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Diana Damrau

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Ks. Diana Damrau (born May 31, 1971 in Günzburg an der Donau, Germany) is a lyric coloratura soprano of the operatic stage.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

She began her studies with Carmen Hanganu at the Musikhochschule Würzburg. After graduating from that conservatory she worked in Salzburg with Hanna Ludwig. Her first operatic engagements were in Würzburg and subsequently the Nationaltheater Mannheim and Oper Frankfurt. Since then, she has sung throughout the world at venues such as the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera New York, Covent Garden, the Bavarian State Opera, Munich and the Salzburg Festival. She was invited to sing the title role in Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta at the re-opening of La Scala, Milan in 2004, under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

Mozart's Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) has been Damrau's most frequently performed role to date, as she has been engaged to perform it in over 15 productions at houses including Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Oper Frankfurt and the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. Other coloratura roles in her repertoire include Konstanze, Blondchen, Zerbinetta, Lucia, Rosina, Gilda, Norina, Europa, Olympia and Oscar. She also performs roles in the lyric repertoire, including Sophie, Adina, Susanna, Pamina, Gretel, Aithra and Zdenka.

The soprano made Metropolitan Opera history in 2007-2008 season by appearing as both Pamina and Queen of the Night in the same run, but different performances, of Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte'. In that same season, Damrau also graced the cover of the March 2007 edition of Opera News magazine. In the interview therein, she stated that she seeks to perform the bel canto roles of Donizetti's Tudor Queens in the future, along with the four heroines in Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann.

Damrau's 2008-2009 season began with her first assumption of the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera House, directed by Mary Zimmerman and continues with two notable appearances in operas by Richard Strauss, namely her final performances as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier opposite Renée Fleming's Marschallin at Festspiel Baden-Baden and the fiendishly difficult coloratura role of Aminta in Die schweigsame Frau at the Vienna State Opera.

As well as opera, Damrau is a regular on the concert podium. She has performed Lieder repertoire at Vienna's Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kissinger Summer Festival, the Schubertiade, Schwarzenberg and both the Munich and Salzburg Festivals. The soprano's concert repertoire includes Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Mozart's C minor mass, Requiem and Exsultate, Jubilate as well as Handel's Messiah. She has performed with such esteemed conductors as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi, Adam Fischer, Dennis Russel Davies, Leonard Slatkin, Wolfgang Rennert, Andrew Parrott, Ivor Bolton, Pierre Boulez, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesús López Cobos, Peter Schneider and Marcello Viotti.

[edit] Key performances

  • La Scala: Europa riconosciuta (Europa), Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna)
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), Die ägyptische Helena (Aithra), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze), Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia), Rigoletto (Gilda)
  • Royal Opera: Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), Arabella (Fiakermilli), Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta), 1984 (Gym Instructor / Drunken Woman), Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel), L'elisir d'amore (Adina)
  • Vienna State Opera: Die Fledermaus (Adele), Rigoletto (Gilda), Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta), Der Riese vom Steinfeld by Cerha (Small Woman), Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze), Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night)
  • Salzburg Festival: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Blondchen / Konstanze), Ascanio in Alba (Fauno), Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna)
  • Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich: Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze), Arabella (Zdenka), Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta), Rigoletto (Gilda), Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna), Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie), Fidelio (Marzelline), Der Freischütz (Ännchen), Die Fledermaus (Adele)

[edit] Recordings

Damrau has an exclusive recording contract with EMI/Virgin. Her first release was a disc of Mozart, Righini and Salieri arias entitled 'Arie di Bravura'. The orchestra supporting Ms. Damrau is 'Le Cercle de l’Harmonie', conducted by Jérémie Rhorer. Her second album, with both the same orchestra and conductor, entitled 'Donna' is a collection of Mozart opera and concert arias. It was released in November 2008.

From the art song repertoire, she has recorded Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and Schumann's 'Myrten' with the Telos label and live recordings of her Summer 2005 liederabend at the Salzburg Festival and her Summer 2006 liederabend at the Schubertiade are released on the Orfeo label. Damrau also appears on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi's release of Mozart's Zaide in the title role, and guests alongside Adrianne Pieczonka's on mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca's first solo release with Deutsche Grammophon. Together, they perform the trio finale from Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. DVDs are available of her performances in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival), Ascanio in Alba (Salzburg Festival) and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Oper Frankfurt).

[edit] Honours and Awards

  • 1999: Voted 'Young Singer of the Year' in a critics' survey in Opernwelt magazine
  • 1999: Prizewinner at the 7th International Mozart Competition, Salzburg
  • 2004: Recipient of the "Star of the Year" by the Münchner Abendzeitung
  • 2005: Recipient of the ‘Rose of the Year’ by the Münchener Tageszeitung
  • 2006: Named "Bavarian of the Year" by the Bayerischer Rundfunk
  • 2006: Performed alongside Plácido Domingo at the Three Orchestras Gala in Munich to mark the opening of the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
  • 2007: Featured on the cover of both March 2007 edition of Opera News and May 2007 edition of Opera.
  • 2007: Awarded title of Bayerische Kammersänger in in Munich on July 10, 2007 by Arts Minister Thomas Goppel.
  • 2007: Awarded the EON prize for culture.
  • 2008: Awarded the German Record Critics' Award ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik") for her disc 'Aria di Bravura'
  • 2008: Named 'Singer of the Year 2008' by Opernwelt magazine, appearing on the cover of the magazine's 2008 yearbook.

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