DANAE KONTORA
SOPRANO • WORLD MANAGEMENT
ABOUT
“With dazzling vocal fireworks, she effortlessly soars to breathtaking heights.” - Opernwelt
Known for her flawless coloratura and captivating stage presence, Danae Kontora has impressed in opera throughout the world in classical and contemporary repertoire. Recent highlights include performances at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, and at Opéra National de Paris under Kent Nagano in a staging of Claus Guth, as Lucia (Il Viaggio, Dante). She has performed Die Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte) at Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Regio Torino, Oper Leipzig, Oper Frankfurt, Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf and in Barrie Kosky’s production for Komische Oper Berlin, including tours to Beijing, Macao, and Taiwan.
She debuted with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir Simon Rattle as Waldvogel (Siegfried) at Isarphilharmonie München, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Philharmonie Luxembourg. This was released on the BR Klassik label and Gramophone concluded that “each arrival of Danae Kontora’s Woodbird floods the stage with light.”
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Other recent engagements include her role debuts as Lucia (Il Viaggio, Dante) at Opéra National de Paris under Kent Nagano in a staging of Claus Guth, Pretty Polly (Punch and Judy) at Oper Frankfurt, Cunegonde (Candide) at Athens Concert Hall, Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) at Finnish National Opera, Frantzi (Die Weiden) at Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe (Die Teufel von Loudun) at Bayerische Staatsoper under Vladimir Jurowski, Adele (Die Fledermaus) at Teatro Carlo Felice Genova under Fabio Luisi, Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at Staatsoper Hamburg, Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) at Israeli Opera and Aminta (Die Schweigsame Frau) at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Kontora has also been seen as Musetta (La bohème) at Greek National Opera and Olympia at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
On the concert stage, Kontora has performed with the Gewandhausorchester under Andris Nelsons, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester for Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream under Mario Venzago, the Orchestra of Oper Frankfurt and Sebastian Weigle for Mendelssohn’s Elias, the Bamberger Symphoniker under Juraj Valčuha at Würzburg’s Mozartfest for Mozart’s Requiem, and the Munich Biennale Festival of Contemporary Music in Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus. She made her Edinburgh International Festival debut as Waldvogel (Siegfried) and returned as Woglinde (Götterdämmerung) with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis. She also performed at the BBC Proms with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Constantinos Carydis in a program of Mozart and Strauss, with Tapiola Sinfonietta in Finland for Brett Dean’s And once I played Ophelia, and at Gluck Festspiele with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for Mozart’s Popoli di Tessaglia.
Kontora studied at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater and Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding and was awarded the Bayerische Kunstförderpreis in 2015, the same year of her nomination for “Best Young Singer” by Opernwelt.
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REPERTOIRE
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Berg
Lulu*Bernstein
Cunegonde / CandideBirtwistle
Pretty Polly / Punch and JudyBrett Dean
Ophelie / Hamlet*Britten
Titania / A Midsummer Night’s Dream*Donizetti
Marie / La fille du régiment*Dusapin
Lucia / Il Viaggio, DanteGluck
Eurydice / Orphée et EurydiceHandel
Armida / Rinaldo
Tigrane / Radamisto
Morgana / Alcina*
Cleopatra / Giulio Cesare*
Atalanta / Xerxes*
Dorinda / Orlando*
Bellezza / Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno*Massenet
Fée / Cendrillon*
Sophie / Werther*Mozart
Die Königin der Nacht / Die Zauberflöte
Blonde / Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Ismene / Mitridate*
Madame Silberklang / Der Schauspieldirektor*
Giunia / Lucio Silla*Offenbach
Olympia / Les contes d’Hoffmann
Eurydice / Orphée aux Enfers*
Maïma / Barkouf*Penderecki
Philippe / Die Teufel von Loudun
Puccini
Musetta / La bohèmeRameau
La Folie / Platée*
Phani / Les Indes galantes*Ravel
Feu / L’enfant et les sortilèges*Rossini
Fiorilla / Il turco in Italia*
Contessa di Folleville / Il viaggio a Reims*
Comtesse Adèle / Le comte Ory*R. Strauss
Zerbinetta / Ariadne auf Naxos
Aminta / Die schweigsame Frau
Fiakermilli / Arabella*
Sophie / Der Rosenkavalier*J. Strauss
Adele / Die Fledermaus
Staud
Franzi / Die WeidenStrasnoy
Isabelle / Le BalStravinsky
Nachtigall*Verdi
Oscar / Un ballo in maschera
Gilda / Rigoletto*
Nanetta / Falstaff*
Vivier
Soprano Colorature / KopernikusWagner
Waldvogel / Siegfried
Blumenmädchen / Parsifal
Woglinde / Götterdämmerung* Role in preparation
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Bach
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
Johannes-Passion*Beethoven
Klärchen / EgmontBrett Dean
And once I played Ophelia, String Quartet No.2Glière
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano*Grieg
Solveig / Peer GyntHandel
Gloria*
Messiah*Haydn
Die Schöpfung*Ligeti
Mysteries of the Macabre*Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Elias*Monteverdi
Lamento d’Arianna*
Lamento della Ninfa*Mozart
Requiem
Mass in C minor
Exsultate, jubilate
Popoli di Tessaglia K.316/300b
No, che non sei capace K.419Orff
Carmina BuranaPergolesi
Salve Regina*Saint-Saëns
Oratorio de NoëlVivaldi
Laudate pueri Dominum**Repertoire in preparation
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Sophie Dand - Director
+44 (0)7814224313
sophie@srcreativeconsultancy.com
Rachel Walters - Director
+44 (0)7747 487 993
rachel@srcreativeconsultancy.com
