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'''Aile Asszonyi''' (born 22 July 1975 in [[Väike-Maarja]]) is an [[Estonia]]n [[soprano]] [[lirico-spinto]] who has an active career as an [[opera]] and concert singer. She was a finalist of the 2004 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium receiving "Prix des Donateurs du Concours Reine Elisabeth" and has been honored by the Estonian Music Council with the "Interpretation Prize" in 2007; an annual award given in recognition of an artist who has made a significant contribution to [[Estonian music]].<ref>[http://www.temuki.ee/arhiiv/arhiiv_vana/Muusika/01nov_m5.html Biography of Aile Asszonyi at www.temuki.ee]</ref> In 2010 and 2012 Asszonyi was awarded with annual Estonian Theatre Award for outstanding operatic performances and the [[Estonian National Opera]] and [[SEB Pank|SEB]] annual Audience award 2012.<ref>http://www.teater.ee/teater_eestis/uudised/aid-4732/Rahvusooper-Estonia-jagas-SEB-publikupreemiad&art_year=2012&art_month=3</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Väike-Maarja]], Estonia
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'''Aile Asszonyi''' (born 22 July 1975) is an Estonian [[soprano]] who has made an international career, known for dramatic roles such as Puccini's [[Turandot]], Wagner's [[Der fliegende Holländer|Senta]] and [[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]] by Richard Strauss.


== Life and career ==
Asszonyi was born in [[Väike-Maarja]], [[Lääne-Viru County]]. She studied singing at the [[Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre]] with Ivo Kuusk, Matti Pelo and Helin Kapten, earning her [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 2002. She was a member of the young artist program at Opera Studio Nederland until 2004, where she studied with Henny Jana Diemer. She also studied in the prestigious private academy of [[Carlo Bergonzi]] in Italy.<ref name="ENO">[http://www.opera.ee/38984 Biography of Aile Asszonyi at the Estonian National Opera]</ref>
Asszonyi was born on 22 July 1975. Her mother Aino Asszonyi was an architect. Her maternal grandfather [[John Pori]] was a renowned orchestra leader and dance musician.<ref name="EMIC" /><ref name="ENO" /> She studied at the [[Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre]] in Tallinn with Matti Pelo and Helin Kapten, graduating in 2002.<ref name="ENO" /> She studied further at the studio of the [[Dutch National Opera]] from 2002 to 2004,<ref name="ENO" /> and the Carlo Bergonzi Accademia Verdiana in [[Busseto]].<ref name="ENO" /><ref name="Frankfurt" /> She won the Prix des Donateurs at the [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] in Brussels<ref name="Frankfurt" /> in 2004.<ref name="QEC" />


Asszonyi started her career in the famous [[Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir]] (1995–1998). She made her operatic debut in 2000 as Despina in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' at Theatre [[Vanemuine]]. She has since been highly active as an opera singer in her native country, singing such roles as Adina in Donizetti's ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'', Maria in [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s ''[[Maria Stuarda]]'', Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in [[W. A. Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', Leonora in [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Fidelio]]'', Miss Jessel in Britten's ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'' and the title roles in Haydn's ''[[Armida (Haydn)|Armida]]'', Verdi's ''[[Giovanna d'Arco]]'', and Puccini's ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' among others. She also notably sang in the world premieres of [[Isidora Žebeljan]]'s ''Zora D'' (the title role) in 2003 and the role of Goddess Kali in "Dve glave i devoijka" in 2012.<ref name="ENO"/>
Asszonyi first sang in the Philharmonic Chamber Choir in Estonia. She made her stage debut in 2000 as Despina in Mozart's ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' at the [[Theater Vanemuine]] in Tartu. She participated in the world premieres of [[Isidora Žebeljan]]'s operas ''Zora D'' and ''Dve glave i devojka''. She was a member of the [[Estonian National Opera]] from 2010.<ref name="ENO" /> Her roles include Haydn's [[Armida (Haydn)|Armida]], Mozart's Fiordiligi, both Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', Adina in Donizetti's ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'', Verdi's [[La traviata|Violetta]] and [[Giovanna d'Arco]].<ref name="ENO" /><ref name="Graz" /> She then ventured into more dramatic roles such as the title role in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]'', and both Elisabeth and Venus in Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''.<ref name="Frankfurt" /> In Europe, she performed the roles of the Mother in Dallapiccola's ''[[Il prigioniero]]'' at the [[Oper Graz]]<ref name="Frankfurt" /> in 2016,<ref name="Graz" /> Prothoe in Schoeck's ''[[Penthesilea (opera)|Penthesilea]]'' at the [[Oper Bonn]], and Abigaille in Verdi's ''[[Nabucco]]'' at [[Theater Regensburg]]. She appeared as Fata Morgana in Prokofiev's ''[[The Love for Three Oranges]]'' at [[Theater Koblenz]], as both Wagner's [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]] and Puccini's [[Turandot]] at the [[Theater Saarbrücken|Staatstheater Saarbrücken]], and as Senta in Wagner's ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' with De Nederlandse Reiseoper. She has sung with conductors such [[Neeme Järvi]], [[Paavo Järvi]] and [[Dirk Kaftan]] and with directors such as [[Dmitry Bertman]], Michiel Dijkema, [[Stefan Herheim]], Roman Hovenbitzer, [[Tobias Kratzer]], [[Peter Konwitschny]], [[David Pountney]], [[Daniel Slater]], Nicola Raab and [[Andrejs Žagars]].<ref name="Frankfurt" /><ref name="Graz" />


In 2023 Asszonyi appeared in the title role of ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' by Richard Strauss at the [[Oper Frankfurt]],<ref name="Frankfurt" /> directed by [[Claus Guth]] and conducted by [[Sebastian Weigle]]. A reviewer noted that she was convincing from the beginning by both a "energetic voluminous high dramatic voice" and by stage presence, acting as a traumatised woman close to madness.<ref name="Richter" /> Jan Brachmann from the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]'' experienced her as identifying with her character, and portraying in her monologue a woman with an unrealised capacity to love.<ref name="Brachmann" />
Since 2010, she is engaged at the [[Estonian National Opera]] where her repertoire includes the roles of Amelia and Violetta in [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s "[[Un ballo in maschera]]", "[[La traviata]]", Fiordiligi in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', Mimi and Manon in [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s "[[La bohème]]", "[[Manon Lescaut]]", Marguerite in [[Charles Gounod]]'s "[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]", Rosalinde in [[Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss]]'s "[[Die Fledermaus]]", Venus and Elisabeth in [[Richard Wagner]]'s "[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]" and Woman in [[Erkki-Sven Tüür]]'s ''[[Wallenberg (opera)|Wallenberg]]''.


She took part in the world premiere of [[Sofia Gubaidulina]]'s oratorio ''Über Liebe und Hass / About Love and Hate'' both in Tallinn and at the Olavsdagene Festival in Trondheim.<ref name="Frankfurt" /><ref name="resmusica" />
She has worked with the conductors Jüri Alperten, Daniel Hoyem Cavazza, [[José Cura]], [[Olari Elts]], Mihhail Gerts, Boudewijn Jansen, Risto Joost, [[Neeme Järvi]], [[Paavo Järvi]], [[Tõnu Kaljuste]], Jüri Ruut Kangur, Toomas Kapten, [[Eri Klas]], Mihkel Kütson, Paul Mägi, Premil Petrovic, [[David Porcelijn]], [[Daniel Reuss]], [[Gintaras Rinkevičius]], [[Kaisa Roose]], Vello Pähn, Lauri Sirp, Bojan Sudjic, [[Arvo Volmer]]
and with the stage directors Stefan Herheim, Hans Nieuwenhuis, Nicola Raab, [[David Pountney]], Marcel Sijm, [[Dmitry Bertman]], Priit Pedajas, Liis Kolle, Arne Mikk, Neeme Kuningas, Michiel Dijkema, [[Walter Sutcliffe]], Ran A. Braun, Roman Hovenbitzer, Andrejs Žagars and [[Daniel Slater]].


Asszonyi was named best musician of the year 2007 by the [[Estonian Music Council]], and was awarded the annual Estonian Theatre Award for the best operatic performance in 2009.<ref name="ENO" />
Asszonyi has performed at the Estonian National Opera, Teatro Siena, Kammeroper Wien, Novaya Opera Moscow, Theatre Vanemuine Tartu, Nargen Opera, Birgitta Opera Festival, Newport Music Festival (USA, 2004), 69ª Settimana Musicale Senese Siena (Italy 2012), Music Biennale Zagreb (Croatia, 2007), Belgrade Bemus Festival (Serbia, 2004), Belarus State Opera, Latvian National Opera, Lithuanian National Opera and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.


==Discography==
== Discography ==
*2003 Tormis Vision of Estonia I Estonian National Male Chorus Alba records (UPC: 641713120175)
* 2003 Tormis Vision of Estonia I Estonian National Male Chorus Alba records (UPC: 641713120175)
*2011 [[Isidora Žebeljan]] Rukoveti [[Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra]] [[Classic Produktion Osnabrück|CPO]] label (CPO: 777 670‐2)
* 2011 [[Isidora Žebeljan]] Rukoveti [[Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra]] [[Classic Produktion Osnabrück|CPO]] label (CPO: 777 670-2)
*2012 Van Gilse Symphony No. 3 [[Netherlands Symphony Orchestra]] CPO label (CPO: 777 518‐2)
* 2012 Van Gilse Symphony No. 3 [[Netherlands Symphony Orchestra]] CPO label (CPO: 777 518-2)


==External links==
== References ==
{{reflist
# http://www.opera.ee/en/estoonlane/aile-asszonyi
| refs =
# http://operabase.com/listart.cgi?name=Aile+Asszonyi


<ref name="Brachmann">{{cite news
==References==
| last = Brachmann
{{reflist}}
| first = Jan
| url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buehne-und-konzert/claus-guth-inszeniert-elektra-an-der-oper-frankfurt-18763084.html
| title = Ganz ohne Blut und Beil
| newspaper = [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]
| date = 21 March 2023
| language = de
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="Richter">{{cite web
| last = Richter
| first = Alexandra
| url = https://bachtrack.com/kritik-elektra-guth-weigle-asszonyi-bullock-holloway-kihwan-sim-oper-frankfurt-april-2023
| title = Elektra(un)komplex: Richard Strauss' Elektra an der Oper Frankfurt
| website = bachtrack.com
| date = 10 April 2023
| language = de
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="EMIC">{{cite web
| url = https://www.emic.ee/aile-asszonyi
| title = Asszonyi, Aile {{!}} Estonian Music Information Centre
| website = www.emic.ee
| access-date = 3 September 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="ENO">{{cite web
| title = Aile Asszonyi
| url = http://www.opera.ee/38984
| work = [[Estonian National Opera]]
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073707/http://www.opera.ee/38984
| archive-date = 16 July 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Frankfurt">{{cite web
| url = https://oper-frankfurt.de/en/ensemble/ensemble/?detail=1278
| title = Aile Asszonyi / soprano
| work = [[Oper Frankfurt]]
| date = 2023
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="Graz">{{cite web
| url = https://oper-graz.buehnen-graz.com/ensemble/aile-asszonyi
| title = Aile Asszonyi / soprano
| work = [[Oper Graz]]
| date = 2023
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="QEC">{{cite web
| url = https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/laureates/aile-asszonyi/1777/
| title = Final 2004: Aile Asszonyi - Opera
| work = [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]]
| date =
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>

<ref name="resmusica">{{cite web
| url = https://www.resmusica.com/2016/10/17/the-estonian-national-symphony-celebrates-gubaidulina/
| title = The Estonian National Symphony celebrates Gubaidulina
| website = resmusica.com
| date = 17 October 2017
| access-date = 15 April 2023
}}</ref>


}}

== External links ==
{{commonscat|Aile Asszonyi-Braun}}
* {{official|https://www.aileasszonyi.com}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|nm10583934}}
* [https://www.operabase.com/a/Aile-Asszonyi/168/en Aile Asszonyi] [[Operabase]]
* [https://edurank.org/uni/estonian-academy-of-music-and-theatre/alumni/ 94 Notable alumni of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre] edurank.org
* {{YouTube|i5xMAbwrG0g|Trailer zu "Elektra" von Richard Strauss / Oper Frankfurt}}


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Latest revision as of 01:18, 22 August 2024

Aile Asszonyi
Asszonyi in 2012
Born (1975-07-22) 22 July 1975 (age 49)
Väike-Maarja, Estonia
EducationEstonian Academy of Music and Theatre
OccupationOperatic soprano
Awards

Aile Asszonyi (born 22 July 1975) is an Estonian soprano who has made an international career, known for dramatic roles such as Puccini's Turandot, Wagner's Senta and Elektra by Richard Strauss.

Life and career

[edit]

Asszonyi was born on 22 July 1975. Her mother Aino Asszonyi was an architect. Her maternal grandfather John Pori was a renowned orchestra leader and dance musician.[1][2] She studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn with Matti Pelo and Helin Kapten, graduating in 2002.[2] She studied further at the studio of the Dutch National Opera from 2002 to 2004,[2] and the Carlo Bergonzi Accademia Verdiana in Busseto.[2][3] She won the Prix des Donateurs at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels[3] in 2004.[4]

Asszonyi first sang in the Philharmonic Chamber Choir in Estonia. She made her stage debut in 2000 as Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Theater Vanemuine in Tartu. She participated in the world premieres of Isidora Žebeljan's operas Zora D and Dve glave i devojka. She was a member of the Estonian National Opera from 2010.[2] Her roles include Haydn's Armida, Mozart's Fiordiligi, both Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Verdi's Violetta and Giovanna d'Arco.[2][5] She then ventured into more dramatic roles such as the title role in Beethoven's Fidelio, and both Elisabeth and Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser.[3] In Europe, she performed the roles of the Mother in Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero at the Oper Graz[3] in 2016,[5] Prothoe in Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Oper Bonn, and Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco at Theater Regensburg. She appeared as Fata Morgana in Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges at Theater Koblenz, as both Wagner's Isolde and Puccini's Turandot at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, and as Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer with De Nederlandse Reiseoper. She has sung with conductors such Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi and Dirk Kaftan and with directors such as Dmitry Bertman, Michiel Dijkema, Stefan Herheim, Roman Hovenbitzer, Tobias Kratzer, Peter Konwitschny, David Pountney, Daniel Slater, Nicola Raab and Andrejs Žagars.[3][5]

In 2023 Asszonyi appeared in the title role of Elektra by Richard Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt,[3] directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Sebastian Weigle. A reviewer noted that she was convincing from the beginning by both a "energetic voluminous high dramatic voice" and by stage presence, acting as a traumatised woman close to madness.[6] Jan Brachmann from the FAZ experienced her as identifying with her character, and portraying in her monologue a woman with an unrealised capacity to love.[7]

She took part in the world premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's oratorio Über Liebe und Hass / About Love and Hate both in Tallinn and at the Olavsdagene Festival in Trondheim.[3][8]

Asszonyi was named best musician of the year 2007 by the Estonian Music Council, and was awarded the annual Estonian Theatre Award for the best operatic performance in 2009.[2]

Discography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Asszonyi, Aile | Estonian Music Information Centre". www.emic.ee. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Aile Asszonyi". Estonian National Opera. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Aile Asszonyi / soprano". Oper Frankfurt. 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Final 2004: Aile Asszonyi - Opera". Queen Elisabeth Competition. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Aile Asszonyi / soprano". Oper Graz. 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ Richter, Alexandra (10 April 2023). "Elektra(un)komplex: Richard Strauss' Elektra an der Oper Frankfurt". bachtrack.com (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. ^ Brachmann, Jan (21 March 2023). "Ganz ohne Blut und Beil". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ^ "The Estonian National Symphony celebrates Gubaidulina". resmusica.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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