“the leading coloratura soprano in the world”
– New York Sun

“a soprano of matchless intelligence”
-The Guardian

 

 

A regular guest at the most renowned opera houses and concert halls Diana Damrau was awarded the title of Bayerische Kammersängerin awarded in 2007 and named “Female Singer of the Year” at the 2014 International Opera Awards.

 

Soprano Diana Damrau has been performing on the world’s leading opera and concert stages for two decades. Her vast repertoire spans both lyric soprano and coloratura roles including the title roles in Lucia di Lammermoor (La Scala, Bavarian State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House), Manon (Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera) and La Traviata (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris and Bavarian State Opera) as well as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House).

 

 

"As Jupiter, Nicolas Testé unleashed a resonant, velvety bass worthy of a god."
-Opera News

The French bass-baritone Nicolas Testé studied piano, bassoon and music history in Paris before embarking on a career as a singer. He studied at the Opéra National de Paris and Centre de Formation Lyrique. In 1998 he was awarded the Second Prize at the “Voix Nouvelles” competition.

 

 

Pianist soloist, chamber music player and accompanist of famous singers, Maciej Pikulski already appeared on the stage in 300 concert halls on 5 continents. He was awarded a piano, chamber music and vocal accompaniment diploma at the Paris Superior Conservatory. Then he was admitted to the postgraduate cycle and became prize-winner of the France Telecom Foundation.

 

Mozart
“Madamina”, from Don Giovanni (Leporello)
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

"E Susanna non vien...Dove sono", from Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa)
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

Vincenzo Bellini
"O amato zio, o mio secondo padre", from I Puritani (Elvira/Giorgio)
Vocalists: D. Damrau/N. Testé

Giuseppe Verdi/Franz Liszt
Rigoletto: Paraphrase de Concert, S. 434
Soloist: Maciej Pikulski

Giuseppe Verdi
"Elle ne m'aime pas", from Don Carlo (Philippe II.)
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

Jules Massenet
"Suis-je gentille ainsi?…Je marche sur tous les chemins…
Profitons bien de la jeunesse", from Manon (Manon)
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

——Intermission——

Franz Lehar
"Lippen schweigen", from The Merry Widow
Vocalists: D. Damrau/N. Testé

Richard Strauss
Zueignung
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

Morgen!
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

Mitch Leigh
from The Man of la Mancha: The Impossible Dream
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

Stephen Sondheim
from Sweeney Todd: Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
"Oh What a Beautiful Morning", from Oklahoma!
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

Alan J. Lerner / Frederick Loewe
from My Fair Lady: "I Could Have Danced All Night"
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

George Gershwin
from Porgy and Bess: "I Got Plenty o'Nuttin’"
Vocalist: Nicolas Testé

"Summertime"
Vocalist: Diana Damrau

"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
Vocalist: D. Damrau/N. Testé