Edward Ananian-Cooper
Conductor
Upcoming performances:
Puccini - Tosca
Barrie Kosky, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
3,6,9,12,15,18,21,23,25 September 2025

Stikhina/Romaniw, Guerrero, Hokobyan
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor

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Tchaikovsky - The Maid of Orleans
Dmitri Tcherniakov, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
12,15,18,21,23,25,28 November & 2 December 2025

Stikhina, Clayton, Pavlova, Zhilikhovsky
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Valentin Uryupin, Conductor

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Shostakovich - Anti-formalist Rayok
Maison de Radio France, Paris
21/11 at 20h00

Chœur de Radio France, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Conductor

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Glass - Another look at harmony part 4 + Christmas Carols
12/12 at 20h10 - Location TBC
18/12 at 20h15 - Location TBC
21/12 at 20h30 - Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht

16 singers from Dutch National Opera Chorus
Ad Broeksteeg, Organ
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor

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Höndel - Semele
Claus Guth, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
17,20,23,25,27,29 January 2026

Alder, Orliński, White, Portillo, Boesch
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Le Concert d’Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor

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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Pierre Audi, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
8,11,14,17,20,23 February 2026

Weinius, Byström
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski, Conductor

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Opera choruses and chamber music
27/2 at 19h30 - Middelburg
14/3 at 20h30 - Deventer
20/3 at 20h15 - Zeist

Singers from Dutch National Opera Chorus
Ad Broeksteeg, piano
Irina Sisoyeva, piano
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor

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Meriç Artaç - Requiem for Maritza
Silvia Costa, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
13,15,21 March 2026

Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
New European Ensemble
Sora Elisabeth Lee, Conductor

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Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice
Pierre-André Weitz, director

Opéra de Limoges, France
5,7,10 May 2026

Dubois, Skerath, de Negri
Choeur de l'Opérea de Limoges, Arlinda Roux Majollari
Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra de Limoges Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Edward Ananian-Cooper, Conductor

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Verdi - Simon Boccanegra
Jetske Mijnssen, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
4,7,10,13,17,21,25,28 June 2026

Petean, Lombardi, Zeppenfeld, Guerrero
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Fabio Luisi , Conductor

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Selected past performances:
Debussy/Ravel/Messiaen

Turku Cathedral
8/2/2024

Iida Antola, Soprano
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Ananian-Cooper, Conductor

Raskatov - Animal Farm (world première)
Damiano Michieletto, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
3-16 March 2023

Misha Kiria, Elena Vassilieva, Marcel Beekman, Helena Rasker
Dutch National Opera Talent Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Bassem Akiki, Conductor
Offenbach - Le voyage dans la Lune

Opéra de Reims
11 & 12/3/2023

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Reims
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor
Poulenc - Gloria
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
29 & 30 October 2022

Erin Morley, soprano
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
Puccini - Turandot
Barrie Kosky, director

Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
2-30 December 2022

Tamara Wilson, Najmiddin Mavlyanov/Martin Muehle, Kristina Mkhitaryan/Ruzan Mantashyan
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
Puccini - Messa a quattro voci

Opéra de Limoges, France
23 December 2022

Valentin Thill, Philippe Nicolas-Martin
Orchestra and Chorus of Limoges Opera
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor
Le voyage dans la Lune (Offenbach)

9/3/2022, Opéra de Limoges
Violette Polchi, Sheva Tehoval, Jennifer Michel, Cécile Galois, Matthieu Lécroart
Choeur de l'Opéra de Limoges
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Limoges
Direction: Edward Ananian-Cooper
Christmas Oratorio I-III (Bach)

Espoo Cathedral 10.12.2021

Kaisa Ranta, Jenny Carlstedt, Jussi Myllys, Kristian Lindroos
Tapiola chamber choir, Hannu Norjanen (chorus master)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Edward Ananian-Cooper (conductor)
Dubois - Les sept dernières paroles du Christ

Opéra de Limoges, France
4.4.2021

Hélène Carpentier, Kévin Amiel et Alexandre Duhamel
Choeur de l'Opéra de Limoges
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Limoges
Edward Ananian-Cooper, direction
"De Profundis"

FELIX! urban festival at the Kölner Philharmonie
Stiftersaal, Wallraf-Richartz-Musem
29.8.2020

Q Ensemble, Edu Rojas countertenor
Conductor Edward Ananian-Cooper
Rubinstein - Le Demon

Bordeaux national opera house
29.1, 31.1, 3.2, 6.2, 9.2.2020

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, chorus master Salvatore Caputo
Chorus of Limoges Opera house, chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Conductor Paul Daniel
Rossini Messa di Gloria

La Seine Musicale, Paris
29.11.2019

Jessica Pratt, soprano
Ève-Maud Hubeaux, mezzo-soprano
Levy Sekgapane, Jack Swanson, ténors
Mirco Palazzi, basse

accentus, chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Insula Orchestra, conductor Speranza Scappucci
Holst's The Planets

Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
12.9.2019, 14.9.2019

DR Symphony Orchestra
DR Concert Choir, chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Conductor John Wilson
Offenbach - Madame Favart

Opera Comique (Paris), Opera de Limoges, Opera de Caen
Juin, octobre et décembre 2019

Marion Lebègue, Christian Helmer, Anne-Catherine Gillet, François Rougier, Franck Leguérinel, Éric Huchet, Lionel Peintre, Raphaël Brémard

Chorus of Limoges Opera house, Chorus Master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Orchestra of Limoges Opera house, Laurent Campellone, conductor
Haydn - Die Schöpfung

Turku Cathedral, Finland
19.4.2019

Hanna-Leena Haapamäki, Mika Pohjonen, Nicholas Söderlund
Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Conservatory Chamber Choir chorus master Timo Lehtovaara
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms & Mozart Krönungsmesse

Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
17.5.2018, 19.5.2018

DR Symphony Orchestra
DR Concert Choir, chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Conductor Juanjo Mena

Beethoven Messe C-Dur

Turku Cathedral, Finland
30.3.2018

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Ananian-Cooper, conductor

Kaisa Ranta, soprano
Niina Keitel, mezzosoprano
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor
Nicholas Söderlund, bass

Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis & Philharmonischer Chor Köln