Diana Damrau’s extensive range consists of coloratura and lyric singing. Her title roles in ›Lucia di Lammermoor‹, ›La Traviata‹ as well as The Queen of the Night in ›Die Zauberflöte‹ have taken her all over the world, including La Scala Milano, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Opéra National de Paris, the Wiener Staatsoper and to the Salzburg Festival. In addition, this sought-after soprano is a Bayerische Staatsoper Kammersängerin and also a holder of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Art and Science. She was also recently awarded the Federal Republic of Germany’s Order of Merit.

As a Warner Classics/Erato exclusive artist, Diana Damrau has won numerous awards, including the Echo and the Opus Klassik. At the beginning of 2020, she released Richard Strauss’ ›Vier letzte Lieder‹ under the baton of Mariss Jansons and her most recent album ›Tudor Queens‹ with Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nationale di Santa Cecilia was named ›Recording of the Month‹ by BBC Music Magazine. In the 2021/22 season, Diana Damrau can be seen giving her debut as ›Anna Bolena‹ at the Opernhaus Zurich and at the Vienna State Opera. A recital programme featuring lieder by Brahms and Schumann on the theme of love will be taking her, together with Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch, to Europe’s most celebrated concert halls.

Jérémie Rhorer is one of the most versatile and intellectually ambitious conductors of his generation. As the founder and Artistic Director of the orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, the Frenchman continues in the tradition of artist-innovator, exploring the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries using period instruments. A winner of the Prix Pierre Cardin, Rhorer is also a well-respected composer. For over 10 years, Jérémie Rhorer has developed a close relationship with the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, where he has conducted a broad spectrum of standard, rarely-performed and contemporary operas. Rhorer has also conducted some of the most distinguished international orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester, the Orchestre de Paris and the Czech Philharmonic.

In demand as an opera conductor, Rhorer has conducted performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and has also guest conducted at some of Europe’s most prestigious international festivals. Highlights of the current season include his debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Bordeaux-Aquitaine and at the Opernhaus Zürich with a new production of Offenbach’s seldom-performed opera Barkouff. In recent years, Jérémie Rhorer and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie have initiated an innovative residency at Le Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, which includes an educational programme dedicated to new audiences. The exciting conductor enjoys a long-standing collaboration with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.