Dorothea Röschmann

Born in Flensburg, Dorothea Röschmann was awarded the title of Kammersängerin at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 2017, having been a member of the ensemble for many years. She has been a frequent guest at the Salzburg Festival since 1995 and at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatosper Munich, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and in Berlin.

Renowned as a distinguished Mozartian, she has recently expanded her repertoire into Wagner with Elisabeth Tannhäuser at the Semperoper Dresden and Hamburgische Staatsoper last season, and Isolde at the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy and in concert in Berlin in 2023. She made her debut in the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos at the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival, recorded for Linn Records, and revived the role at the Teatro Comunale Bologna in 2022.

In concert last season she performed Mahler Symphony No.2 with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Rafael Payare, Isolde in concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati, and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with Kristiina Poska and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Future concerts include Tove in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Erwartung with Patrick Hahn and the Wiener Symphoniker and Mahler Symphony No.2 with Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony.

A celebrated recitalist, she was awarded a Grammy in 2017 for her solo recital recording of Schumann and Berg with Mitsuko Uchida.