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Soprano Diana Damrau assumes the crowns of three different Tudor queens, the central characters in operas by Donizetti: Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena), Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda), and Elizabeth I (Roberto Devereux). With Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra and Chorus of Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, she performs the substantial and climactic final scene of each work. When Damrau sang Maria Stuarda at the Zurich Opera, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote: “She commands a voice that seems to have no limits. Her coloratura is stunning, her vocal range impressive, and her dynamic shadings are breath-taking. Damrau is in a class of her own.”
This exciting new album comes out on October 2. Pre-order your copy today via Amazon and iTunes!
The DVD release of the 2019 New Year’s Eve Gala from Berlin features Diana Damrau in a Broadway inspired evening. It also marked her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, led by Kirill Petrenko. It is currently available for purchase on Amazon Germany.
The program included overtures to Gershwin’s Girl Crazy and An American in Paris, Bernstein’s Symphonic dances from West Side Story, and Weill’s Lady in the Dark Symphonic Nocturne, featuring Ms. Damrau in Rodgers „If I loved you“ from Carousel, Bernstein’s „I feel pretty“ from West Side Story, Weill’s „Foolish Heart“ from One Touch of Venus, Sondheim’s „Send in the clowns“ from A little Night Music and Arlen’s „Over the Rainbow“ from The Wizard of Oz.
“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.”
The Metropolitan Opera announced today that it will launch a Pay-Per-View Series featuring some of opera’s biggest stars. This weekend series of 12 live concerts opens Saturday, July 18, with Jonas Kaufmann performing from a historic abbey in Polling, Bavaria.
Diana Damrau will be joined by Joseph Calleja on October 24 in a Palace in Malta. The summer and fall concerts also include Roberto Alagna, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Bryn Terfel, Pretty Yende, and Sonya Yoncheva.
The pay-per-view tickets, priced at $20, go on sale Tuesday, July 14, at noon ET, and will be available for on-demand viewing for twelve days following the live event.
EuroArts has announced the upcoming DVD release of the 2019 New Year’s Eve Gala from Berlin in which Diana Damrau starred. It also marked her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, led by Kirill Petrenko. It is currently available for purchase on Amazon Germany.
The program included overtures to Gershwin’s Girl Crazy and An American in Paris, Bernstein’s Symphonic dances from West Side Story, and Weill’s Lady in the Dark Symphonic Nocturne, featuring Ms. Damrau in Rodgers „If I loved you“ from Carousel, Bernstein’s „I feel pretty“ from West Side Story, Weill’s „Foolish Heart“ from One Touch of Venus, Sondheim’s „Send in the clowns“ from A little Night Music and Arlen’s „Over the Rainbow“ from The Wizard of Oz.
Jun 20, 2020
In her upcoming album „Tudor Queens“, coming out on October , Diana Damrau assumes the crowns of three different Tudor queens, the central characters in operas by Donizetti: Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena), Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda), and Elizabeth I (Roberto Devereux). With Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra and Chorus of Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, she performs the substantial and climactic final scene of each work. When Damrau sang Maria Stuarda at the Zurich Opera, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote: “She commands a voice that seems to have no limits. Her coloratura is stunning, her vocal range impressive, and her dynamic shadings are breath-taking. Damrau is in a class of her own.”
“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).
