Latvian soprano 

Annija Adamsone

is establishing an international career in opera and concert repertoire, with a particular focus on the virtuoso roles of the coloratura soprano fach.

In the 2026/27 season, she will make her Semperoper Dresden debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, returning to the house for eight performances throughout the season. At the Latvian National Opera, she will make her role debut as Sophie in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and return as Olympia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Her concert engagements include a return to Munich’s Isarphilharmonie with the Münchner Symphoniker for Orff’s Carmina Burana, following their successful collaboration there the previous season, as well as Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten in Sønderborg, Flensburg and Hamburg. In 2027, she will also return to the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Vēju simfonija.

The 2025/26 season brought a series of international opera and concert engagements. Adamsone performed Olympia at the Estonian National Opera, returned to the Latvian National Opera as Adina in L’elisir d’amore for the Riga Opera Festival, and appeared with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. A major focus of the season was a series of five performances of Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under Andrés Orozco-Estrada, including two concerts at the Rheingau Musik Festival, as well as performances at the Kölner Philharmonie, KKL Luzern and deSingel Antwerp. She also performed Carmina Burana with the Münchner Symphoniker at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich. Further engagements included Mendelssohn’s Paulus at the Liederhalle Stuttgart, Mozart’s Der Stein der Weisen with the Hofkapelle München at the Theater an der Wien, and a shared song recital in South Korea.

A defining role in Adamsone’s repertoire is Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. She made her role debut in the Latvian National Opera’s new production in 2024, conducted by Frédéric Chaslin and directed by Aik Karapetian. Her performance received widespread critical acclaim; OperaWire praised her “wonderfully agile voice” and “stunning coloratura”, while Bachtrack highlighted the striking accuracy and volume of her coloratura. She has since returned to the role in Riga and abroad.

During the 2024/25 season at Theater Trier, Adamsone performed a wide-ranging repertoire including Adele (Die Fledermaus), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Adina (L’elisir d’amore). In 2024 she made her debut at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Adamsone made her debut as the Queen of the Night at the Sigulda Opera Festival in 2025. In the same year she appeared as Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at the Latvian National Opera with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Tarmo Peltokoski. Her earlier concert engagements have taken her to the  Konzerthaus Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Liederhalle Stuttgart and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, as well as to South Korea for a shared song recital.

As a concert and oratorio soloist, Adamsone’s repertoire spans works by Bach, Mozart, Pergolesi, Dvořák, Brahms and Orff. It includes Bach’s Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio; Mozart’s Requiem, Great Mass in C minor and Exsultate, jubilate; the Stabat Mater settings by Pergolesi and Dvořák; Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem; and Orff’s Carmina Burana, among others.

Adamsone is also active in contemporary repertoire: in 2026 she appeared in two world premieres with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, and in 2027 she will return to the orchestra for the world premiere of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Vēju simfonija.

In 2026, Adamsone received the Audience Prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition. She is also a recipient of Latvia’s highest music honour, the Grand Music Award / Lielā Mūzikas balva 2024, as Young Artist of the Year, together with the Audience Award. In 2025, she received Latvia’s National Theatre Award Spēlmaņu nakts as Young Stage Artist of the Year for her portrayal of Olympia at the Latvian National Opera. Further distinctions include the Baltic Award, the Pauls Sakss Award and the Pēteris Plakidis Chamber Music Prize. In 2025 she was Artist in Residence of Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika”.

Adamsone began her musical education at the Riga Cathedral Choir School and earned her Bachelor’s degree at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, studying with Prof. Antra Jankava. She later completed her Master’s degree in Opera at the State University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK) in the class of Prof. Ulrike Sonntag.

Her repertoire spans opera, oratorio and concert music from Baroque to contemporary works, combining the virtuosity of the coloratura repertoire with an increasing focus on lyric roles by Mozart, Donizetti and Richard Strauss.