31
Dec
“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
31
Dec
Berlin
New Year’s Eve Concert
Staatsoper Berlin
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor
Mauro Peter, tenor
1
Jan
Berlin
New Year’s Concert
Staatsoper Berlin
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor
Mauro Peter, tenor
19
Jan
Berlin
Der Rosenkavalier (role debut)
Staatsoper Berlin
Axel Kober, conductor
André Heller, director
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.
Dec 6, 2024
Now available to watch on Medici. tv, four years after touring a recital program of Lieder by the great German composer Hugo Wolf, Diana Damrau and Jonas Kaufmann come together once again to perform some of the most iconic love songs by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, accompanied by celebrated pianist Helmut Deutsch.
Diana Damrau has been nominated for the 2025 International Classical Music Awards in three categories: her Operette album has been nominated for Vocal Music, her Love Songs DVD with Jonas Kaufmann for Video Performance & Documentaries and the Der Fledermaus DVD for Video Opera.
Nov 2, 2024
Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch will perform a Liederabend at the Schlosstheater Fulda on November 14, with a program featuring works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Joaquín Rodrigo, Enrique Granados, Joaquín Turina, Fernando Obradors and Richard Strauss.
Afterwards, Ms Damrau will join Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann for two concerts on November 21 and 22 at the Tonhalle Zürich. The program opens with the overture from Wagner’s Tannhäuser followed by a selection of orchestral songs by Duparc and Glière’s Andante from the Concerto in F minor for coloratura soprano. The audience will be treated to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 at the end of the evening.
“[...]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 Die Fledermaus (Bayerische Staatsoper), Capriccio (Opernhaus Zürich), Der Rosenkavalier (Baden-Baden, Staatsoper Berlin), Le Nozze di Figaro (La Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper), Anna Bolena (Opernhaus Zürich, Wiener Staatsoper), Roméo et Juliette (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (La Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Ballet & Opera), Manon (Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera) and La Traviata (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Ballet & Opera, Opéra National de Paris and Bayerische Staatsoper) as well as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte (Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Ballet & Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper).
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.
