Anna Brull

The multi-faceted mezzo-soprano Anna Brull cultivates a diverse repertoire ranging from opera, operetta and musicals to symphonic and chamber music. 

She has been a member of the Graz Opera ensemble since 2013. 

In addition, international guest appearances in musical theater, concerts and church music expand her artistic activities. 

Critically acclaimed as Rosina in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, she won the Austrian Music Theater Award for Best Young Artist in 2017 for her interpretation of this role. In the 2024/2025 season, Anna Brull will once again continue her award-winning work in bel canto in the title role in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”.

Born in Barcelona, the mezzo-soprano studied at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and in Lecce at the Conservatorio Tito Schipa with Amelia Felle.

After winning awards in Italy at the Valerio Gentile International Singing Competition in Fasano in 2011 and the Premio Nazionale delle Arti for the best Mozart interpretation in 2012, she made her stage debut as Cherubino in “Le nozze di Figaro” in Lecce.

She made guest appearances at the opera festivals at Gut Immling and Rossini in Wildbad, at Theater Hof as Cherubino, at the Komische Oper Berlin as Zerlina in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, as Annio in “La Clemenza di Tito” at the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, as Sélysette in “Ariane et Barbe-Bleue” in Bielefeld, in the title role of Evita in Kufstein, and as Marguerite in Berlioz’ “La damnation de Faust” in Liepāja, Latvia.

At Graz Opera, the mezzo-soprano cultivates a multifaceted repertoire with roles such as the title role in María de Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla, Donna Elvira, Prince Orlofsky, La Muse / Niklausse, the title role in “The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein” by Jacques Offenbach, the Marchesa Melibea in “Il Viaggio a Reims” by Rossini and the Baroness of Champigny in “Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze” by Nino Rota.

Anna Brull is also active in the field of contemporary music. In the 2020/2021 season, she made her debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid in the world premiere of Jesús Torres’ opera “Tránsito”, which was followed by a subsequent engagement in the double role of Plaerdemavida / Viuda Reposada in Joan Magrané’s “Els Diàlegs de Tirant i Carmesina” in the 2022/2023 season. The mezzo-soprano also made her debut in the Austrian premiere of Peter Eötvös’ “Schlaflos” at Graz Opera.

In addition to her work in all genres of musical theater, Anna Brull is also passionately dedicated to the symphonic repertoire. She made her highly acclaimed debut in this field at the Vienna Musikverein with Luciano Berio’s “Folksongs” under the musical direction of Oksana Lyniv. She also interpreted Ravel’s “Shéhérezade”, de Falla’s “Siete Canciones Populares Españolas” and “El Amor Brujo” as well as Berlioz’ “Les Nuits d’été” with the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the 2024/2025 season, she will make her debut in the title role in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” and as Didon in “Les Troyens” by Berlioz at Graz Opera.