The devotee of music: Diana Damrau in Washington DC

By Raisa Massuda, 11 April 2013

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Eisenhower Theater, Washington on 8 April 2013

Programme to include:

Schubert, Ständchen, D.957d

Fauré, Impromptu for Harp no. 6, Op.86

Dell'Acqua, Villanelle

Strauss R., Wiegenliedchen, Op.49 no.3

Schubert, Ave Maria (originally Ellens Gesang III), D.839

Diana Damrau, Soprano

Xavier de Maistre, Harp

A Rosenkavalier in vivid hues opens the Zurich Opera season

Laura Servidei, 21st September

Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ masterpiece to open Zurich Opera’s first premiere under the new artistic direction – a triumphant success.

****1

Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Berlin recital

Elena Luporini, 30th June

Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch's European tour reaches Berlin with a heart-on-sleeve programme of Lieder by Strauss and Mahler.

***11

All play and no work: an exuberant Figaro in Munich

Orsolya Gyárfás, 17th July

Evgeny Titov's new production is heavy on the jokes and light in substance, but delights anyway thanks to its high-class cast.

****1

Waltzing masks and masquerades in Kosky’s new Fledermaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd December

Expect sequins and swinging chandeliers in the Australian director's new Fledermaus at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

****1

Successful debuts for Damrau and Deshayes in Zürich's Anna Bolena

Laura Servidei, 5th December

A great cast in Zurich, under the inspired baton of Enrique Mazzola, although David Alden's new production does not completely convince.

****1

Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu

John Marten Barnard, 10th March

Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.

****1

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Raisa Massuda

A firm believer in the importance of music at any age, Raisa teaches Opera Appreciation Seminars in a Senior Center in Baltimore, MD. She has launched a Live Opera for Seniors series, allowing her low-income students to study and attend free. Raisa is the author of a music and opera blog called Mandolin Vision.