Angela Gheorghiu, Choeur Les Elements, Michel Plas - Carmen, Act I: No.5 Habanera : Lamour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen/

ANDERSON, Anderson Laima Karlovna (b. 11 XII 1929, Riga) - Soviet singer (mezzo-soprano). Failed art. Latv SSR (1965). Ch. CPSU since 1964. In 1952-56 she studied at the Muses. school in the city of Jelgava in the class of singing with X. Strauss, in 1956-60 - in Latvia. Conservatory named after J. Vitola (Riga) by E. Mickelson. Since 1960, soloist of Latvia. Opera and Ballet Theater (debuted in the party of Clara - “Betrothal in a Monastery” by Prokofiev). Parties: Siebel (“Faust”), Carmen, Azuchen, Vanya, Cherubino, Countess; Leyli (“The Opera of the Paupers” Zarina), Sonetka (“Katerina Izmailova”) and others. A. conducts concert activities. In her repertoire: solo parts - Scriabin's 1st symphony, Beethoven's 9th symphony, Verdi's “Requiem”; wok. Mahler's cycle Songs of Dead Children; “Partita in the Baroque style”, oratorio “Mahogany” Zarina, “From Jewish folk poetry” by Shostakovich, and others. State. Latvian SSR Prize for Concert Activities (1967).