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About Okka von der Damerau

See 27 performances featuring Okka von der Damerau
Voice type: Mezzo-soprano
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Past performances in our database:
China Cup in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Clotilde in Norma (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Dragonfly in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Emilia in Otello (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Emilia in Otello (Bavarian State Opera, 2012)
Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Flosshilde in Das Rheingold (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Grimgerde in Die Walküre (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Grimgerde in Die Walküre (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 2012)
Hänsel in Hänsel and Gretel (Bavarian State Opera, 2010)
Hänsel in Hänsel and Gretel (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Hänsel in Hänsel and Gretel (Bavarian State Opera, 2012)
Mary in Der fliegende Holländer (Bavarian State Opera, 2012)
Mother in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Mother in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Mother Jeanne in Dialogues des Carmélites (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Bavarian State Opera, 2012)
Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Wedgwood teapot in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Bavarian State Opera, 2011)
Wood Nymph in Rusalka (Bavarian State Opera, 2012)

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Date and venueTitle
6-Nov-2011
National Theatre
Nasty Children at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Image credit: Kevin Conners (Teapot), Tara Erraught (The Child), Okka von der Damerau (Teacup) © Wilfried HöslThe pairing of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (“The Child and the Spells”) with Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (“The Dwarf”) is an interesting juxtaposition. The two works have some strong similarities: both were written shortly after 1920, with scenarios by authors who were known for their homosexual promiscuity (Colette, and Oscar Wilde respectively) and both are fairytales, with unpleasant children taking the lead roles.
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