29.6.08 – 13.8.08
Anna will appear as Hansel for the NBR NZOpera in a production of Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

26.01.08
¡Zarzuela!
Recital of Spanish Operetta, Arias and Duets,together with Jose Aparicio and David Harper, Century Theatre, Napier. NZ.

31.01.08
¡Zarzuela!
Recital of Spanish Operetta, Arias and Duets, together with Jose Aparicio and David Harper, Ilot Chamber, Wellington, NZ.

-of ‘Frühlings Erwachen’, by Benoît Mernier
(World Premiere at La Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels)

“Jonas Alber dirigió con gran convicción a una excelente orquesta y un grupo de solistas jóvenes y entusiastas, entre los que destacaron las mezzos Anna Pierard y …”

“Jonas Alber conducted with great conviction an excellent orchestra and young and enthusiastic group of soloists, in particular the mezzos Anna Pierard and …”

9.3.2007
“The ‘double mother’, of Pierard, revealed a mezzo of abundant capabilities…”

20.3.2007
Jorge Binaghi.

- of 'Slavic Soul', concert tour with pianist Lada Valesova.

'...in the Zigeuner Lieder by Dvorak, where she showed intense musicality in every beautifully shaped phrase and the ability to immediately encapsulate and project the contrasted character of each song.'

28.07.2006 HB Today Napier, NZ.

'...one sensed the power in Anna Pierard's voice from her opening phrases of the first song, tones that have the ability to flare up excitingly and at the same time melt extremely beguilingly.'

03.08.2006 Concert FM Radio Transcript Wellington, NZ.