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	Encyclopedia: Anja Silja
		Anja Silja, German soprano, born April 17, 1940 in Berlin.
		Anja Silja began her operatic career at a very early age.
		Cluytens died in 1967 and Silja vowed never to sing the music of Richard Wagner again as she felt it impossible with any other conductor.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Anja-Silja (741 words)

	BBC News \| ARTS \| Anja Silja: Opera's femme fatale
		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.
		Tragedy struck Silja again, as she fell in love with the Belgian-born conductor Andre Cluytens, who died in Paris, less than a year later.
		Silja says she must put herself into her music and given her own life-story, maybe that is the key to her success.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/1588542.stm (883 words)

	Amazon.com: Jenufa: Complete Opera: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anja Silja's portrayal here of Kostelnicka is epic; she makes us understand the misplaced morality of this troubled, troubling character--a morality that leads to catastrophe.
		The highlights of this new set are many, not least Anja Silja's return to the role of the Kostelnicka, Karita Mattila's first appearance in the title-role in Britain, and the outstanding Laca of Jorma Silvasti.
		Anja Silja may be a little too old for the opera in the theatre, but her voice and presence here on disc surely make her the Kostelnicka of recent times.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000071669?v=glance (2179 words)

	parterre box presents La Cieca: January 1999
		The legend herself, Anja Silja taking time out of a busy rehearsal schedule (and despite her concern about the orchestra, problematic in early runthroughs) -- to talk to parterre box.
		Anja Silja: Yes, that was about ten years ago, with the Cleveland Orchestra.
		As I left the press offices of BAM, Anja Silja was giggling quietly as she spent the last few minutes of her lunch break answering her email.
	www.parterre.com /anjasilja_interview.htm (1283 words)

	The Sunday Telegraph : A femme fatale faces the music Anja Silja has been an opera star since she was 15. As the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Start / T / The Sunday Telegraph / September 23, 2001 / A femme fatale faces the music Anja Silja has been an opera star since she was 15.
		When Anja Silja's name materialised out of the air in the Royal Opera schedules - replacing a suddenly indisposed Deborah Polaski as the Kostelnicka in this week's Jenufa - you could almost hear the sigh of relief that passed among British opera-lovers who had thought they might never see her on stage again.
		Read 'The Sunday Telegraph: A femme fatale faces the music Anja Silja has been an opera star since she was 15.
	static.highbeam.com /t/thesundaytelegraph/september232001/afemmefatalefacesthemusicanjasiljahasbeenanoperast/index.html (378 words)

	Leoš JANÁCEK - Jenufa [RH]: Classical CD Reviews- Feb 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Shorn of her physical presence, without her gripping stage performance to focus on, Anja Silja's stern depiction of Kostelnicka Buryjovka is put under considerable stress.
		This led me to wonder whether my strictures on the quality of Anja Silja's voice might also, quite reasonably, be laid at the door of the recording engineer.
		Silja's vocal limitations emphasise her character's anger and under pressure she often sounds furious.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/Feb03/Janacek_Jenufa.htm (1274 words)

	Anja Silja Profile
		A native of Berlin, Anja Silja started her vocal studies at the age of six and gave her first performance at the city's Titania Palace at the age of ten.
		It was the beginning of a long and distinguished career both at home and abroad, and she made her stage debut at the age of sixteen in Braunschweig as Rosina in The Barber of Seville.
		From the beginning of her career, Anja Silja sang a large and varied repertoire which included virtually all the major soprano roles in opera.
	www.colbertartists.com /ArtistBio.asp?ID=3 (417 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Janacek, Leos: Makropulos Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Silja is Emilia Marty, an opera prima donna who, despite being 337 years old (a fact unknown to everyone around her) is sexually irresistable.
		She has consumed an anti-ageing potion brewed by her father, and towards the end of the opera the question is raised of the desirability of such a potion being available.
		Silja is perfect vocally and dramatically - although an argument could be made for Emilia to look and sound slightly younger.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DI86R (808 words)

	Anja Silja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A native of Berlin, Anja Silja started her vocal studies already at the age of six.
		In recent seasons, Anja Silja appeared in the new productions of THE MAKROPULOS CASE in Vienna, Zürich, Barcelona (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, at Hamburg State Opera as well as at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (where she was highly acclaimed by the critics for her interpretation of Emilia Marty).
		Anja Silja made her debut as an opera producer in Brussels with LOHENGRIN.
	www.artistsman.com /Artistpages/anja_silja_biographie_E.htm (370 words)

	Silja Salome
		German soprano Anja Silja (born 1940) started her singing career early.
		Silja, like Gwyneth Jones, was a singer whose promising voice began to disintegrate early.
		Sound quality for the Silja performance is well-balanced and natural; on my copy there was a tracking problem with track 8 on CD 1; three different players could not track it properly.
	classicalcdreview.com /silja.htm (517 words)

	R. Strauss: Famous Scenes : Richard Strauss , Christoph von Dohnányi , Georg Solti , Herbert von Karajan , Karl Böhm ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Anja Silja characterizes Salome's different moods quite well, but her voice is not up to the music's demands.
		The recording of this excerpt of the final scene comes from 1974, with Christoph von Dohnanyi (who also works wonders with his insightful performances of Strauss) conducting future wife Anja Silja in a performance that transforms the horror of the scene into an object of beauty.
		Silja's voice pierces the orchestra like a silver bullet in this night of moonlit madness, with its nightmarish phantasms of a fin de siecle Vienna, of obsessive lust consuming all in its path, of sexual (and perhaps spiritual) transfiguration proclaimed by the cosmic ascension of horns at the final scene's climax.
	www.aaamusicssearch.com /Reviews/cd/B00004U8FE (1375 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		First, to the whole performance: The leadership by Zdenek Kosler, the immensely experienced Czech opera conductor, is handsome and urgent, and he keeps the orchestra in check nicely for Anja Silja.
		Silja is an intelligent, sexy singer whose voice just happened to be a size or two too small for Salome.
		What is missing from Silja's portrayal becomes clear when you turn to the three bonus finales: The first features Varnay in the title role in 1953, and she is a force of nature, hurling her voice with absolute security and expressivity--indeed, she sounds as if she could do the whole thing over again if asked.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=1206 (309 words)

	Amazon.com: Janacek - The Makropulos Case / Davis, Silja, Begley, Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1995): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Silja very moving, incredibly thoughtful, even when slightly off pitch.
		Silja was 55 when this Glyndebourne performance was video-taped, and in 2003 she was still singing Herodias at the Paris Bastille Opera, in an accoladed production of Salome.
		Those who missed a Silja performance of it were left with 3/4 less the pleasure...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DI86R?v=glance (1286 words)

	Anja Silja - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dohnanyi does not play to the gallery and his conducting is vastly superior to Solti's...
		Strauss - Salome / Inge Nielsen · Hale · Goldberg · Silja · Schønwandt
		Several years ago I was lucky to catch Inga Nielsen in this same role at the Netherlands Opera, and all I can say is: she is the real deal.
	www.techwritingjobs.com /shop/artistsearch_Anja%20Silja/mode_music.html (425 words)

	Nielsen SALOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Reiner Goldberg's Herodes is unevenly sung, not as disturbing as Anja Silja's Herodias.
		Silja was a fine Salome decades ago, but that time has past.
		Herodias is supposed to be an unpleasant, shrewish character, but Silja's incredible wobble is enough to, as they say, take the paint off the ceiling.
	classicalcdreview.com /inga.html (275 words)

	An evening with Anja Silja
		It was hard to believe this was Miss Silja`s debut there.
		the evening consisted of a balanced mix of video and cd clips, conversation with Edward Seckerson and Miss Silja singing (despite being very ill with `stomach `flu`) 6 Early Songs by Schoenberg to close part one, and emilia Marty`s finale from Vêc Makropoulos which was stunning.
		What came across most strongly from the interview was what a warm and charming personality Silja has, and how fearless she was in her early years taking on demanding and heavy roles quite young.
	www.talkaboutthemusic.com /group/rec.music.opera/messages/508112.html (362 words)

	Loney's Show Notes
		My first experience of the talents of Anja Silja—recently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music—were at Bayreuth, where she made her Festival debut in 1960, under the masterful direction of the late Wieland Wagner.
		All this water-under-the-bridge is a preface to admitting that I never much admired Silja's voice, especially at the outset of her career.
		Wieland surely found the acting-abilities and performance-instincts of Anja Silja a tremendous inspiration in his stagings.
	www.nytheatre-wire.com /lt01041t.htm (8040 words)

	- Strauss - Salome / Inge Nielsen Â· Hale Â· Goldberg Â· Silja Â· SchÃ¸nwandt @ Soundbug
		In addition to some stunning singing, she captures the title role beautifully, combining youthful innocence with petulance that only adds to the horror, especially in her spellbinding final scene.
		Her colleagues are excellent, with the veteran Anja Silja in fine form as Herodias, and Robert Hale and Reiner Goldberg also both sounding wonderful.
		The other members of the cast are very satisfying: Perhaps Goldberg and Silja sing too beautifully - compared to Sinopoli on DG they don't convey the same image of depravity and insanity.
	www.soundbug.com /asin/B00000I0TB (1058 words)

	Discount Anja Silja CDs on FindUsedCDs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	AALBC.com's Guide to African American Books
		by: Gerd Nienstedt, Josef Greindl, Kurt BÃ¶hme, Richard Wagner, Karl BÃ¶hm, Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester, Helga Dernesch, Anja Silja, Annelies Burmeister, Birgit Nilsson
		by: Richard Wagner, Pierre Boulez, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Dieter Slembeck, Dorothea Siebert, Elisabeth Schartel, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gerd Nienstedt, Gustav Neidlinger
		by: Gerd Nienstedt, Richard Wagner, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester, Jon Vickers, Anja Silja, Barbro Ericson, Dieter Slembeck, Dorothea Siebert, Else-Margrete Gardelli
	www.aalbc.com /cgi/aalbcamazonproductsfeed.cgi?mode=music&search_type=ArtistSearch&input_string=Anja+Silja&locale=us (246 words)

	$1.95 DVD Rental Makropulos Case DVD - Kultur Video - General DVD
		Anja Silja, Kim Begley, Victor Braun, Andrew Shore
		An evocative production of Janacek's 20th-century opera featuring Ana Silja and Kim Begley and conducted by Andrew Davis, featuring the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
		As presented by director Nikolaus Lehnhoff, this story of love and immortality is as relevant and stirring as when Janacek wrote it.
	excalibur-exchange.com /GeneralDVD/gr203420D1.htm (91 words)

	Pricenoia.com - Anja Silja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Authors: Richard Wagner; Hans Knappertsbusch; Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester; Anja Silja; Claudia Hellmann; David Ward; Dorothea Siebert; Elisabeth Schartel; Georg Paskuda; George London
		Authors: Richard Wagner; Pierre Boulez; Anja Silja; Astrid Varnay; Dieter Slembeck; Dorothea Siebert; Elisabeth Schartel; Erwin Wohlfahrt; Gerd Nienstedt; Gustav Neidlinger
		Authors: Kurt Weill; Kurt Weill; Kölner Rundfunkorchester; Anja Silja; Anny Schlemm; Frederic Mayer; Hans Franzen; Klaus Hirte; Paul Wolfrum; Thomas Lehrberger
	www.pricenoia.com /search/Anja+Silja/2/0 (377 words)

	Digital Deals - The Internet Source For BARGAINS - Amazon Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Artists: Richard Wagner, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester, Anja Silja, Claudia Hellmann, David Ward, Dorothea Siebert, Elisabeth Schartel, Georg Paskuda, George London
		Artists: Richard Wagner, Pierre Boulez, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Dieter Slembeck, Dorothea Siebert, Elisabeth Schartel, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gerd Nienstedt, Gustav Neidlinger
		Artists: Kurt Weill, Kurt Weill, Kölner Rundfunkorchester, Anja Silja, Anny Schlemm, Frederic Mayer, Hans Franzen, Klaus Hirte, Paul Wolfrum, Thomas Lehrberger
	www.digitaldeals.net /amazon-search_ArtistSearch_Anja+Silja_music.html (414 words)

	OperaNights - Andante Berg
		The Lulu recording features Anja Silja in her classic role as Lulu, recorded live at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1968.
		A chance to hear Anja Silja in her classic role as Lulu, recorded live at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1968.
		Cast: Anja Silja (Lulu), Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schön), Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa), Martha Mödl (Countess Geschwitz), William Blankenship (Painter).
	www.operanights.com /show?N0H (216 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - Stage and Screen - Legends. Anja Silja
		CD1 T16 - Senta's Ballad - by Anja Silja, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival,
		- Anja Silja, Choir and Orchestra of the Stadtischen Buhnen Frankfurt
		S2 T2 - Anja Silja, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Christoph Von Dohnanyi
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/stageandscreen/pip/4917s (175 words)

	MovieWeb Search Results: Anja Silja
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		Anja Silja, Roberta Alexander, Philip Langridge, Mark Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra
		Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Anja Silja, Kenneth Riegel
	movieweb.com /movies/search.php?name=Anja+Silja (60 words)

	MusicaBona \| CD \| Anja Silja
		Karita Mattila, Anja Silja, Jorma Silvasti, Jerry Hadley, Eva Randova, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Bernard Haitink
		Grace Bumbry - mezzo-soprano, Wolfgang Windgassen - tenor, Anja Silja - soprano, Eberhard Waechter - baritone, Franz Crass - bass, Georg Paskuda - tenor, Gerd Nienstedt - bass, Gerhard Stolze - tenor, Josef Greindl - bass; Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch
		Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Gerhard Unger, Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister, BBC Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
	www.musicabona.com /silja_anja/cd/index.html.en (144 words)

	Wagner: Lohengrin - Richard Wagner , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester , Anja Silja , Astrid Varnay ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although this set is worth the money for the Wagner collector, it is hardly the first Lohengrin that one should acquire.
		He had yet to embark on the Siegfrieds and Tristans that would eventually take their toll on his voice.
		Here he sounds heroic, fresh, effortless and exciting.lt;pgt;Anja Silja is fine as Elsa although, I suspect, not to everyones taste.lt;pgt;The legendary Astrid Varnay, as usual, dominates as Ortrud.
	www.rapmusicville.com /Wagner_Lohengrin_B00006LENQ.html (220 words)

	Amazon.com: Weill: The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny / Latham-Konig, Silja, Schlemm, Neumann: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It certainly does NOT have better sound and that is far from the worst thing about it: I am told that Anja Silja ("Jenny") had a major career as an opera singer/actress.
		Certainly, there is no drama here with so many of the performers, inc. Silja, trying to sound "pretty" and failing.
		Anny Schlemm does best in the character role of "Leocadia Begbick" but even she is done in by the tempi and lackluster dynamics.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001WL3/billyee (881 words)

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