Anna Manske

Career

The Viennese singer studied with Albert Hartinger at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and with Robert Holl at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She initially received vocal coaching from Helena Lazarska, and currently receives coaching from Irina Gavrilovici.

On stage

A prize winner of the Mozarteum Salzburg Summer Academy, she sang Mozart at the Salzburg Festival. Her opera stage appearances include the roles of Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel at the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre; Iris in the world premiere of Iris ter Schiphorst's Gänsemagd at the Vienna Pocket Opera; Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Mozart Festival in Hallstatt; and Amando in Ligeti's Le grand macabre at the Neue Oper Wien. She played the title role in the early classical opera Talestri, Regina Delle Amazzoni by M. A. Walpurgis, which was performed for the first time in Austria at the Kosmos Theatre. She also appeared as Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo at the Opéra National de Montpellier.

She performed the role of Tangia in Gluck's Le Cinesi at Schloss Hof, the site of its world premiere, as part of Styriarte 2018. She delivered a compelling performance as Ruggiero in Handel's “Alcina” at the Opera Košice and the Estates Theatre in Prague. At Styriarte 2024, she appeared as Ninfa/Proserpina in Monteverdi's Orfeo and enchanted audiences as Mizzi Huber in the first part of the Attems Saga.

Concert

Anna Manske regularly performs on concert stages in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and Spain. Her performances include Hindemith's Wie es wär', wenn es anders wär' at the Musikverein in Vienna, Szymanowski's Stabat Mater with the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra in Krakow, and Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Orchestre Musique des Lumières in Porrentruy.

Most recently, she sang the role of 'Livietta' in a production of Pergolesi's baroque opera 'Il Ciarlatano' with the Graz baroque ensemble Art House 17, performing at the Wittenberg Renaissance Music Festival and in Halden, Norway. She also performed the role of 'Samaritan Woman' in the world premiere of Tristan Schulze's opera 'At Jacob's Well' at the MuTh in Vienna; 'Bradamante' in Handel's 'Alcina' in a production by the Freitagsakademie Bern; and 'Tangia' in Gluck's 'Le Cinesi' at Schloss Hof, where the opera was first performed. She is a regular guest at the Styriarte, most recently in 2024 in the “Jahreszeiten-Oper” (Seasons Opera) to the music of Antonio Vivaldi and in Claudio Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo,” and in 2025 in Antonio Draghi's “Gl'incantesimi disciolti” as ‘Envy’ and “Reason.”