Who is Okka von der Damerau
Okka von der Damerau
mezzo-soprano
The Hamburg native Okka von der Damerau began her singing studies in Rostock and completed them at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg.
She was a member of the ensemble of Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper for many years, where she earned acclaim as Waltraute (Wagner’s Götterdämmerung), Erda (Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Siegfried), Charlotte (Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten) and Azucena (Verdi’s Il trovatore).
Okka von der Damerau
Okka von der Damerau
She was Fricka in Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam in 2019. The mezzo-soprano is also a welcome guest on many concert stages. Her Concertgebouw debut was in 2018 in Lili Boulanger’s Psaume CXXX ‘Du fond de l’abîme’. This season there is more Mahler in store for her: the Second Symphony with conductor Aziz Shokhakimov in Turin.
She was Fricka in Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam in 2019. The mezzo-soprano is also a welcome guest on many concert stages. Her Concertgebouw debut was in 2018 in Lili Boulanger’s Psaume CXXX ‘Du fond de l’abîme’. This season there is more Mahler in store for her: the Second Symphony with conductor Aziz Shokhakimov in Turin.
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025