Ohrid Summer Festival Birthday

Ana Durlovski-soprano

The Macedonian soprano Ana Durlovski studied at the Music Academy of Skopje and made her debut at the Macedonian Opera in Skopje as Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, followed by productions and performances in opera houses in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Albania. In 2006 Ana Durlovski was invited to make her debut at the Vienna State Opera, as Königin der Nacht in Zauberflöte, a role she also performed at the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. From 2006 to 2011 Ana Durlovski was a member of the opera company of the StaatstheaterMainz. Major roles there: Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sophie (Rosenkavalier), Musetta (La bohème), Manon (Manon).

In 2011 Ana Durlovski joined the opera ensemble of the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Her interpretation of the title role in the new production of La sonnambula in 2012 was much acclaimed both by critics and the audience. For this role, she is the recipient of the Faust Award for Best Female Performer, and the magazine Opernwelt also named her Discovery of the Year.
Further important roles in Stuttgart: Morgana (Alcina), Folie (Platée), Soeur Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Zerbinetta (Ariadne), Violetta (La traviata), Olympia (Les Comtes d’Hoffmann), Elvira (I puritani), Norina (Don Pasquale). In Madrid she sang Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Olympia and Königin der Nacht.
At the New York MET Ana Durlovski made her debut as Königin der Nacht in 2014. With this role she was also invited to the Bavarian State Opera, to Baden-Baden (with Sir Simon Rattle), to Madrid, Dresden, Berlin (State Opera) and to the Bregenz Festival. In Dresden she furthermore appeared as Gilda (Rigoletto). In Bayreuth Durlovski performed Waldvogel in Siegfried (2016, 2017). Other very successful projects include new productions of Lucia di Lammermoor in Graz (2019) and Les Huguenots (Marguerite) in Geneva 2020 as well as her debut in the title role of
Handel’s Alcina at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg in 2021 and the role of the Nightingale in Braunfels’ Die Vögel at the opera house in Cologne. Recently she appeared as
Marguerite (Les Huguenots) at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, in the title roles of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at the Hamburg State Opera and of Handel’s Alcina at the State Theater in Darmstadt, Donna Anna at the Theater Bielefeld.

During her successful singing career, she has collaborated with artists like Sir Simon Rattle, Jonas Kaufmann, Marek Janowski, Adam Fischer, Pretty Yende, Rachel Willis-Sørensen etc.
Ana Durolovski is also active on the concert stage and has collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, etc.

Anahit Ter-Tatshtyan-piano

Anahit Ter-Tatshatyan has been active as a pianist, accompanist, and repetiteur in international opera houses and chamber music ensembles for over two decades. Among other she was the repetiteur of the Greek National Opera and Ballet in Athens and has been an official accompanist at the international “Grand Prix Maria Callas” competition since 2001.

She accompanied the masterclasses of renowned opera singers including Gena Dimitrova, Cheryl Studer, Kurt Equiluz, Nelly Miricioiu, and Kostas Paskalis.

Her concert activities have taken her to concert halls across Europe, performing in Switzerland, Russia, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Romania.

Since 2010, she has been a vocal accompanist at the University of Music Würzburg. In the 2012/2013 season, she joined Theater Bielefeld as a solo repetiteur with conducting duties, where she also performs as a soloist with the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra.