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2026 Oper Dortmund “Mazeppa”
The singing is magnificent! Anna Sohn, as Matréna, begins vocally with the slender grace of a "Figaro" Susanna, before flowing freely into the generous lyricism of early Puccini.
-FAZ
This is, of course, also due to Anna Sohn, who places her French-accented, clear, and deeply moving soprano, skillfully guiding its emotional expansion, at the service of portraying a great and touching female character.
-Concerti
Anna Sohn, with her superbly controlled soprano, masterfully delivering both the lyrical and the highly dramatic, is Matréna, the woman who loves him.
-Frankfurter Rundschau
Anna Sohn's background is clearly in lyricism, and she brings a luminous and sustained dramatic quality to the role of Matréna.
-Münchner Merkur
And what Anna Sohn makes of the role of Matréna borders on sensational. Her supple and elegant soprano, with its many girlish colors and phenomenal power, became the sparkling jewel of this premiere. In the final mad scene, she drove him to breathtaking heights without ever deviating from her delicate phrasing.
-Theaterpur
Opposite him, Anna Sohn, as Matréna, formed the emotional center of the evening; her moving mad scene in the finale, in particular, marked a vocal high point that deeply touched the audience.
-Ars tremonia
2025 Dortmund Opera “Turandot”
Anna Sohn, from the Dortmund ensemble, was a captivating Liù, touching not only in death. Her wonderful, colorful, soft, yet also beautifully radiant Puccini soprano was already evident in Dortmund.
-Ruhr Nachrichten
Audience favorite Anna Sohn lends Liù a beautifully radiant soprano, whose bright timbre is as perfectly suited to the role as Sohn's portrayal of Liù, which ranges from reserved to passionately desperate.
-KulturAspekte
2025 Dortmund Opera “Le Nozze di Figaro”
At the forefront, as so often in Dortmund, is Anna Sohn with a creamy, luminous soprano as Countess Almaviva.
-Opernwelt
As the Countess, Anna Sohn not only possesses a warm soprano that underscores the woman's grief, but also maintains the demeanor of an aloof noblewoman throughout her performance.
-Opera!
2025 Dortmund Opera “Don Giovanni”
Anna Sohn's Donna Anna is outstanding, with a clearly focused, flowing soprano.
-Opernwelt
Anna Sohn, who recently appeared at this house as Violetta in 'La traviata,' shines as Donna Anna with her velvety soprano.
-Opernglas
Anna Sohn also dazzles as Donna Anna with magnificent coloratura and radiant high notes.
-ONM (Online Music Magazine)
Also brilliant is the confident and resonant brilliance with which Anna Sohn imbues her Donna Anna without any strain.
-NMZ (Neue Zeitung für Musik)
2025 Dortmund Opera “Opera Gala: Six Strauss Songs”
…then… Dortmund's prima donna soprano Anna Sohn makes time stand still. She sings Richard Strauss's 'Zueignung' with otherworldly intimacy.
-Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
And Anna Sohn alone in Richard Strauss's 'Morgen,' one of four orchestral songs, makes the gala worth attending. Anna Sohn sang the song with such expressiveness, such dark romantic velvet, such feeling and smooth legato.
-Ruhr Nachrichten
2024 Dortmund Opera “La Traviata”
“The premiere is sung by Anna Sohn, who impressed the audience here last year at the opening premiere as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème. With her intense acting, she moves the audience and enables them to participate in Violetta's fate while inspiring with great dramatic heights that can change in a flash into deep vulnerability.”
- OPER!
“Anna Sohn, who has a beautiful voice and confident technique, is an impressive Violetta. She masters the breakneck runs and roulades of her big aria in the first picture, the vocal turmoil of intoxication, inner emptiness and longing for love with verve; She finds a wealth of vocal values and nuances for the emotional rollercoaster between indignation, despair, and renunciation in the dialogue with Germont père.”
-Opernwelt
“Violetta is excellently cast with Anna Sohn. She is the highlight of the ensemble.”
- WDR 3 Tonart, Mosaik
“Dortmund’s new “Traviata” is a triumph. Anna Sohn's touching role portrait is even surpassed by a singing culture that carries the piano of patient melancholy through the throat as effortlessly as the murderous coloratura of “Sempre libera”. When Anna Sohn received the final applause, the audience literally stood on their heads.”
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
“Everything is perfect in this opening production at the Dortmund Opera: the great production, the great stage, the costumes, fantastic soloists, especially the outstanding Anna Sohn in the title role. If you can see a “Traviata” like this and experience Anna Sohn as the title character, you don’t have to go to Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, or Salzburg.”
- Ruhr Nachrichten
2024 Oper Dortmund "La Montagne Noire”
“Anna Sohn’s soprano sounds truly enchanting in its grace and lightness as Héléna.”
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Mirko’s unfortunate fiancée is the sweetly singing Anna Sohn.”
- Frankfurter Rundschau
“The Korean Anna Sohn, Brunhilda in 2021, is a touching Héléna”
- ConcertClassic.com (France)
“Anna Sohn’s Héléna met her with bird-like sweetness.”
- Opera (London)
“The singing and acting this evening are both without exception convincing: ...but also the sad, deep and vulnerable glow of Anna Sohn's Héléna.”
- OPER!
"The role of Héléna, Mirko's abandoned fiancé, is taken on by Anna Sohn, a lyric soprano with a beautiful, colorful voice."
- Forumopera.com (France)
“Anna Sohn sings Héléna with a lyrical voice and with a pure timbre, carried by a breath that is nourished by the love she feels for her fiancés and by the despair that his betrayal causes.”
- Olyrix (France)
2023 Greek National Opera /
Odeon Herodes Atticus “Madama Butterfly”
Anna Sohn makes Butterfly's tragedy clear with a rare naturalness and anti-diva-like "purezza": While her delicate, angelic voice initially has something distinctly feminine and pure, it is only when she abruptly matures into a betrayed woman that she allows herself to express bold emotions in reverberant tones. The soprano replaces the classic Italian spinto attack with an unique inner glow and finely placed, well-projected pianissimi, placing her interpretation far more in the lyrical line of Mirella Freni than in the volcanic, dramatic one of Maria Callas.
-Opernwelt
The Korean soprano Anna Sohn - an ensemble member of the Dortmund Opera, where we highly appreciated her in Frédégonde last season - is a top-class Butterfly. Her voice is elegant, homogeneous, with radiant depth and harnesses exceptional talent — a powerful resource — for the great Odéon Herodes Atticus Theater.
-Opera internationale
2023 Oper Dortmund “La Bohème”
Yet, the highlight of this Dortmund 'Bohème' is Anna Sohn as Mimì. She is truly a 'femme fragile', a shy lover who already carries death with her in the first act. She shows with her emotionally blazing soprano how her love for Rodolfo allows the consumptive flower embroiderer to blossom. And the way she forms lines in pianissimo when Mimì's strength dwindles is deeply touching and of the greatest vocal art.
-Ruhr-Nachrichten
Anna Sohn as Mimì was an experience!
An ideal Mimì in facial expressions, presentation, and singing.
-Opernmagazin
Anna Sohn draws Mimì with a vulnerability that gets under your skin. Her soprano has beautiful lyrical bows with great radiance in the high notes. With feminine delicacy, she performs the famous aria "Mi chiamano Mimì"...
-Online Musik Magazin
2021 Oper Dortmund, Frédégonde
Above all, Anna Sohn, the actual main character of the piece, shines and touches with the lyrical charm of her agile soprano.
-Concerti
Anna Sohn embodies the character, who suffers on a large scale and is therefore more touching, with looks as deep and melodies as wide as the Atlantic in Brittany. A strong lyric soprano and even with a French flair.
-Oper!
Sohn impresses with her radiant soprano and luminous highs and particularly scores in the big duet in the second act with Mérowig. In the film scenes she gives the character a deep melancholy.
-Opernglas
Anna Sohn as Brunhilda, strong in high pitches and also vocally sophisticated in the espressivo…
-Orpheus