German soprano Anja Harteros made her San Diego Opera debut in 2004 as Violetta in La traviata and returned in 2005 as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra. Including the above roles, her repertoire includes Desdemona in Otello, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Micaëla in Carmen, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, the Contessa in The Marriage of Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Elettra in Idomeneo, Agathe in Der Freischütz, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and the title roles in Alcina and Arabella and Mimì in La bohème. She has sung in all the great opera houses, including the Met, La Scala, the state opera houses of Munich, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden, as well as the opera houses in Florence, Amsterdam, Paris, Tokyo, Lyon, Berlin, Frankfurt, and at the Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals. Upcoming performances include Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra in Milan and Desdemona in Otello in Berlin. In recognition of her outstanding vocal and acting achievements, Harteros was appointed a Bavarian Kammersängerin in 2007.