Diana damrau acclaimed as the “leading coloratura soprano in the world” New York Sun , Diana Damrau continues to amaze audiences with her unique voice and arresting stage presence. A regular guest at the most renowned opera companies and concert halls, she was awarded the title Bayerische Kammersängerin in 2007 and named Best Female Singer at the 2014 International Opera Awards.

Diana Damrau German soprano

The 2014/15 season sees Diana Damrau performing a broad range of repertoire both on the operatic and concert stages of the world. She begins the season at Theater an der Wien where she stars in a new production of Bizet’s Les pecheurs des perles , followed by her return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for a new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor , a role she reprises for Milan’s Teatro alla Scala later in the season.
She sings Massenet’s Manon at the Metropolitan Opera and, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore for Zurich Opera before returning to Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus to debut Contessa Almaviva in concert performances of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon.
Diana Damrau can be heard in concert and recital extensively this season. She sings Belcanto-themed gala concerts amongst other in Prague, Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Geneva, Munich, Frankfurt and Vienna and appears in recital in Vienna, Milan, Madrid, Paris and Graz. Diana Damrau further joins the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for their New Year’s concerts and appears in concert with the Vienna Philharmonic during the Salzburg Mozart Week as well as at New York’s Carnegie Hall for a performance of Brahms’ Requiem.
Over the last seasons, Diana Damrau has extended her repertoire to include some new signature roles such as Philine Mignon and Elvira I puritani with Grand Théâtre de Genève, Linda di Chamounix with Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, and Lucia di Lammermoor and Amina in La sonnambula for the Metropolitan Opera In 2011, the soprano scored a tremendous success with her rendition of the three soprano roles in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Bavarian State Opera.

In 2013, she sang Gilda in a new production of Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera New York, where she also made her acclaimed role debut as Verdi’s La traviata, a role that she also performed in a season-opening new production at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, a new production for Opéra de Paris, as well as performances with the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Zurich Opera.
As a member of the ensembles at Mannheim National Theatre and Frankfurt Opera, Diana Damrau began her international career with much-praised guest appearances as Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta and Adele Die Fledermaus in Munich, Berlin and Vienna. Free-lancing since 2002, she took on the female lead in the world premiere of Cerha’s Der Riese vom Steinfeld at Vienna State Opera and was hailed by the critics for her UK debut as Queen of the Night (2003), as well as her spectacular rendition of the title role in Salieri’s L’Europa riconosciuta at the re-opening of Milan’s La Scala (2004).
Other noteworthy engagements include Gym Instructress/Drunken Woman in the world premiere of Lorin Maazel’s 1984 at Covent Garden, Susanna at La Scala, Konstanze at Vienna’s Burgtheater, Zerbinetta at Teatro Real Madrid, Gilda at Semperoper Dresden, Gretel at Covent Garden, Sophie Der Rosenkavalier at Baden-Baden Festival Hall, and her role debuts as Marie La fille du régiment , San Francisco), Donna Anna (Geneva), Massenet’s Manon (Vienna), Aminta (Munich), and the world premiere of A Harlot’s Progress at Theater an der Wien.
An audience favourite at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Diana has returned to New York every year since 2005, tackling Zerbinetta, Rosina, Aithra, Konstanze, Gilda, Lucia, Marie, Adèle Le comte Ory and Adina, and causing a sensation by singing both her first Pamina and her last Queen of the Night in a 2007 run of Die Zauberflöte In Europe, she has close ties with the Salzburg Festival, where her 2001 debut was followed by appearances as Queen of the Night, Blonde, Konstanze, Fauno, Susanna, and a solo recital in 2014.
Diana Damrau works regularly with an illustrious list of conductors includes Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Sir Colin Davis, Ivor Bolton, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kent Nagano, Fabio Luisi, Jérémie Rhorer, Dan Ettinger and Christian Thielemann.
In addition to her achievements in opera, Diana has established herself as one of today’s finest lieder singers and gives recitals with pianists like Helmut Deutsch, Julius Drake and Matthias Lademann at renowned venues including Berlin’s Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein, London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg Festival and the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg. Her extraordinary musical partnership with harpist Xavier de Maistre is documented in the form of a CD release Nuit d’étoiles and a DVD released in 2013.
Recording exclusively for EMI/Virgin Classics, now Erato , Diana Damrau made her recording debut with sequent solo projects include recordings of Mozart arias Donna , coloratura pieces of the romantic period COLORaturaS , orchestral songs by Richard Strauss Poesie , awarded with the ECHO Klassik in 2011) and songs by Franz Liszt. Diana Damrau’s discography is rounded off by various opera, concert and recital recordings on different labels. TV broadcasts, most notably from the opening gala of the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Munich, have made her well-known to the general public.
In autumn 2013, her album Forever with melodies from operetta, film and musical was released and awarded with an ECHO Klassik in 2014. 2015 sees the release of a Belcanto-themed recording.A documentary on her life, directed by Beatrix Conrad and entitled Diana Damrau – Divine Diva, was first aired on the French-German TV channel arte in February 2011.
A native of Günzburg an der Donau/Germany, Diana Damrau studied voice with Carmen Hanganu at Wurzburg Conservatory and with Hanna Ludwig in Salzburg. She made her professional operatic debut at Würzburg’s Mainfrankentheater in 1995.

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[Met Performance] CID:351297 Ariadne auf Naxos {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/24/2005 Debuts: Jon Villars, Diana Damrau, Christopher Maltman

[Met Performance] CID:351302 Ariadne auf Naxos {80} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/29/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351308 Ariadne auf Naxos {81} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/05/2005 Debut: Mark Lundberg

[Met Performance] CID:351312 Ariadne auf Naxos {82} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351315 Ariadne auf Naxos {83} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2005

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351638 Late Show with David Letterman: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I finale Ed Sullivan Theater; 11/08/2006 Telecast

[Met Performance] CID:351644 New Production Il Barbiere di Siviglia {551} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/10/2006 Debuts: Bartlett Sher, Catherine Zuber, Christopher Akerlind, Rob Besserer Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:351653 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {552} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351649 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {553} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351676 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {554} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351673 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {555} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351677 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {556} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351915 New Production Die Ägyptische Helena {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2007 Debuts: David Fielding, Mimi Jordan Sherin, Linda Dobell, Torsten Kerl, Michael Hendrick, Katherine Whyte Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351924 Die Ägyptische Helena {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2007 Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:351932 Die Ägyptische Helena {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/2007

[Met Performance] CID:351939 Die Ägyptische Helena {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/27/2007

[Met Performance] CID:351947 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Die Ägyptische Helena {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/31/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351958 Die Ägyptische Helena {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351964 Die Ägyptische Helena {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2007 Debut: Zoe Soumkine

[Met Performance] CID:352142 Die Zauberflöte {380} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/29/2007 Debuts: Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, Dietmar Kerschbaum, Jakob Taylor, Luke Scott Murray Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352151 Die Zauberflöte {381} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/01/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352162 Die Zauberflöte {382} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/06/2007 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352167 Die Zauberflöte {383} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/09/2007

[Met Performance] CID:352175 Die Zauberflöte {384} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/2007 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:352183 Die Zauberflöte {385} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2007

[Met Performance] CID:352189 Die Zauberflöte {386} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/2007 Debut: Genia Kühmeier Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:352196 Die Zauberflöte {387} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/2007

[Met Performance] CID:352510 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {65} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/2008 Debut: Steve Davislim

[Met Performance] CID:352513 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {66} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352525 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352534 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {68} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352590 Lucia di Lammermoor {570} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2008 Debut: Vladimir Stoyanov Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:352603 Lucia di Lammermoor {571} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352613 Lucia di Lammermoor {572} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352619 Lucia di Lammermoor {573} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352626 Lucia di Lammermoor {574} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352639 Lucia di Lammermoor {575} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/2008 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352640 Lucia di Lammermoor {576} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/25/2008

[Met Performance] CID:352980 Rigoletto {822} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/01/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:352985 Rigoletto {823} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/04/2009

[Met Performance] CID:352997 Rigoletto {824} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353009 Rigoletto {825} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353012 Rigoletto {826} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2009

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:353300 The MET Orchestra Carnegie Hall, New York; 01/24/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353352 La Fille du Régiment {97} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/06/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353358 La Fille du Régiment {98} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353365 La Fille du Régiment {99} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353371 La Fille du Régiment {101} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353375 La Fille du Régiment {102} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353384 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {584} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353389 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {585} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353397 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {586} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/04/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353897 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Le Comte Ory {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/2011 Debuts: Susanne Resmark Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:353907 Le Comte Ory {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353915 Le Comte Ory {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353921 Le Comte Ory {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/05/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353928 Le Comte Ory {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2011 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:353939 Le Comte Ory {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2011 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353945 Le Comte Ory {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353954 Le Comte Ory {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353965 Rigoletto {837} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/2011 Debut: Corinne Winters Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353969 Rigoletto {838} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354017 Lucia di Lammermoor {588} Tokyo, Japan; 06/09/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354020 Lucia di Lammermoor {589} Tokyo, Japan; 06/12/2011 Debut: Alexey Dolgov

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:354021 Concert Tokyo, Japan; 06/14/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354023 Lucia di Lammermoor {590} Tokyo, Japan; 06/16/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354026 Lucia di Lammermoor {591} Tokyo, Japan; 06/19/2011

[Met Performance] CID:354338 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {596} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354341 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {597} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/08/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354352 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {598} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354361 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {599} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/15/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354366 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {600} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354397 L’Elisir d’Amore {260} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354410 L’Elisir d’Amore {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354413 L’Elisir d’Amore {262} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354424 L’Elisir d’Amore {263} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354433 L’Elisir d’Amore {264} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2012 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354436 L’Elisir d’Amore {265} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354439 L’Elisir d’Amore {266} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/27/2012

[Met Performance] CID:354446 L’Elisir d’Amore {267} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/31/2012 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354827 New Production Rigoletto {842} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2013 Debuts: Michael Mayer, Christine Jones, Susan Hilferty, Kevin Adams, Steven Hoggett, Robert Pomakov, Oksana Volkova Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:354834 Rigoletto {843} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354838 Rigoletto {844} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2013 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354846 Rigoletto {845} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/08/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354853 Rigoletto {846} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/2013 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354860 Rigoletto {847} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2013 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:354857 Rigoletto {848} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354873 Rigoletto {849} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354909 La Traviata {978} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2013 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:354905 La Traviata {979} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2013 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354927 La Traviata {980} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354931 La Traviata {981} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2013

[Met Performance] CID:354932 La Traviata {982} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/2013 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354941 La Traviata {983} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2013 Debut: Zurab Ninua Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:354948 La Traviata {984} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355368 La Sonnambula {75} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/2014 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:355377 La Sonnambula {76} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2014 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:355383 La Sonnambula {77} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355392 La Sonnambula {78} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355399 La Sonnambula {79} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2014 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:355403 La Sonnambula {80} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/01/2014

[Met Performance] CID:355861 Manon {267} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2015 Debut: Mireille Asselin Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:355868 Manon {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2015

[Met Performance] CID:355878 Manon {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/2015

[Met Performance] CID:355885 Manon {270} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2015 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:355891 Manon {271} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/2015

[Met Performance] CID:355898 Manon {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2015

[Met Performance] CID:356215 New production Les Pêcheurs de Perles {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2015 Debut: Dick Bird Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356233 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2016

[Met Performance] CID:356243 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/08/2016

[Met Performance] CID:356247 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/2016 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356256 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/2016 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:356265 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/2016

[Met Performance] CID:356277 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2016

[Met Performance] CID:356282 Les Pêcheurs de Perles {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2016

[Met Performance] CID:356582 New production Roméo et Juliette {330} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/2016 Debuts: Chase Brock, Diego Silva Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356586 Roméo et Juliette {331} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356591 Roméo et Juliette {332} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/07/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356593 Roméo et Juliette {333} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356603 Roméo et Juliette {334} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356597 Roméo et Juliette {335} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356608 Roméo et Juliette {336} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/21/2017 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:356613 Roméo et Juliette {338} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356627 I Puritani {58} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/2017 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:356633 I Puritani {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2017 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:356637 I Puritani {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356641 I Puritani {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2017

[Met Performance] CID:356644 I Puritani {63} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/2017

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718 50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2017 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:357072 New production La Traviata {1012} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/04/2018 Debuts: Selin Sahbazoglu, Garen Scribner, Martha Nichols, Lorin Latarro Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:357075 La Traviata {1013} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/07/2018

[Met Performance] CID:357080 La Traviata {1014} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/2018

[Met Performance] CID:357084 La Traviata {1015} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2018 Broadcast HD Transmission

[Met Performance] CID:357089 La Traviata {1016} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/2018

[Met Performance] CID:357093 La Traviata {1017} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/2018

[Met Performance] CID:357095 La Traviata {1018} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/26/2018 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:357099 La Traviata {1019} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/2018

[Met Performance] CID:357448 Season Cancellation March 12-May 9, 2020 Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2020

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:357449 At Home Gala Streaming live from around the world; 4/25/2020

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