| Anne Grimm |
Introduction “The sunshine of the performance was Anne Grimm, a brilliant soprano for whom baroque music has no secrets and on top of that a fascinating theatre personality.” Volkskrant, Frits van der Waa BiographyDutch Soprano Anne Grimm studied violin and voice at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and received scholarships from the Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten to pursue her vocal studies in London. Since then she has been held in high regard for her work in opera, concert and recital throughout Europe, North America and New Zealand. Recent seasons have included a tour of Europe with Frans Bruggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century singing excerpts from LES INDES GALANTE by Jean-Philippe Rameau, WEIHNACHTS ORATORIUM in the Netherlands and, in Canada, she was heard in Haydn’s DIE ZAHRESZEITEN with the Victoria Philharmonic Choir and DIE SCHÖPFUNG for both the Capriccio Ensemble and the Prince George Symphony of B.C. She was featured by Pacific Opera Victoria as Iris in SEMELE and sang Vivaldi’s GLORIA for the Victoria Symphony. Highlights of Ms. Grimm’s career include appearances at the Netherlands Opera in Monteverdi’s ORFEO, in Handel’s RINALDO under Christophe Rousset in France, and staged works of Handel at the Halle Handel Festspiele and the Pottsdam Festival Sans Souci. She has also toured with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir appearing at festivals throughout Europe including Salzburg and Ambronay. In the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, she has sung the role of Xenia in BORIS GODUNOV under Rozhdestvensky with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Bach’s MATTHÄUS PASSION with the Combattimento Consort, WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM with the Amsterdamse Bachsolisten, Gluck’s L’ORFEO under Christian Zacharias with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra as well as performing in Montemezzi’s L’AMORE DEI TRE RE with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Holland. Other performances have included DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE for the National Reisopera, Holland, JOHANNES PASSION with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, and Mozart’s EXULTATE JUBILATE with the Orchestra of Flanders, under Massimo Zanetti. In North America she has sung Bach’s WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, MASS IN B MINOR at Tanglewood under Paul Halley, and Mozart’s REQUIEM with the Victoria Symphony. She has also appeared with the Off Centre Music Salon in Toronto at the Glenn Gould Studio and with the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. She performed MESSIAHs with the Elora Festival Singers and the Okanagan Singers, Bach’s MASS IN B MINOR with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and Haydn’s DIE SCHÖPFUNG with the Victoria Symphony as well as extensive engagements singing the works of Bach in Europe. Other past engagements have included performances in Poland, Italy and Holland singing Rameau’s LES INDES GALANTES, MESSIAH with Tafelmusik and Symphony Nova Scotia, JOHANNES PASSION with Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland and at the Ojai Festival in California and WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Anne Grimm has recorded for Erato, Harmonia Mundi, NM Classics, Vanguard Classics, Troubadisc and Sony. August 2010 Full RepertoireOPERA
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Reviews“Soprano Anne Grimm is a wonderful singer, with a lovely, warm voice, accurate intonation, and an expressive technique, exceptional sensitivity and subtlety. Her sense of phrasing, her delicate use of ornaments, and her thoughtful gradations of dynamics and articulation...keep us attentive.” Classics Today
“The opening Introitus (Mozart Requiem) a moving passage for soprano was sung with crystal clarity by Anne Grimm.” The Windsor Star – Ted Shaw
“The sunshine of the performance was Anne Grimm, a brilliant soprano for whom baroque music has no secrets and on top of that a fascinating theatre personality.” Volkskraut – Fritz van der Waa Krant
“Anne Grimm is head and shoulders above the other singers…her diction is perfect and she knows how to make us feel the meaning of the songs.” CD Magazine – Luister
“…She has a clear, lovely lyric sound, even from top to bottom, used with taste and style.” La scena musicale
“…A hauntingly beautiful performance of ‘The Plaint’ came from Anne Grimm; she is also radiantly beautiful in ‘See, even night’ and ‘Now the night’. She has a transparent voice which manages precision, clarity of diction and convincing emotion.” Opera Classic CD
“The wonderful soprano Anne Grimm…sings Couperin’s long lines with an intensity and at the same time with a control which I never heard before in this music.” CD Magazine - Luister
“The variety in emotions and musical contrasts in her aria’s – light and clear in the ragingly fast stream aria and dramatic and profound in her death scene, are realized with extraordinary beauty.” Utrecht - Nieuwsblad
“In the wonderful aria ‘Aus Liebe’, Anne Grimm made us hold our breath.” Leeuwarder Courant
“Truly convincing, only Anne Grimm can sing these versatile yet never pretentious Mendelssohn Lieder in an artfull a manner.” Klassik-Cemter - Kassel
“…mais on avouera avoir été ému plus encore par Anne Grimm dans le role de la fille de Jephté de Carissimi.” Le Monde, Love and Lament/CD channel Classics, The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
“…una citazione particolare per Anne Grimm che si è ben distinta nell’unica aria virtuosistica dell’ opera 'Papillion incostant’ mostrando una sorprendente duttilità vocale.” Le Nuove, LES INDES GALANTES (Jean-Philippe Rameau), Ferrara, Teatro communale. |