Okka von der Damerau

Mezzosoprano
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Okka von der Damerau

Recent milestones in her career include performances as Brünnhilde (Die Walküre) and Ortrud (Lohengrin) at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, as well as her portrayal of Brangäne in a new production of Tristan und Isolde at the Bayerische Staatsoper. 

She also presented concerts featuring Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival. She has graced the stages of major opera houses such as the State Operas of Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, and Vienna, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Scala in Milan, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the Teatro Real in Madrid. 

Her debut at the Bayreuth Festival was in Frank Castorf's production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, and she has been invited back in 2022 and 2023. She has collaborated with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Cleveland Orchestra, working with renowned conductors like Kirill Petrenko, Zubin Mehta, Gustavo Dudamel, and Daniel Barenboim, among others.

She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2020/21 season with a concert version of Il Trovatore.

Temporada 2024/2025