Diana Damrau
Date of birth: 1971-05-31
Place of birth: Günzburg, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Soprano Diana Damrau has been performing on the world’s leading opera and concert stages for two decades. Her vast repertoire spans title roles in Anna Bolena (Opera House Zurich, Vienna State Opera), I Masnadieri (Bavarian State Opera), Roméo et Juliette (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (La Scala, Bavarian State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House), Manon (Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera) and La Traviata (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris and Bavarian State Opera) as well as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte (Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House, Bavarian State Opera). She will make her debut as Gräfin Madeleine in Capriccio at the Bavarian State Opera in July of 2022.
Movie Credits
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2018
2018-07-14
Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt
2006-01-01
Documentary about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
2009-10-23
Documentary about female opera stars.
The Magic Flute
2003-01-27
The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daug
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
2009-01-31
Herbert Wernicke's production of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", filmed live at the Festspiel
1984
2008-05-12
Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's to
Europa Riconosciuta
2004-12-01
Diana Damrau performs the title role of Salieri's opera staged in the Teatro alla Scala in 2004. Ric
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
2011-10-30
Live performance, Bayerische Staatsoper, 2011. The Tales of Hoffmann (French: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
The Magic Flute
2006-06-09
The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daug
Le comte Ory
2011-04-09
Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises himself
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
2008-06-21
Both Florez and Diana Damrau brought their bel canto expertise and superb vocalism to the service of
The Marriage of Figaro
2006-12-01
Diana Damrau, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca, and Monica Bacell
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
2011-12-30
The prestigious Gran Teatre del Liceu from Barcelona presents Mozart's beloved opera in an elegant,
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
2016-01-15
Bizet’s rarely heard opera returned to the Met for the first time in a century on New Year’s Eve 201
The ROH Live: Lucia di Lammermoor
2016-04-25
Lucia’s brother Enrico is horrified to learn she has fallen in love with his sworn enemy Edgardo. He
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
2008-12-16
Staging directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser infuse German composer Engelbert Humperdinck's fa
W.A. Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
2016-06-26
Filmed production of the 2016 Scala production of the famous opera.
Gli Ugonotti - Opéra de Paris
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
2007-04-01
In 2005, the Staatsoper Berlin and its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin under musical director Da
Mozart Ascanio in Alba
2006-11-13
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2018-12-15
Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer
Lucia di Lammermoor
2016-10-18
Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordin
La Traviata - Opéra de Paris
2015-09-18
Following her performances in recent seasons in Verdi’s La travita on the world’s major opera stages
The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet
2008-10-01
Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura,
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020-04-25
In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere duri
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
2013-02-16
Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s m
The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette
2017-01-21
Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo are opera’s classic lovers in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation
Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani
2017-11-10
A bel canto jewel and one of the most technically-challenging operas of the repertoire found its dre
New Year's Eve Concert 2019 - Berlin Philharmonic
2019-12-31
The Berlin Philharmonic brings in the New Year with a festive concert featuring performances of musi
New Year’s Eve Concert 2019 - An Evening With Broadway Melodies
2020-06-26
Kirill Petrenko conducts this live performance of the Berliner Philharmoniker with Diana Damrau. The
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert
2019-12-31
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music
Diana Damrau & Jonas Kaufmann: Love Songs
Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus
2023-12-31
Barrie Kosky gives the “operetta of all operettas” a new look and devotes himself to its morbid side
Teatro alla Scala: La Traviata
2015-12-18
One of his most sublime compositions, Verdi’s ode to love and sacrifice is adored the world over. Cu
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier @ Zurich Opera House
2025-09-21
When Strauss and Hofmannsthal wrote «Der Rosenkavalier» – setting it in an imaginary Rococo Vienna a