Dilara Baştar

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Dilara Baştar (* 1988 in Istanbul , Republic of Turkey ) is a Turkish opera singer with a mezzo-soprano , alto and soprano voice .

Life

In 2002 Dilara Baştar began studying music , including clarinet , at the Conservatory of the Istanbul State University in her native city. In 2006 she switched to the singing course also in the metropolis of Istanbul, at the state Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts .

In June 2012 the mezzo-soprano won the 14th edition of the Siemens opera competition in Turkey. As part of the first prize, she received a scholarship to the opera studio from the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe . She therefore continued her vocal studies at the Karlsruhe University of Music , and she could also be seen at the inauguration of the Wolfgang Rihm Forum, which she successfully completed in 2014. In the 2014/15 season she became an integral part of the opera ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

In June 2015, Baştar participated as an opera singer in the multimedia opening show of the celebrations for the 300th birthday of the city of Karlsruhe. In this opening show she portrayed the Margravine of Baden Karoline Luise .

In April 2016 she was named one of the three nominees in the category of best opera actress of the year at the Donizetti Classical Music Awards in Turkey. Due to her performance and establishment in the opera ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Baştar convinced there with her important mezzo-soprano parts in various roles and with her artistic representation in every season.

In February 2017, Baştar appeared as an opera singer at the 40th Handel Festival in Karlsruhe in the new production of the drama Semele in the role of "Ino".

Since October 2017, Baştar has helped with her artistic performance as an opera singer at the opera von Wagner's Götterdämmerung in the role of "Wellgunde", which was performed at the State Theater in Karlsruhe, for which the opera director in charge Tobias Kratzer won the 13th German Theater Prize Der Faust in November 2018 ( 2018 ) in the category “ Best Director in Music Theater ”. Because of the rare conceptual coherence and accuracy of Richard Wagner's difficult opera .

Beginning in 2019 she performed convincingly with brilliance in the Weiden Max Reger Hall in the "Great New Year concert " and offered, among other things, the " Barcarolle is" song.

Appearances (roles)

From to Opera role language Venue
Season 2019/20
May 2020 Jul. 2020 The Magic Flute 2nd lady ZBS FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Dec 2019 Jul. 2020 Don Giovanni Zerlina ZBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Hansel and Gretel Hansel EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Oct. 2019 May 2020 fist Siebel EBS FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2019 March 2020 Hoffmann's stories Niklaus / Muse EBS
Stella DBS
FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2019 Nov 2019 The clever little fox Fuchs EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Season 2018/19
Jun. 2019 Jul. 2019 Hoffmann's stories Niklaus / Muse FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Jun. 2019 Jul. 2019 Pelléas and Mélisande Mélisande ZBS FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
March 2019 May 2019 The passenger Hannah GermanGerman Stages in the city of Gera
Dec 2018 Jun. 2019 The clever little fox Fuchs EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Nov 2018 Jan. 2019 Hansel and Gretel Hansel EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Oct. 2018 Apr. 2019 Anna Bolena Smeton EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2018 Jul. 2019 Hair Sheila Franklin ZBS EnglishEnglish Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2018 Feb. 2019 Götterdämmerung 2. Norn / Wellgunde GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
2017/18 season
Jun. 2018 Jul. 2018 Anna Bolena Smeton ZBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
March 2018 Jun. 2018 Schwanda, the bagpiper queen GermanGerman City Theater Giessen
Feb 2018 May 2018 the Rheingold Floßhilde GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Feb 2018 Feb 2018 The mildness of Titus Sesto ItalianItalian Theater in Heilbronn
Jan. 2018 May 2018 The mildness of Titus Sesto ItalianItalian State Theater Mainz
Oct 2017 May 2018 Götterdämmerung 2. Norn / Wellgunde GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2017 Jan. 2018 The mildness of Titus Sesto EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Season 2016/17
Jul. 2017 Jul. 2017 The mildness of Titus Sesto EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
March 2017 Jun. 2017 the wedding of Figaro Cherubino EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Feb 2017 Feb 2017 Semele In O EnglishEnglish Karlsruhe State Theater
Dec 2016 Apr 2017 The Valkyrie Siegrune GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2016 May 2017 the Rheingold Floßhilde EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2016 Feb 2017 The Capulets and the Montague Romeo EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
2015/16 season
Jul. 2016 Jul. 2016 the Rheingold Floßhilde EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Jun. 2016 Jun. 2016 The human voice The woman FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Jun. 2016 Jul. 2016 The Capulets and the Montague Romeo EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
May 2016 Jun. 2016 Carmen Mercédès EBS FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Apr. 2016 Jul. 2016 Against the wall Sibel GermanGerman / TurkishTurkish City Theater Giessen
Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Hansel and Gretel Sandman GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2015 May 2016 The Magic Flute 2nd lady GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2015 Apr. 2016 Falstaff Mrs. Meg Page ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
2014/15 season
Jul. 2015 Jul. 2015 Falstaff Mrs. Meg Page EBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
May 2015 Jul. 2015 So fan tutte Dorabella ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Jan. 2015 May 2015 The Magic Flute 2nd lady ZBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Dec. 2014 Jul. 2015 Fantasio Fantasio EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Nov. 2014 Feb. 2015 Hansel and Gretel Sandman EBS GermanGerman Theater in Heilbronn
Oct. 2014 Jan. 2015 The child and the magic spook The cat / the squirrel / the mother FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2014 Feb. 2015 Boris Godunov Fyodor RussianRussian Karlsruhe State Theater
2013/14 season
Jul. 2014 Jul. 2014 Boris Godunov Fyodor RussianRussian Karlsruhe State Theater
Jun. 2014 Jul. 2014 The child and the magic spook The cat / the squirrel / the mother FrenchFrench Karlsruhe State Theater
March 2014 May 2014 The passenger Hannah GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Jan. 2014 May 2014 Doctor Atomic Pasqualita EnglishEnglish Karlsruhe State Theater
Dec. 2013 Dec. 2013 Hansel and Gretel Sandman EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Nov 2013 March 2014 Rigoletto Giovanna ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
Sep 2013 Jan. 2014 the wedding of Figaro Cherubino ZBS ItalianItalian Karlsruhe State Theater
2012/13 season
Apr. 2013 Jul 2013 Youth Opera Border Abiah EBS GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater
Nov. 2012 Jan. 2013 Hansel and Gretel Sandman GermanGerman Karlsruhe State Theater

EBS First occupation (double occupation)
ZBS Second cast (double cast)
DBS Third cast (triple cast)

Further appearances

year Opera / role Venue
2013 The Marriage of Figaro as Cherubino Karlsruhe University of Music
2013 Greek Karlsruhe University of Music
2011 The Marriage of Figaro as Cherubino Mimar Sinan University
2009 Gianni Schicchi as Zita Mimar Sinan University
2007 The merry women of Windsor Mimar Sinan University
2006 Carmen Mimar Sinan University

Honors and nominations

criticism

Role in Hoffmann's stories as Niklaus / Muse

"... The contralto Dilara Bastar sings the muse as well as the trouser role with her typical dark and sensual timbre ..."

- Isabel Steppeler ( Baden Latest News ) from June 11, 2019

“… The muse / Niklaus is given very prominently by Dilara Bastar in dashing outfit. With the beautifully swinging vocal line of her pleasant mezzo-soprano she always knows how to attract the attention of her lover ... "

- Friedeon Rosén (Online Merker - The international cultural platform) from June 11, 2019
Role in Anna Bolena as Smeton

"... Lively Dilara Bastar as Page Smeton with a feather-light, bell-like soprano ..."

- Judith von Sternburg ( Frankfurter Rundschau ) from June 5, 2018

"... Dilara Bastar can bring out her sonorous alto voice here ..."

- Nike Luber ( Badisches Tagblatt ) from June 5, 2018
Role in Schwanda, the bagpiper as queen

"... mezzo-soprano Dilara Bastar sings herself into the hearts of the audience as the ice queen ..."

- Manfred Merz ( Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung ) from March 25, 2018
Role in La clemenza di Tito as Sesto

"... Outstanding, but not lonely Dilara Bastar as Sesto with a deep-sounding, highly expressive mezzo ..."

- Judith von Sternburg ( Frankfurter Rundschau ) from July 12, 2017

"... that makes music at a high level: Dilara Bastar as robust Sesto ..."

- Eleonore Büning ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ) from July 12, 2017

“... But it was also the evening of Dilara Bastars, who probably climbed a new step on the career ladder with the Sesto. With her aria "Parto, parto" she tore the audience into storms of enthusiasm ... "

- Manfred Kraft ( Baden's latest news ) from July 10, 2017

"... Dilara Bastar unfolds with her round, full, dark mezzo-soprano and passionate performance the anguish of the soul of Sesto, who is psychologically tortured by Vitellia's vindictiveness and Tito's kindness for so long until he collapses and cuts his wrists ..."

- Nike Luber ( Badisches Tagblatt ) of July 10, 2017

"... Very great Dilara Bastar as Sesto, who is rightly celebrated by the audience ..."

- Dr. Frank Pommer ( Die Rheinpfalz ) on July 10, 2017

“… This being torn to and fro, the torment of conscience that Sesto literally depresses in the end - Dilara Bastar plays all of this so honestly and so touchingly that you almost sympathize with. In addition, her dark, somewhat shaded mezzo-soprano gives the figure a special charm ... "

- Christine Gehringer (Panima-Magazin) from July 10, 2017
Role in Semele as Ino (sister)

"... her sister Ino (Dilara Bastar) knows how to convey woe despair with a darkly draped mezzo (" And see a maid bewoan ") ... Thanks to precise personal guidance, all characters with their expressive colors are also impressively present in acting. With massive sound splendor, the choirs set triumphant accents or celebrate moving grief, surrounding the dying Semele. You are committed to playing with ... "

- Eckehard Uhlig ( Die Deutsche Bühne ) on February 17, 2017
Role in La voix humaine as the woman ("you")

“… Dilara Baştar was completely absorbed in her role as an actor and also totally exhausted herself singing. The soprano heights gave her no trouble and the balance between clean singing and pure emotion was always preserved ... convinced ... here Dilara Baştar as "you" not only with impeccable singing, but also with an intensely designed character ... "

- Manfred Kraft ( Baden's latest news ) from June 24, 2016
Role in I Capuleti ei Montecchi as Romeo (leader of Montecchi - pants role )

“… Dilara Bastar is the white-blonde Romeo in a wine-red velvet coat… She combines luminous mezzo heights with a bronze lower register. Even if [she] does not succeed in the unleashed summit excursions without strangeness: Since [a] career [s] is on the way ... "

- Heinz W. Koch ( Badische Zeitung ) from June 8, 2016
Role in Against the Wall as Sibel

“… Dilara Bastar gives her sibel an effective contour . Her powerful mezzo-soprano impresses with good height and volume. The native Turkish master the oriental-looking quarter tones of her entrance aria with German thoroughness. Bastar will be the eye-catcher of the evening ... "

- Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung from April 4, 2016

“… In the role of the flighty Sibel, driven around wildly by her longings, the mezzo-soprano Dilara Bastar from the Karlsruhe State Theater gives a brilliant performance. With enormous emotional devotion, she is ready to go to the limit, both vocally and as an actor. In the course of the evening their performance becomes increasingly intense and their singing is simply beguiling ... "

- Thomas Schmitz-Albohn ( Gießener Anzeiger ) from April 3, 2016

“… Dilara Bastar, who carries away as Sibel, was rightly especially celebrated on the evening of the premiere. Mezzo-soprano Bastar is convincing all along the line, both as an actor and with her crystal clear and supple voice ... "

- Stephan Scholz ( Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung ) from April 3, 2016
Role in Fantasio as Fantasio (student)

"... Dilara Bastar sings the romantic, restrained arias Fantasios with a beautiful mezzo ..."

- Nike Luber ( Südwest Presse ) of December 16, 2014

“… Dilara Bastars Mezzo has a timbre that is tartly shaded in the depths and clearly shining upwards, with which she gives her Fantasio a lot of character . That the game you several Legato - cantilenas in uncomfortable situation demanded deeper, ..., but overall she managed an equally melodious as empathic interpretation of love and freedom fighter ... "

- Detlef Brandenburg ( Die Deutsche Bühne ) on December 14, 2014
Role in Doctor Atomic as Pasqualita (nanny)

"... The appearance of the Tewa nanny of the Oppenheimers, who oracles with the alto voice of Dilara Bastar like an Indian relative of Wagner's Erda ..."

- Joachim Lange ( Neue Musikzeitung ) from February 1, 2014

"... Pasqualita (with a wonderfully earthy mezzo: Dilara Bastar), ..."

- Alexander Dick ( Badische Zeitung ) from January 27, 2014

"... are ... well cast, including the ..., ... and her indigenous nanny, sung by Dilara Bastar, sure of heights and depths ..."

- Christoph Schmitz ( Deutschlandfunk ) from January 26, 2014
Role in Le nozze di Figaro as Cherubino (Page of the Count)

"... Dilara Bastar as Cherubino, especially in her aria " Voi che sapete ", loud Bravos - no wonder, because firstly, her buttery mezzo-soprano captivates, and secondly, she gives the young lover something touching, innocent ..."

- Christine Gehringer (Pamina Magazin) from December 7, 2013

“… Turkish contralto Dilara Bastar opens up in this trouser role … very delicious. With an extremely guttural timbre , her voice stays in the ear for a long time ... "

- Latest news from Baden, November 30, 2013

Performance videos (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Dilara Baştar, VITA-Deutsch on All You Need personal management nicolai, accessed November 2015
  2. a b c Chronicle - 2013. Le nozze die Figaro - press reviews. (No longer available online.) Karlsruhe University of Music - IMT, 2013, archived from the original on November 22, 2015 ; accessed on November 27, 2017 : “… Turkish contralto Dilara Bastar opens up in this trouser role,… very delicious. With an extremely guttural timbre, her voice stays in the ear for a long time ... "
  3. a b Joachim Lange: How we learned to fear the bomb. Karlsruhe is bringing "Doctor Atomic" by John Adams to the stage for the second time in Germany. (No longer available online.) Neue Musikzeitung , February 1, 2014, archived from the original on April 12, 2014 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 : "... This also fits the appearance of the Tewa nanny of the Oppenheimers, who oracles with the alto voice of Dilara Bastar like an Indian relative of Wagner's Erda ..."
  4. Online marker: BORDER by Ludger Vollmer. Well worth seeing youth opera , accessed in April 2016.
  5. a b Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Baştar - season archive 2013/14 from 2013
  6. a b c Akşam : Operada değişim hayaleti dolaşıyor (Turkish) from June 9, 2012
  7. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Baştar - Spielzeitarchiv 2012/13 from 2012
  8. That's us - employees - actors & employees; Dilara Bastar. (No longer available online.) In: Stadttheater Gießen . Stadttheater Gießen , June 24, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; retrieved on July 22, 2018 : "... as well as at the University of Music in Karlsruhe, ... at the inauguration of the Wolfgang Rihm Forum ..."
  9. LinkedIn : Dilara Baştar , accessed April 9, 2016
  10. a b c Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Baştar - season archive 2014/15 from 2014
  11. OperaLounge.de: "Falstaff" and "Fantasio" at the Badisches Staatstheater Mediterraneanized Shakespeare ( Memento from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2015
  12. KA300.de: 300 Years of Karlsruhe - Opening Show June 20, 2015 (PDF, p. 3 of 7) ( Memento of November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 2015
  13. a b c Donizetti Klasik Müzik Ödülleri 2016 adayları açıklandı. Donizetti Klasik Müzik Ödülleri'nde yeni dönem. Andante - Türkiye'nin Klasik Müzik Dergisi, April 7, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2016 (Turkish): “... Siemens Şan Yarışması'nda birinci olduktan sonra cream deneyimi kazanmak üzere gittiği Almanya'nın Karlsruhe Operası'nda tutunmayı başarm , her sezon bu kurumda sahnelenen operalarda önemli mezzo-soprano partileri üstlenmesi, birch bark farklı rolleri söylemekte gösterdiği maharet nedeniyle ... "
  14. a b Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Baştar - season archive 2015/16 from 2016
  15. ^ Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : 40th HÄNDEL-FESTSPIELE KARLSRUHE 2017
  16. Baden TV : “Faust” theater award goes to the director of the Badisches Staatstheater on November 4, 2018
  17. Wochenblatt (Reporter): The Karlsruhe State Theater in Focus - German Theater Prize "Der Faust" for director Tobias Kratzer from November 5, 2018
  18. Pure culture for pastures. In: Onetz.de . Der neue Tag (Weiden in der Oberpfalz) , December 28, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  19. ^ Viennese charm at the New Year's concert. In: otv.de. Oberpfalz TV , December 28, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  20. Music magic in Italian. Brilliant soloists. In: Onetz.de . Der neue Tag (Weiden in der Oberpfalz) , January 2, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  21. Stages of the City of Gera : The Passenger from 2019.
  22. ^ State Theater Mainz : La clemenza di Tito - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) from 2018.
  23. ^ Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Bastar - season archive 2019/20 from 2019
  24. ^ Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Bastar - season archive 2018/19 from 2018
  25. ^ Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Bastar - season archive 2017/18 from 2017
  26. ^ Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Dilara Bastar - Season archive 2016/17 from 2016
  27. Operabase.com: Dilara Bastar, mezzo-soprano :: Schedule , accessed January 6, 2020
  28. a b Christine Gehringer: A lot of speed and wit. Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Karlsruhe University of Music. (No longer available online.) PAMINA Magazine, December 7, 2013, archived from the original on November 22, 2015 ; retrieved on November 27, 2017 : "... Dilara Bastar as Cherubino, especially in her aria" Voi che sapete "loud Bravos - no wonder, because firstly, her buttery mezzo-soprano captivates, and secondly, she gives the young lover something touching, innocent ..."
  29. KTG Golden Fan Competition in the 2017/2018 season of the Badisches Staatstheater - candidates for the 2017/18 season. (No longer available online.) In: www.kunst-und-theatergemeinde.de. Kunst- und Theatergemeinde Karlsruhe eV (KTG), 2018, archived from the original on July 23, 2018 ; accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  30. Ferruccio Tagliavini International Singing Competition: 1st Prize Winners' Concert of the 18th Ferruccio Tagliavini International Singing Competition 2012 - 2nd Section Prize Winner: Dilara Bastar, 3rd Prize, Mezzo-Soprano, Turkey ( Memento from June 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 21 2016
  31. Manfred Kraft: Hoffmann's stories - Dilara Baştar - press. Floris Visser banned again in Karlsruhe with a captivating interpretation of "Hoffmann's stories". (No longer available online.) In: Staatstheater Karlsruhe . Badische Latest News , June 11, 2019, archived from the original on January 6, 2020 ; accessed on January 6, 2020 : "... The contralto Dilara Bastar sings the muse as well as the trouser role with her typical dark and sensual timbre ..."
  32. Friedeon Rosén: Karlsruhe Theater: Tales of Hoffmann. Premiere. In: onlinemerker.com. Online Merker - The international culture platform, June 9, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  33. ^ Judith von Sternburg: Dark shimmer. “Anna Bolena”, dignified at the Karlsruhe State Theater. (No longer available online.) Frankfurter Rundschau , June 5, 2018, archived from the original on July 22, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... Lively Dilara Bastar as Page Smeton with a feather-light, bell-like soprano ..."
  34. ^ Nike Luber: Anna Bolena - Dilara Baştar - press. Dick Bird's set for the new production of Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" in Karlsruhe speaks volumes. (No longer available online.) In: Staatstheater Karlsruhe . Badisches Tagblatt , June 5, 2018, archived from the original on July 22, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... Dilara Bastar can bring out her sonorous alto voice here ..."
  35. Manfred Merz: In hell the devil is loose. (No longer available online.) Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung , March 25, 2018, archived from the original on July 22, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... mezzo-soprano Dilara Bastar sings herself into the hearts of the audience as the ice queen ..."
  36. ^ Judith von Sternburg: The mildness of Mozart. “La clemenza di Tito”: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's late work, very fashion-conscious and yet convincing at the Karlsruhe State Theater. (No longer available online.) Frankfurter Rundschau , July 12, 2017, archived from the original on July 17, 2017 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... Outstanding, but not lonely Dilara Bastar as Sesto with a deep-sounding, highly expressive mezzo ..."
  37. Manfred Merz: "La Clemenza di Tito". From the end of sovereignty and from the victory of love. (No longer available online.) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 12, 2017, archived from the original on July 22, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... that makes music at a high level: Dilara Bastar as robust Sesto ..."
  38. a b c d Manfred Kraft, Nike Luber, Dr. Frank Pommer, Christine Gehringer: La clemenza di Tito - Dilara Baştar - Press. (No longer available online.) In: Staatstheater Karlsruhe . Badische Latest News , Badisches Tagblatt , Die Rheinpfalz ,…, July 2017, archived from the original on July 22, 2018 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "..."
  39. Eckehard Uhlig: Love rush in the Pantheon. Musical theater criticism. (No longer available online.) The German Stage , February 17, 2017, archived from the original on February 24, 2017 ; accessed on July 22, 2018 : "... her sister Ino (Dilara Bastar) knows how to convey despair with a darkly draped mezzo (" And see a maid bewoan ") ... Thanks to precise personal guidance, all characters with their expressive colors are also convincingly present in acting. With massive sound splendor, the choirs set triumphant accents or celebrate moving grief, surrounding the dying Semele. You are committed to playing with ... "
  40. Manfred Kraft: La voix humaine - Dilara Baştar - press. Intense performance: Dilara Baştar shines in the mono opera “La voix humaine” at the State Theater. (No longer available online.) In: Staatstheater Karlsruhe . Badische Latest News , June 24, 2016, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2016 : “… Dilara Baştar was completely absorbed in her role as an actor and also totally exhausted herself singing. The soprano heights gave her no trouble and the balance between clean singing and pure emotion was always preserved ... convinced ... here Dilara Baştar as "you" not only with impeccable singing, but also with an intensely designed character ... "
  41. Heinz W. Koch: Theater: Power lives on the second floor. (No longer available online.) Badische Zeitung , June 8, 2016, archived from the original on June 12, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2016 : “... Dilara Bastar is the white-blonde Romeo in a wine-red velvet coat ... She combines luminous mezzo heights with a bronze lower register. Even if both of them do not succeed in the unleashed summit excursions without strangeness: careers are on the way ... "
  42. ^ "Against the Wall": The Price of Freedom. (No longer available online.) Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung , April 4, 2016, archived from the original on May 15, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 : “… Dilara Bastar gives her Sibel an effective contour. Her powerful mezzo-soprano impresses with good height and volume. The native Turkish master the oriental-looking quarter tones of her entrance aria with German thoroughness. Bastar will be the eye-catcher of the evening ... "
  43. Thomas Schmitz-Albohn: "Against the Wall": emotionally gripping opera evening. (htm) (No longer available online.) Gießener Anzeiger , April 3, 2016, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 : “… In the role of the flighty Sibel, driven around wildly by her longings, the mezzo-soprano Dilara Bastar from the Karlsruhe State Theater gives a brilliant performance. With enormous emotional devotion, she is ready to go to the limit, both vocally and as an actor. In the course of the evening their performance becomes increasingly intense and their singing is simply beguiling ... "
  44. Stephan Scholz: From the failure of a great love. (No longer available online.) Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung , April 3, 2016, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; Retrieved on April 9, 2016 : “… Dilara Bastar, who carries away as Sibel, was rightly especially celebrated on the premiere evening. Mezzo-soprano Bastar is convincing all along the line, both as an actor and with her crystal clear and supple voice ... "
  45. Nike Luber: Amour fou in postcard format. (No longer available online.) Südwest Presse , December 14, 2014, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 : "... Dilara Bastar sings the romantic, restrained arias Fantasios with a beautiful mezzo ..."
  46. ^ Detlef Brandenburg: Jacques Offenbach: Fantasio. Delightfully wandering. (No longer available online.) The German Stage , December 14, 2014, archived from the original on December 16, 2014 ; accessed on November 27, 2017 : “… Dilara Bastars Mezzo has a timbre that is bitterly shaded in the depths and clearly shining in the heights, with which she gives her Fantasio a lot of character. That the part demands a number of legato cantilenas in an uncomfortably low register ..., but overall she succeeded in a melodious and empathetic interpretation of this love and freedom hero ... "
  47. Alexander Dick: "Dr. Atomic" in Karlsruhe: With the force of a nuclear fission. (No longer available online.) Badische Zeitung , January 27, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on April 9, 2016 : "... Pasqualita (with a wonderful earthy mezzo: Dilara Bastar), ..."
  48. ^ Christoph Schmitz: John Adams opera "Doctor Atomic". Bomb atmosphere in Los Alamos. (No longer available online.) Deutschlandfunk , January 26, 2014, archived from the original on November 23, 2015 ; accessed on November 27, 2017 : "... are ... well staffed, including the ..., ... and her indigenous nanny, sung by Dilara Bastar, sure of high and very low levels ..."