Okka from Damerau

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Okka von der Damerau (* Hamburg ) is a German opera, concert and lied singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Development as an opera singer

After graduating from high school, Okka von der Damerau initially worked as a hearing aid acoustician and at the same time worked out the requirements for university studies. She then studied singing in Rostock and Freiburg and was then a member of the ensemble of the Hanover State Opera from 2006 to 2010 , where she performed minor roles such as the 3rd lady in the Magic Flute and Tisbe in La Cenerentola .

Okka von der Damerau has been a member of the Bavarian State Opera ensemble since the 2010/2011 season and has participated in numerous productions at this house and the Munich Opera Festival , initially in small and medium-sized roles, then also in larger, predominantly dramatic roles. Her debuts as Ulrica in a masked ball and especially as an actress in operas by Richard Wagner received particular attention from critics and audiences . Other opera houses also hired her for Wagner roles in the alto or deep mezzo-soprano, which she u. a. also performed at the Bayreuth Festival , the Lyric Opera of Chicago , the Vienna State Opera and the State Theater Stuttgart . In addition to her focus on Wagner, she maintains a diverse repertoire in works by composers of the Romantic and Modern periods.

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in role
2010-12 Hansel ( Hansel and Gretel ) Bavarian State Opera
2011-03 Suzuki ( Madama Butterfly ) Bavarian State Opera
2012-01 Mary ( The Flying Dutchman ) Bavarian State Opera
2012-02 / 06 Floßhilde ( Das Rheingold , Götterdämmerung ) Bavarian State Opera
2013-04 Emilia ( Otello ) Bavarian State Opera
2013-05 Charlotte ( The Soldiers )
2014-09 Housekeeper ( The silent woman ) Bavarian State Opera
2015-02 Erda ( Das Rheingold )
2015-03 Waltraute ( Götterdämmerung ) Bavarian State Opera
2015-06 Geneviève in ( Pelléas et Mélisande ) Bavarian State Opera
2016-03 Ulrica ( Un ballo in maschera ) Bavarian State Opera
2016-05 Magdalene in ( The Mastersingers of Nuremberg ) Bavarian State Opera
2016-11 Anna ( Les Troyens ) Lyric Opera of Chicago
2017-04 Brangäne ( Tristan and Isolde )
2017-05 Erda ( Siegfried )
  • Vienna State Opera
  • Bavarian State Opera (Jan. 2018)
2017-12 Gertrud ( Hansel and Gretel ) Bavarian State Opera
2017-12 Prince Orlofsky ( The Bat ) Bavarian State Opera
2018-03 Botin ( The Miracle of the Helians ) German Opera Berlin
2018-09 Ortrud ( Lohengrin ) State Theater Stuttgart
2019-06 Azucena ( Il trovatore ) St. Gallen Festival
2019-11 Fricka ( The Valkyrie ) De Nationale Opera , Amsterdam

Work as a concert singer

Her concert repertoire includes the alto solo parts from Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder (Waldtaube), the 2nd and 3rd symphonies by Gustav Mahler , as well as his Kindertotenlieder and Lied von der Erde , the alto rhapsody by Johannes Brahms , Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder , Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa solemnis and numerous oratorios from the classical and romantic periods. As a lieder singer with piano accompaniment, she mainly cultivates the romantic repertoire (Schubert, Brahms, Mahler).

Prizes and awards

  • Special prize of the jury at the 5th International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices in Venice 2006
  • Festival Prize of the Munich Opera Festival 2012

Discography

  • Giuseppe Verdi, Un ballo in maschera with Okka von der Damerau as Ulrica . Bavarian State Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta , directed by Johannes Erath . DVD / Blu-ray was released by CMajor in 2017.
  • Songs in folk tone, sung by Regula Mühlemann , soprano, Okka von der Damerau, alto, Wolfgang Schwaiger, baritone, Tareq Nazmi, bass; at the piano: Adrian Baianu . CD released in 2017 by Oehms Classics .
  • Frank Martin : The way of love and death of the cornet Christoph Rilke for alto & chamber orchestra. Okka von der Damerau, Philharmonia Zurich under Fabio Luisi . CD released in 2017 by Philharmonia Records.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Okka von der Damerau - singer (guest) - State Opera in the Schiller Theater Berlin. (No longer available online.) In: www.staatsoper-berlin.de. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatsoper-berlin.de
  2. ^ State Opera Hanover: Okka von der Damerau. In: www.staatstheater-hannover.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Opera: Artist portrait and performance history of Okka von der Damerau. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Review of “A Masked Ball” at the Bavarian State Opera, evening newspaper from March 7, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Premiere review of Meistersinger at the Bavarian State Opera, evening newspaper from May 17, 2016
  6. ↑ Markus Thiel: Occavaria! Munich has a new Wagner star. Münchner Merkur, April 17, 2017, accessed April 20, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Klaus Kalchschmid: Fighting for the positive - the mezzo-soprano Okka von der Damerau makes her role debut as Brangäne in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" at the National Theater. Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 11, 2017, accessed on April 14, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Review of “The Soldiers” at La Scala in Milan, Italiapost of Jan. 28, 2015 ( Memento of the original of June 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.italiapost.info
  9. ↑ Lawrence A. Johnson: A terrific cast shines brightly amid the mixed mechanics of Lyric Opera's “Rheingold”. The Classical Review, October 4, 2016, accessed October 6, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Peter Jarolin: Prelude to Wagner's "Ring" at the State Opera. kurier.at, May 3, 2017, accessed on May 3, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Michaela Schabel: Cool feeling and crystal clear music (premiere review of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Munich Opera Festival 2016). Mittelbayerische Zeitung, accessed on January 4, 2017 .
  12. ^ John von Rhein: Lyric triumphs with its first-ever take on Berlioz's 'Trojans'. Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2016, accessed November 15, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Stefan Arndt: Stephen Gould sings Tristan. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. November 1, 2018, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Opera review: The Valkyrie rock as a touchstone. Wiener Zeitung, May 8, 2017, accessed on May 9, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Katja Kraft: This is how the State Opera crashed into the New Year. Münchner Merkur, January 2, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Uwe Friedrich: Criticism - Korngold's "Miracle of the Helians" in Berlin; Mystery game of superlatives. BR-Klassik, March 19, 2018, accessed March 20, 2018 .
  17. ^ Peter Jungblut: Stuttgart "Lohengrin": At most gout at the end of the tunnel. BR24, September 30, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Rolf App: The drama that shouldn't be: Premiere of Verdi's “Il trovatore” in the St.Gallen monastery courtyard. In: Tagblatt (St. Gallen). June 29, 2019, accessed July 8, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Peter van der Lint: Een grillig weerzien met 'Die Walküre'. In: Trouw. November 17, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019 (Dutch).
  20. ↑ Review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 16, 2016 on the performance of Gurre-Lieder with the Bavarian State Orchestra under Zubin Mehta
  21. ↑ Stravinski: Canto fúnebre - Mahler: Sinfonía nº 2 - Slobodeniouk - Sinfónica de Galicia Streaming HD. Sinfonica de Galicia (video document on Youtube), October 7, 2017, accessed on October 8, 2017 (Spanish).
  22. ^ Critique of a performance of Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony with the Staatskapelle Dresden under Zubin Mehta, Tagesspiegel from July 1, 2015
  23. ↑ Heidemarie Klabacher: Salzburg: Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder" deeply moving. In: The Standard. August 23, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Klaus Kalchschmid: Short review: Okka von der Damerau and Dean Power in the Hofkirche. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 30, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: Short review: Vital musiziert - The 11th AIDS concert with the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 24, 2017, accessed on March 25, 2017 .
  26. ^ Werner Fritsch: Symphony concert in Kassel: Wagner as a central star. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine. June 5, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 .
  27. ↑ Markus Thiel: Kirill Petrenko with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis: A major event for the intellect. In: Münchner Merkur. February 19, 2019, accessed February 21, 2019 .
  28. ^ "The way wrapped in snow" (concert announcement winter trip). Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 8, 2016, accessed on July 13, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Klaus Kalchschmid: Velvet voice - Okka von der Damerau and Akemi Murakami in the residence. Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 9, 2017, accessed on July 13, 2017 .
  30. ^ List of the winners of the Munich Opera Festival
personal data
SURNAME Damerau, Okka from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera, concert and lied singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg