Diana Damrau

Diana Damrau is the sort of artist who earns my deep respect. Rising from tiny Günzburg in Swabia to the world's great opera houses, she first dazzled in coloratura roles before deliberately expanding into the heavier nineteenth-century bel canto repertoire. For a singer, whose instrument is the body itself, that kind of evolution takes courage and discipline. Her shelf of honors, from the Bavarian Order of Merit to the German Federal Cross and the International Opera Award, confirms the achievement. But what moves me is the lifelong commitment to refining a voice. That quiet dedication is what real greatness looks like.

Name (English)

Diana Damrau

Name (Japanese)

ディアナ・ダムラウ

Reading

でぃあな・だむらう

Born

May 31, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Origin

Günzburg, Swabia, Germany

Occupation

opera singer / musician

Awards & achievements

• Bavarian Order of Merit
• 2010 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
• 2010 Würzburg Cultural Prize
• 2007 Bavarian Culture Prize
• 2014 Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders
• 2021 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2014 International Opera Award

• Official sitehttp://www.diana-damrau.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/diana.damrau/
• Xhttps://x.com/dianadamrau
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Damrau
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237965

Tags

• Swabia
• opera singer
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.