Anda-Louise Bogza

Anda-Louise Bogza (27 February 1965 – 13 December 2025) was a Romanian operatic soprano. Based in Prague at the State Opera and the National Theatre, she made an international career, especially portraying Verdi heroines such as Aida and Leonora in Il trovatore. She performed another signature role, Puccini's Tosca, first at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 2005, and then at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Bavarian State Opera, Oper Frankfurt, New Israeli Opera, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Slovak National Theatre, in Japan, at the Romanian National Opera, and at the Salzburg Festival.

Life and career Born in Piatra Neamț on 27 February 1965, She began her career performing at the State Opera and the National Theatre in Prague. She remained committed to both of those houses for the rest of her life.

Bogza died in Prague on 13 December 2025, at the age of 60, after a long illness.

Awards In 1994, Bogza won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vienna International Singing Competition. Boito: Mefistofele – Elena Nerone – Asteria Dvořák: Rusalka – Rusalka, Foreign Princess Gottfried von Einem: Der Prozeß – Fräulein Bürstner Giordano: Andrea Chénier – Maddalena di Coigny Janáček: Jenůfa – title role Katya Kabanova – title role Hans Krása: Verlobung im Traum – Sina Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Santuzza Mozart: Don Giovanni – Donna Anna Le Nozze di Figaro – The Countess Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman – Giulietta Puccini: La fanciulla del West – Minnie Manon Lescaut – title role La rondine – title role Il tabarro – Giorgetta Tosca – title role Turandot – Liù, title role R. Strauss: Salome – title role Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – Lisa Verdi: Aida – title role Un ballo in maschera – Amelia Don Carlos – Elisabetta La forza del destino – Leonora Macbeth – Lady Macbeth Nabucco – Abigaille Otello – Desdemona Il trovatore – Leonora Wagner: Lohengrin – Elsa Tannhäuser – Elisabeth