Review by Diana Damrow – Operetta. Vienna, Berlin, Paris

With one exception, on her operetta journey, she prefers champagne rather than caesarada, and she ravens between Paris and Berlin with sour sighs, especially towards Vienna. Diana Damrau, who sneaks in small steps of high color subservient to large lyrical parts, needs no help with levity. In this foray, she shines as a team player willing to learn and her studies in operetta appear in colors ranging from the trivial to the lively. The more effective and well-known numbers proved versatile here, with the central diva and her two soprano colleagues having far more beguiling qualities than the tenors. The Munich Radio Orchestra shines once again here under the baton of specialist Ernst Theis as an expert guardian of the capital's multinational operetta scene. Diana Damrau feels most comfortable listening to Franz Lehár.

operetta. Vienna, Berlin, Paris
Works by Stolz, Linke, Korngold, Kalmann, Meluker, Heuberger, J. Strauss, Messager, Lehar, Abraham and others

Diana Damrau and Elke Kottmayr (soprano), Emilie Sierra (mezzo-soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theis (conductor)
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Diana Damrow

Diana Damrau was born in Gunsburg and received her singing training with Carmen Hangano at the Würzburg University of Music and with Hanna Ludwig in Salzburg. She made her stage debut in 1995 in the role of Eliza in “My Fair Lady” on… More

Jonas Kaufmann

Curly hair and a three-day beard: The Daily Telegraph called him “the greatest singer in the world” and Le Monde called him “a prodigy.” Jonas Kaufmann keeps the opera world in suspense. Since his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2006 in “La Traviata”… Continue

Munich Radio Orchestra

The Munich Radio Orchestra was founded in 1952 as the second orchestral formation of the Bavarian Radio, alongside the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra's main goal was to cultivate “sophisticated light music”, the focus of which was the Munich Sunday concerts, which… continued