Annely Peebo

Who is Annely Peebo?

Annely Peebo is a mezzo-soprano from Estonia.

Annely Peebo gained a diploma for choral conducting and completed vocal studies in opera. She studied at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Vienna in Vienna, Austria, where she studied singing with Prof. Gerhard Kahry and Opera with Prof. Curt Malm. In 1997, she became a permanent ensemble member of the Vienna Volksoper after her deput at the Vienna State Opera in Rigoletto the same year.

Peebo is a regular at various festivals. At the Vienna Festival in 2001, she sang the role of Meroe in the first performance of the expressionistic opera, Penthesilea by Othmar Schoeck. At the Salzburg Festival in 2002, she performed works by Mozart and Gershwin. Over the years, she has performed together with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Renato Bruson, and Stefania Bonfadelli among many.

Annely Peebo speaks five languages, a trait which allowed her to playing a leading role in the French movie Les leçons des ténèbres as well as hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn together with Marko Matvere.

Annely Peebo is married and she has two children. The multi-lingual family lives in Austria.