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.
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On November 23, Diana Damrau will pay homage to composer Johann Strauss on the occasion of his 200th birthday, and to Marie Geistinger, the first director of the Theatre an der Wien and the most famous German-speaking operetta diva at the time. Strauss wrote the main roles of his first four pieces for her, and the program will revolve around these pieces alongside some of the roles Strauss wrote for her rivals, uniting all the historical divas in a present-day one and painting a complete picture of Viennese operetta full of fire and joie de vivre.
Ms Damrau joins forces with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by conductor Ernst Theis, and with Michael Dangl, who created the concept ideas and text, and who will also perform.
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On September 21, the curtain will rise on Richard Strauss’s masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier at the Opernhaus Zürich. This performance marks the 30th anniversary of SRG and ARTE’s partnership and will be broadcast by both broadcasters.
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After this year’s critically acclaimed debut as the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (“Diana Damrau’s Marschallin achieved a heavenly perfection that hovered over everything else in this performance” – Bachtrack), Diana Damrau returns to the role this autumn, in a new production by Lydia Steier based on an extant set, and Joana Mallwitz at the musical helm. Günther Groissböck sings Ochs, with Angela Brower as Octavian, Emily Pogorelc as Sophie, and Bo Skovhus as Herr von Faninal. The performances take place from September 21 to October 26.
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Photo: © Amar Mehmedinovic
This summer, Diana Damrau reunites with Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch for the second half of their European Lieder tour with a program of works by Mahler and Strauss. She will also give a solo recital with Helmut Deutsch on July 14 at the Bayerische Staatsoper and make her debut in Varna on July 24, with a Gala evening entitled “Sole e Amore”.
Find the list of venues and dates for the tour under the cut.
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Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch have once again created a recital of songs about love, with works by Mahler and Strauss. Gustav Mahler’s romantic settings of poems from the collection ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’ by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano created a poetic and inspiring portrait of life. Several songs are conceived as dialogues between a man and a woman. Mahler thus draws on the traditional ballad style with his own unique style of interpretation: telling a story and presenting it vividly. Duets and solo songs, performed alternately, speak of desire, love and suffering. Dates and cities can be found in the list below.
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Diana Damrau will jump in as the Marschallin on March 23 at the Bayerische Staatsoper, filling in for an indisposed colleague. Her Octavian is Samantha Hankey, and Sophie is Liv Redpath. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Barrie Kosky production.
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VIDEO: OPERA Category
“It’s never easy to revisit the approach to great musical masterpieces marked by so many scenic and musical traditions! But this video of the Bavarian State Opera’s production of Johann Strauß’s famous Die Fledermaus does exactly that, both scenically and musically. Barrie Kosky’s staging is great operetta fun, with great design ideas that cannot be surpassed in opulence and color. Vladimir Jurowski unfolds the full splendor of the music. And so stage and orchestra, acting and singing merge into pure operetta bliss at the highest level.”
ICMA
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This month, Diana Damrau makes her much-awaited role debut as the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’ masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier, in André Heller’s maximalist and colourful production. She will be joined by Emily D’Angelo as Octavian and Regula Mühlemann as Sophie, also making their role debuts, and David Steffens as Baron Ochs. The performances take place on January 19, 22, 25, 30 and February 1 and will be lead by Axel Kober.
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