Oct 7, 2026
Diana Damrau returns to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on October 20 and 21 to sing Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder with Christian Thielemann leading the Staatskapelle.
This song cycle was amongst Richard Strauss’ final compositions, completed in 1948, and revolve around the themes of life and death. The second half of the program features the Alpensinfonie, which premiered in 1915, and with which Strauss concluded his series of tone poems.
Jun 10, 2026
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.
Nov 1, 2025
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.
Sep 12, 2025
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.
Aug 20, 2025
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.
Jun 1, 2025
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.
