Born
in Günzburg an der Donau, Germany, Diana Damrau studied at the Musikhochschule
Würzburg with Carmen Hanganu and in Salzburg with Hanna Ludwig. Her first
engagements were at the Stadtheater Würzburg and the Nationaltheater Mannheim
at Oper Frankfurt. In 2002 Diana’s international freelance career was
born and she was invited to sing at the principle opera houses of Munich, Berlin,
Dresden and Hamburg. She was soon to appear in Vienna, Brüssels, Washington,
Covent Garden and the Salzburg Festival. She has sung under the direction of
such renowned conductors as Ivor Bolton, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph
von Dohnanyi, Adam Fischer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesú López Cobos,
Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Peter Schneider and Marcello Viotti
on both the opera stage and concert podium.
Diana Damrau’s extensive repertoire spans the Italian and French Fachs
(Gilda/”Rigoletto”, Rosina/”Il Barbiere di Siviglia”,
Leila/”Les pêcheurs de perles”), to the full lyric roles of
the German repertoire, as well as contemporary works (Cerha’s “Der
Riese vom Steinfeld” at the Vienna State Opera, Maazel’s “1984”
at Covent Garden). As a highly sought-after interpreter of Mozart and Strauss
roles, she can be heard as Konstanze (Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, the Met New
York 2008), Queen of the Night (Munich, Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival), Susanna
(La Scala, Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Munich) Zdenka (Munich), Sophie (Dresden,
Munich, Vienna), Zerbinetta (Dresden, Vienna, Covent Garden, the Met New York)
and Aithra/”Die ägyptische Helena” (the Met New York 2007).
In December 2004, she sang the title role in Salieri’s “L’Europa
riconosciuta” at the re-opening of La Scala under the direction of Riccardo
Muti.
Being in great demand as a Lied singer, Diana is a regular guest of both the
Kissinger Sommer festival and Schubertiade, Schwarzenberg. She has also appeared
in this capacity at the Munich and Salzburg Festivals. 2007 will see Diana’s
recital debut at Carnegie Hall, New York in and a return to the podium at La
Scala, Milan.
Born
in Günzburg an der Donau, Germany, Diana Damrau studied at the Musikhochschule
Würzburg with Carmen Hanganu and in Salzburg with Hanna Ludwig. Her first
engagements were at the Stadtheater Würzburg and the Nationaltheater Mannheim
at Oper Frankfurt. In 2002 Diana’s international freelance career was
born and she was invited to sing at the principle opera houses of Munich, Berlin,
Dresden and Hamburg. She was soon to appear in Vienna, Brüssels, Washington,
Covent Garden and the Salzburg Festival. She has sung under the direction of
such renowned conductors as Ivor Bolton, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph
von Dohnanyi, Adam Fischer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesú López Cobos,
Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Peter Schneider and Marcello Viotti
on both the opera stage and concert podium.
