj Napoca, she won several national and international vocal competitions, and made her debut as Mimì in La bohème at the Romanian National Opera in 2006. From 2009-14 Anita was a member of the ensemble at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she made her international debut as Musetta (La bohème). During her time in Vienna, she showcased a number of prestigious roles in house including Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Mimì, Marzelline (Fidelio), Micaëla (Carmen) and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro).
Anita has performed in some of the most important opera houses in the world, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Tokyo, the Megaron Concert Hall Athens, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Monnaie Brussels, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Opéra national de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona and the Metropolitan Opera New York, and with renowned conductors including Adam Fischer, Franz Welser-Möst, Bertrand de Billy, Daniele Rustioni, Carlo Rizzi, Dan Ettinger, Daniel Oren, Mark Elder, Marco Armiliato and Ivor Bolton. In early 2013 Anita made her Royal Opera House debut as Mimì in John Copley’s renowned production of La bohème under the baton of Alexander Joel. The following year, Anita made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera and Opera Bastille as Mimì, before going on to make her house and role debut as Violetta (La traviata) at Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Highlights of recent seasons include Violetta in Michael Mayer’s new production at the Metropolitan Opera, Micaëla at the Wiener Staatsoper and San Francisco Opera, Susanna at the Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra) at the Metropolitan Opera, Mimì at the Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid and the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and further appearances at the Metropolitan Opera as Lìu Turandot. Other stand-out performances include Marguerite (Faust) at the Wiener Staatsoper and Hamburgische Staatsoper, Antonia/Stella (Les contes d’Hoffmann) at the Metropolitan Opera and concerts of Bruckner’s Mass in F Minor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. She has also performed at the Royal Opera House, Muscat as Micaëla and took on the role of Marguerite in Faust at the Zurich Opera House. Anita Hartig recently made her debut as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Metropolitan Opera, and could be heard again in this role in a new production of the Zurich Opera House.
Highlights of the 2023-24 season include her return to Metropolitan Opera New York in a revival of La bohème, Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, and her role debut as Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) with the Orquestra et Coro RTVE in Madrid under the baton of Christoph König. In the 2024/25 season, she sang concerts of Puccini’s Opera Le Villi with the Munich Radio Orchestra under the baton of Ivan Repušić, whereby a CD was also produced. At the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca she could be experienced in a Gala concert, as well as in Gala performances of La bohème, followed by her long awaited role debut as Tatjana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin. Among others, she will return to the Met in New York as Donna Elvira in Ivo van Hove’s production of Don Giovanni next season.
Kang Wang
Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang is a quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young lyric tenors in the opera world. He is a former member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera and a finalist in the 2017 Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
During the 2018-19 season, Mr. Wang made his role and house debuts as Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata with Welsh National Opera and The Glimmerglass Festival, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for Opera North, and Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème at Austin Lyric Opera. He made his first appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion,” a work he premiered with the Müncher Philharmoniker as part of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele in the spring of 2018. Mr. Wang was the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony.
In the 2017-2018 season, Mr. Wang made an exciting last-minute debut in Moscow, replacing tenor Jonas Kaufmann in a New Year’s Eve Gala performance of opera arias with orchestra, and stayed on to perform a solo recital of song repertoire in the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Estonia’s Tallinn Portrait Gallery also presented Mr. Wang in recital at Vene Teater and he sang a concert at the Musique et vin au Clos Vougeot festival in France. On the opera stage, he performed the role of Mitrane in Rossini’s Semiramide at the Metropolitan Opera conducted by Maurizio Benini, where he also covered both the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with conductor Roberto Abbado and the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem under Maestro James Levine. Additional engagements included debuts in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the London Philharmonic and Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the San Antonio Symphony.
Highlights of recent seasons include performances with the Metropolitan Opera as Narraboth in a new production of Salome, First Prisoner in Beethoven’s Fidelio, as well as multiple concerts with the Summer Recital Series in various New York City parks. He has performed Elvino in La Sonnambula in a coproduction with the Lindemann Program and the Juilliard School, and a program of opera scenes conducted by James Levine. Mr. Wang debuted with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde which began with which was subsequently presented by the Kennedy Center in celebration of the Chinese New Year. He also debuted with the American Classical Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at David Geffen Hall and took part in Gala performances with the Austin Lyric Opera.
Mr. Wang made his operatic debut as Rinuccio in Queensland Conservatorium’s production of Gianni Schicchi, where he also performed the title role Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. He performed the role of Nemorino in RNCM’s production of L’elisir d’amore in December of 2013, as well as the role of Don José in La Tragedie de Carmen at the International Vocal Arts Institute-Virginia in June of 2014.
Mr. Wang was a member of the opera studio of the Theater Basel in Switzerland, performing such roles as Nathanael in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and the Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia. He has appeared as a guest soloist in over 20 concerts with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and numerous concerts with Opera Queensland.
A favorite of competitions, Mr. Wang had previously won the People’s Choice Award in the Dame Joan Sutherland National Vocal Award and performed in the final concert of the Australian Singing Competition at the Sydney Opera House as one of the five finalists. In 2016, he was a semi-finalist in the Operalia Competition in Guadalajara, Mexico, and won 2nd place as well as the “people’s choice award” of the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition. He has also been a semi-finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, Austria, a finalist in the McDonald Operatic Aria Competition and a finalist Italian Opera Foundation Australia Scholarship. Mr. Wang is the winner of the 2014 Clonter Opera Prize in the United Kingdom.
Originally from Harbin, China, Mr. Wang is the son of two renowned opera singers. He received an International Artist Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, United Kingdom, and a Master’s of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium at Griffith University in Australia.
