ANNA SORANNO

Anna Soranno, soprano, now based in Zurich, Switzerland, is well known to New England and European audiences as a leading interpreter of oratorio and art song. The 1993 First Prize Winner of the New York Oratorio Society's competition and semi-finalist in the Walter W. Naumberg 1994 Competition, Ms. Soranno has received critical acclaim for her appearances with many notable chamber ensembles, choruses, orchestras, and opera companies. She was praised as "outstanding" by the New York Times in a tour with the Handel & Haydn Society under the direction of Christopher Hogwood, has premiered contemporary works as a featured artist with the Scarborough Chamber Players, and performed featured roles with the Opera Company of Boston, June Opera Festival, and the Zurich Opera.

Ms. Soranno has also been a soloist with the Masterworks Chorale, Newton Choral Society, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Dedham Choral Society, and Emmanuel Music. She has also been a soloist in a performance of the Messiah in the New Recital Hall of the Tokyo Opera City, in Tokyo, Japan. In Switzerland she gave a series of recitals at the Schubert Institute and was also a soloist in Mozart's Requiem in St. Gallen.

Ms. Soranno graduated from the Crane School of Music and The New England Conservatory of Music. She has recorded for the London, Classic Masters, and Albany labels.

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