Dorothea Röschmann

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General management with Askonas Holt

 Partner Managers: Machreich Artists Management (concerts in Austria)

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About Dorothea

Born in Flensburg, Dorothea Röschmann was awarded the title of Kammersängerin at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 2017, having been a member of the ensemble for many years. She has been a frequent guest at the Salzburg Festival since 1995 and at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatosper Munich, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and in Berlin.

Renowned as a distinguished Mozartian, she has recently expanded her repertoire into Wagner with Elisabeth Tannhäuser at the Semperoper Dresden and Hamburgische Staatsoper last season, and Isolde at the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy and in concert in Berlin in 2023. She made her debut in the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos at the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival, recorded for Linn Records, and revived the role at the Teatro Comunale Bologna in 2022.

In concert last season she performed Mahler Symphony No.2 with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Rafael Payare, Isolde in concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati, and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with Kristiina Poska and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Future concerts include Tove in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Erwartung with Patrick Hahn and the Wiener Symphoniker and Mahler Symphony No.2 with Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony.

A celebrated recitalist, she was awarded a Grammy in 2017 for her solo recital recording of Schumann and Berg with Mitsuko Uchida.

Dorothea is based in Hamburg

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General management with Askonas Holt

 Partner Managers: Machreich Artists Management (concerts in Austria)

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
Maison Symphonique de Montréal
Schoenberg Gurre-Lieder Montreal Symphony Orchestra Rafael Payare (conductor)
Oct 2024 - Nov 2024
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
The Makropulos Affair (Emilia Marty) Robert Jindra (conductor)
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina) Susanna Mälkki (conductor)

Selected Repertoire

DonizettiLa fille du régiment (Marquis de Berkenfield)
GluckAlceste
JanáčekThe Makropulos Affair (Emilia Marty)
MozartLe Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina)
MozartThe Marriage of Figaro (Marcellina)   •   Cosi fan tutte (Despina)
StraussAriadne auf Naxos (Ariadne)
WagnerTannhäuser (Elisabeth)   •   Tristan und Isolde (Isolde)
WagnerTannhäuser (Elisabeth)   •   Tristan und Isolde (Isolde)

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  • Wagner Wesendonck-Lieder

    Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
    Jun 2024
    • Then the majestic figure of great German soprano Dorothea Röschmann came on stage, for Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, a setting of five poems by the composer’s lover Mathilde Wesendonck. The poetry is full of breathless evocations of the spirit realm which seem as dated as a Victorian boudoir, but in this performance one could actually believe in them. Röschmann has one of those thrilling voices that can dominate an orchestra even in pianissimo. At the end of the final song, as she sang of flowers sinking into the grave, it felt as if we too were being drawn down into delicious oblivion.