Okka von der Damerau ranks among the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation and is guest at leading opera houses, such as Opéra national de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro di San Carlo, the Bayreuth Festival, Bavarian State Opera and others. Her repertoire includes roles such as Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera), Azucena (Il trovatore), Jezibaba (Rusalka), Fricka, Erda, Waltraute, in Wagner’s Ring, Charlotte (Die Soldaten) and many more. One of her signature roles is Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), debuted in 2017 under Simone Young in Munich and later under Kirill Petrenko and Gustavo Dudamel in Paris and Los Angeles. Recent acclaimed debuts in the soprano repertoire include Brünnhilde (Walküre) in Stuttgart and Naples, as well as Ariadne in Munich.
In the 2024/25 season, she stars as Fricka in Rheingold and Walküre at Teatro alla Scala, Ježibaba (Rusalka) at the Munich Opera Festival, and Fricka (Walküre) at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts and others.
She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2020/21 season with a concert version of Il Trovatore and has returned with Un ballo in maschera (2023/24) and Lohengrin (2024/25).