2011 Milestones

Role debut as Elvira (“I puritani”) in Geneva

First broadcast of the documentary “Diana Damrau – divine diva” (direction: Beatrix Conrad) on the

French-German TV channel “arte”

Role debut and HD broadcast debut as Adèle (“Le Comte Ory”) at New York’s MET and overwhelming success as Lucia di Lammermoor in their tour of Japan

Diana Damrau presents the “Day of Opera” on the TV channel “arte”

Donna Anna in Baden-Baden (recorded for CD release)

“Poesie”, Diana Damrau’s fourth CD release featuring orchestral songs by Richard Strauss is present with Germany’s prestigious “ECHO Klassik” award

Highly acclaimed debut as Hoffmann’s four heroines in a new production at the Bavarian State Opera

Diana Damrau is named “Musical Ambassador” of her hometown Günzburg and receives the “Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art”

Pictured: Diana sings Olympia in the Bavarian State Opera production of ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’
Image: Wilfried Hösl