30
Jan
30
Jan
Milan
Roméo et Juliette
Lorenzo Viotti, Dirigent
Diana Damrau, Juliette
Vittorio Grigolo, Roméo
Mattia Olivieri, Mercutio
Marina Viotti, Stéphano
2
Feb
Milan
Roméo et Juliette
Lorenzo Viotti, Dirigent
Diana Damrau, Juliette
Vittorio Grigolo, Roméo
Mattia Olivieri, Mercutio
Marina Viotti, Stéphano
“For me, Strauss is one of the greatest composers,” Diana Damrau has said. “The way he handles the soprano voice is a joy. And to be able to sing his music with my voice feels like coming home.” The centrepiece of this album of Strauss songs is the sublime Vier letzte Lieder, in which Damrau – born and trained in Bavaria – joins forces with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its long-standing Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons, in what was to become his final recording. Her partner in a tempting and diverse selection of songs with piano is Helmut Deutsch. “Not only is Strauss’s music gorgeous,” says Damrau, “there’s the way he combines words and notes – and the psychology.”
Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann, reigning stars of opera, are also consummate interpreters of song. In early 2018, with master pianist Helmut Deutsch, they performed Hugo Wolf’s multi-faceted Italienisches Liederbuch in 12 cities around Europe. “One couldn’t ask for more,” wrote the Telegraph after their London concert, which took place two days before this live recording was made in the German city of Essen.
This album is available for pre-order via Amazon.de and will be released in Germany on January 11, and on Amazon.com on January 25, 2019.
Label: C Major Entertainment/Naxos
Diana Damrau, Carlos Álvarez, Golda Schultz, Markus Werba
Franz Welser-Möst, Dirigent
Frederic Wake-Walker, Inszenierung
Zum 225. Todestag Mozarts präsentiert die Mailänder Scala diese neue Produktion von seinem Meisterwerk Le nozze di Figaro in der ausgewöhnlichen Regie von Frederic Wake-Walker. Er konzentriert sich in seiner Erzählweise auf das Thema der unsteten Liebe: Le nozze di Figaro konfrontiert uns mit der Unmöglichkeit einer Welt, in der alle lieben und vergeben können. Die musikalische Leitung hat kein Geringerer als einer der besten Mozart-Dirigenten unserer Zeit, Franz Welser-Möst, der hier sein La Scala Debüt präsentiert. Die Besetzung heißt Diana Damrau (Contessa), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Golda Schultz (Susanna), Markus Werba (Figaro) und Carlos Álvarez (Conte).
Jan 18, 2020
On January 31, Diana Damrau releases her latest album of Richard Strauss Lieder, which marks her latest collaboration with pianist Helmut Deutsch and her last with the late Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Jansons tragically passed away after their performance together at Carnegie Hall on November of 2019. The album is already available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes.
“For me, Strauss is one of the greatest composers,” Diana Damrau has said. “The way he handles the soprano voice is a joy. And to be able to sing his music with my voice feels like coming home.” The centrepiece of this album of Strauss songs is the sublime Vier letzte Lieder, in which Damrau – born and trained in Bavaria – joins forces with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its long-standing Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons, in what was to become his final recording. Her partner in a tempting and diverse selection of songs with piano is Helmut Deutsch. “Not only is Strauss’s music gorgeous,” says Damrau, “there’s the way he combines words and notes – and the psychology.”
Diese Saison kehrt Diana Damrau als Juliette in Bartlett Shers opulenter Produktion von Gounods Roméo et Juliette, dessen Premiere an der MET sie ebenfalls sang, an die Mailänder Scala zurück. Ihr Roméo ist auch hier wieder Vittorio Grigolo, Lorenzo Viotti hat die musikalische Leitung. Die Vorstellungen sind vom 15. Januar – 16. Februar zu erleben.
“For me, Strauss is one of the greatest composers,” Diana Damrau has said. “The way he handles the soprano voice is a joy. And to be able to sing his music with my voice feels like coming home.”
The soprano literally shares a home with Richard Strauss in that she, like the composer, was born in Bavaria. She studied at the conservatory in the Bavarian city of Würzburg, and went on to join the company at its Mainfrankentheater before making an international reputation – not least in such soaring Strauss roles as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and Aithra in Die Ägyptische Helena.
“the leading coloratura soprano in the world”
– New York Sun
Seit ihrem frühen Bühnendebüt ist die Sopranistin Diana Damrau nunmehr schon 20 Jahre ständiger Gast auf den Bühnen der international führenden Opern- und Konzerthäuser sowie Festivals.
Ihr umfangreiches Repertoire liegt im Lyrischen und Koloraturfach und beinhaltet die Titelrollen in Lucia di Lammermoor (La Scala di Milano, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House London), Manon (Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera) und La Traviata (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris und Bayerische Staatsoper) sowie die Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte (Metropolitan Opera, Salzburger Festspiele, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House).
