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“Damrau soared along effortlessly, oozing charisma, her voice offering radiant platinum brightness”.
The Arts Desk
“Damrau soared along effortlessly, oozing charisma, her voice offering radiant platinum brightness”.
The Arts Desk
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The volcano simmers beneath the glamour of the feather boa and tutu. The revenge of the bat becomes a nightmare, and not just for Gabriel von Eisenstein, when a fake marquis and a fake chevalier, a pretend Hungarian countess and a host of budding artists meet at the glittering masked ball at Prince Orlofsky’s house. Glasses clink, relationships are shaken, people love, lie and dance. The party goes on as long as it lasts, true to the motto: ‘Happy is he who forgets …’.
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, first performed in Vienna in 1874, is part of the Bavarian State Opera’s repertoire. In December 2023, the curtain rose on a spectacular new production of this piece. Director Barrie Kosky gave the ‘operetta of all operettas’ a new look: the whole of Viennese society dances towards the abyss in a colourful and lavish setting.
Cast: Diana Damrau, Georg Nigl, Katharina Konradi, Martin Winkler
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Barrie Kosky, director
Recording from 2023
“They languish until the last encore” Wiener Zeitung, “A deeply felt, rapturous performance” (The Guardian) A radiant concert at the Great Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein: Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann, luminaries of the classical realm and celebrated interpreters of Lieder, breathe life into love songs of two titans of romanticism, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. They explore love’s myriad dimensions through soul-stirring solos and mesmerizing duets in a journey through a kaleidoscope of emotions, from reverie and yearning to the bliss of fulfillment, tempered by moments of heartache, resignation, and sacrifice, charming and moving. Adding to the magic is their esteemed collaborator at the piano, the incomparable Helmut Deutsch, whose artistry enhances every note and infuses the music with an undeniable depth of expression.
Diana Damrau’s new album sweeps us off to three capital cities of operetta – Vienna, Berlin, and Paris – in her next recording, made with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and conductor Ernst Theis. Operette will be released on December 8.
May 3, 2026
Diana Damrau returns this spring to the role of Contessa di Almaviva in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, singing opposite Gerald Finley as Conte di Almaviva, and with Joélle Harvey as Susanna, Luca Micheletti as Figaro, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino and Juliane Banse as Marcellina.
With much love for tempo and situation comedy, the staging by Evgeny Titov examines humanity’s fragility. Patrick Hahn conducts the three performances on May 16, 20 and 24.
Mar 15, 2026
This spring, Diana Damrau makes her much-awaited role debut as the title role in Richard Strauss’ Arabella, after having already sung Zdenka and Fiakermilli in the same opera.
Dec 1, 2025
To bring the year to a spectacular close, Diana Damrau will once again star as Rosalinde in Otto Schenk’s beloved production of Die Fledermaus at the Wiener Staatsoper. The performances take place on New Year’s Eve, January 3 and 6. She will share the stage with her friend and habitual colleague Jonas Kaufmann as Gabriel von Eisenstein, and with Jochen Schmeckenbecher as Frank, Daria Sushkova as Prinz Orlofsky, Jörg Schneider as Alfred, Adrian Eröd as Dr Falke, Lukas Schmidt as Dr Blind, Ilia Staple as Adele, and Hannah-Theres Weigl as Ida. Markus Poschner conducts.
“[...]Damrau’s vocal delicacy, [is] able to open a phrase with a delicate crescendo, while often ending them with soft holds as if she were embracing the syllables to the fullest.”
– Operawire
Soprano Diana Damrau has been performing on the world’s leading opera and concert stages for two decades.
Her vast repertoire spans title roles in Anna Bolena (Zurich Opera House, Vienna State Opera), I Masnadieri, Capriccio (Bavarian State Opera), Roméo et Juliette (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (La Scala, Bavarian State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House), Manon (Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera) and La Traviata (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris and Bavarian State Opera) as well as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte (Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House, Bavarian State Opera).
Diana Damrau is Kammersängerin of the Bavarian State Opera (2007) and holder of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2010). She is a recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021). She has also been selected Singer of the Year (Opernwelt, International Opera Award London, Opera News, Gramophone Editor’s Choice) and since 2020 an asteroid bears her name.
