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Classical

Germany

Anja Silja

Top Songs By Anja Silja

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 1: "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 1: "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay & Bayreuth Festival Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay & Bayreuth Festival Choir

Listen to Parsifal: "Parsifal! Weile!" by Jess Thomas, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Irene Dalis, Gundula Janowitz, Anja Silja, Else-Margrete Gardelli, Dorothea Siebert, Rita Bartos & Sona Cervena, see lyrics, music video & more!

Parsifal: "Parsifal! Weile!"Jess Thomas, Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Irene Dalis, Gundula Janowitz, Anja Silja, Else-Margrete Gardelli, Dorothea Siebert, Rita Bartos & Sona Cervena

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren?" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren?" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Franz Crass, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay, Astrid Varnay & Bayreuth Festival Choir

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 1: "Wer hier im Gotteskampf zu streiten kam" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay, Tom Krause & Bayreuth Festival Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 1: "Wer hier im Gotteskampf zu streiten kam" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay, Tom Krause & Bayreuth Festival Choir

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Elsa!" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Astrid Varnay, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Elsa!" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Astrid Varnay

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache!" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Astrid Varnay, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache!" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Astrid Varnay

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Euch Lüften, die mein klagen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay & Astrid Varnay, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Euch Lüften, die mein klagen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay & Astrid Varnay

Listen to Lohengrin / Act 2: "Wie kann ich solche Huld dir lohnen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962) by Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay & Astrid Varnay, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lohengrin / Act 2: "Wie kann ich solche Huld dir lohnen" (Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962)Anja Silja, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Ramon Vinay & Astrid Varnay

More albums from Anja Silja

Listen to Wagner: Tannhäuser (Romantic Opera in 3 Acts) [Bayreuther Festspiele] by Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Franz Crass, Georg Paskuda, Gerd Nienstedt, Anja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Else-Margrete Gardelli

ALBUMWagner: Tannhäuser (Romantic Opera in 3 Acts) [Bayreuther Festspiele]Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Franz Crass, Georg Paskuda, Gerd Nienstedt, Anja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Else-Margrete Gardelli

Listen to Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Erwartung by Anja Silja & Philharmonia Orchestra

ALBUMSchoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, ErwartungAnja Silja & Philharmonia Orchestra

Listen to Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Chamber Symphony No. 1, 4 Orchestral Songs, Herzgewachse by Anja Silja, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Craft & Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

ALBUMSchoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Chamber Symphony No. 1, 4 Orchestral Songs, HerzgewachseAnja Silja, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Craft & Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Listen to Wagner: Die Walküre by Christoph von Dohnányi, Gabriele Schnaut, Robert Hale, Poul Elming, Alessandra Marc, Alfred Muff, Anja Silja & The Cleveland Orchestra

ALBUMWagner: Die WalküreChristoph von Dohnányi, Gabriele Schnaut, Robert Hale, Poul Elming, Alessandra Marc, Alfred Muff, Anja Silja & The Cleveland Orchestra

Listen to Berg: Wozzeck by Anja Silja, Eberhard Wächter, Hermann Winkler, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & Christoph von Dohnányi

ALBUMBerg: WozzeckAnja Silja, Eberhard Wächter, Hermann Winkler, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & Christoph von Dohnányi

Listen to Weill: Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) by Anja Silja, Jan Latham-Koenig, Anny Schlemm, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Klaus Hirte, Wolfgang Neumann, Frederic Mayer & Cologne Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble

ALBUMWeill: Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)Anja Silja, Jan Latham-Koenig, Anny Schlemm, Cologne Radio Orchestra, Klaus Hirte, Wolfgang Neumann, Frederic Mayer & Cologne Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble

Listen to Berg: Lulu by Anja Silja, Vienna Philharmonic & Christoph von Dohnányi

ALBUMBerg: LuluAnja Silja, Vienna Philharmonic & Christoph von Dohnányi

Listen to Wagner: Das Rheingold by Theo Adam, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Martti Talvela, Annelies Burmeister, Hermin Esser, Gerd Nienstedt, Anja Silja, Helga Dernesch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Böhm

ALBUMWagner: Das RheingoldTheo Adam, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Martti Talvela, Annelies Burmeister, Hermin Esser, Gerd Nienstedt, Anja Silja, Helga Dernesch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Karl Böhm

Listen to Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Franz Crass, Anja Silja, Josef Greindl, Fritz Uhl, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

ALBUMWagner: Der fliegende HolländerWolfgang Sawallisch, Franz Crass, Anja Silja, Josef Greindl, Fritz Uhl, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Listen to Wagner: Tannhäuser by Anja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch

ALBUMWagner: TannhäuserAnja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch

About Anja Silja

Hometown

Berlin, Germany

Born

1940

Genre

Classical

Debuting at 16 as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Silja has performed numerous roles with several great conductors, including Bartoletti, Boulez, and Klemperer.