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The outstanding Lavinia Dames also undergoes the greatest musical development as Grace, transforming from a timid girl to an ice-cold murderess, a masterly performance both in terms of fitness and acting. DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE

Lavinia Dames, born in Göttingen, received rave reviews for her stunning interpretation of Grace in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s opera Dogville at the Alto Theater Essen. She is a passionate interpreter of 20th/21st century repertoire and an experienced stage performer.

Since the season 2014/15, Lavinia Dames has been a member of the soloist ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, where she has performed roles such as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Nanetta (Falstaff), Norina (Don Pasquale), Musetta (La Bohème) and Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito). In 2019 she embodied Anabella in the world premiere of Anno Schreier‘s new opera Schade, dass sie eine Hure war.

In the season 2023/24, she once more sings Pamina and Gretel and makes her debuts as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), as Karolka (Jenufa) and as Flower Girl (Parsifal). Furthermore, she gives Lied recitals presenting Lieder by Richard Strauss together with the pianist Carson Becke i. a. in Göttingen and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Guest appearances and performances have taken her to the Komische Oper Berlin (Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Pamina), The Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm (Susanna), and the Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen (Susanna) as well as to the Theater St. Gallen (Adina in L’elisir d’amore). In 2017, she made her debut at the Bavarian State Opera Munich (Isotta in Die Schweigsame Frau). She returned to this house in the season 2021/22 performing the same role.

New with us: soprano Lavinia Dames

We proudly announce the new cooperation with soprano Lavinia Dames. Doreen Lutz Artists welcomes soprano Lavinia Dames to its roster! She received raving reviews for her outstanding interpretation of the role Grace in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s opera Dogville (staging: David Hermann) at the Aalto Theater Essen:

Sung with radiant clarity by Lavinia Dames, with her brightly shining cantilenas, she emerges from the mist like a Lorelei, clad all in white.

VAN MAGAZINE, March 2023

The outstanding Lavinia Dames also undergoes the greatest musical development as Grace, transforming from a timid girl to an ice-cold murderess, a masterly performance both in terms of fitness and acting.

DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE, March 2023

Lavinia Dames, born in Göttingen, is a passionate interpreter of 20th/21st century repertoire and an experienced stage performer. Since the season 2014/15, she has been a member of the soloist ensemble at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, where she has performed roles such as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Nanetta (Falstaff), Norina (Don Pasquale), Musetta (La Bohème) and Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito). In 2019, she embodied Anabella in the world premiere of Anno Schreier‘s new opera Schade, dass sie eine Hure war.

(published on 25 September 2023)

Opera / Music Theatre:

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio (Marzelline)
Boris Blacher Romeo und Julia (Julia)
Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes (1. Nichte)
Turn of the screw (Gouvernante)
Georges Bizet Carmen (Frasquita)
Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale (Norina)
L’elisir d’amore (Adina)
Pygmalion (Galatea)
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orpheus (Euridice)
Georg Friedrich Händel Susanna (Daniel)
Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel)
Gordon Kampe Dogville (Grace) – World Première
Emmerich Kálmán Die Csárdásfürstin (Anastasia)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Die Tote Stadt (Juliette)
Oliver Knussen Where the wild things are/ Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Max)
Marius Felix Lange Die Schneekönigin (Gerda)
Franz Lehar Graf von Luxemburg (Juliette Vermont)
Albert Lortzing
Zum Großadmiral (Betty)
Zar und Zimmermann (Marie)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna)
Don Giovanni (Zerlina)
Die Zauberflöte (Pamina)
La Clemenza di Tito (Servilia)
Idomeneo (Ilia)
Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta)
La Bohéme (Musetta)
Sour Angelica (Genovieffa)
Gerald Resch Gullivers Reisen (Prinzessin Rosalila)
Anno Schreier Schade, dass sie eine Hure war (Annabella) – World Première
Richard Strauss
Die Schweigsame Frau (Isotta)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Echo)
Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie)
Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus (Adele)
Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff (Nanetta)
Richard Wagner
Parsifal (Blumenmädchen 1/2, 2. Knappe)
Tannhäuser (Hirt)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg Masel tov! (Fradl)
Alexander von Zemlinsky Der Zwerg (1. Zofe)

17/23 September 2023, 17:00 (Première)
01/15/21 October 2023, 17:00
29 March 2024, 17:00
07 April 2024, 17:00
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Programme: Richard Wagner Parsifal

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Axel Kober (conductor), Michael Thalheimer (stage director), Henrik Ahr (set), Michaela Barth (costume), Daniel Frank/Michael Weinius (Parsifal), Lavinia Dames (flower girl 2/1) and other

05 October 2023, 19:30
01 November 2023, 17:00
12 January 2024, 19:30
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker/Duisburger Philharmoniker, Antonino Fogliani/Péter Halász/Harry Ogg (conductor),Suzanne Andrade/Barrie Kosky (stage director), Esther Bialas (set and costume), Lavinia Dames (Pamina), Jussi Myllys/Andrés Sulbarán (Tamino), Benjamin Popp/Luke Stoker (Sarastro) and other

18 November 2023, 18:00, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Duisburg

Programme: DRK Gala The Golfe Age of Broadway

Cast: Duisburger Symphoniker, Peter Christian Feigel (conductor), Lavinia Dames (soprano) and other

22/26 December 2023, 18:00
06/21 January 2024, 18:00
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Programme: Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Axel Kober (conductor), Otto Schenk (stage director), Liana Aleksanyan (Field Marshal), Lavinia Dames (Sophie), Peter Rose (Baron Ochs) and other

13 January 2024, 18:30 (Duisburg)
19 January 2023, 19:30 (Düsseldorf)
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Duisburg/Düsseldorf

Programme: Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker/Duisburger Philharmoniker, Vitali Alekseenok/Péter Halász (conductor), Andreas Mexer-Hanno (stage director), Lavinia Dames (Gretel), Alexandra Yangel/Kimberley Boettger-Soller (Hänsel) and other

11 February 2024, 11:00, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Programme: Symphoniker im Foyer – well-known and unknown masterpieces of chamber music

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Axel Kober (conductor), Lavinia Dames (soprano), Cornel Fey (tenor)

14 April 2024, 18:30 (Première)
20/26 April 2024, 19:30
09 Mai 2024, 18:30
11 Mai 2024, 19:30
19 Mai 2024, 15:00
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Duisburg

Programme: Leoš Janáček Jenůfa

Cast: Duisburger Philharmoniker, Chor der deutschen Oper am Rhein, Axel Kober (conductor), Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director), Henrik Ahr (set), Silke Willrett (costume), Lavinia Dames (Karolka), Renée Morloc (The old Buryja), Jussi Myllys (Stewa Buryia), Giorgi Sturua (Laca Klemen), Jacqueline Wagner (Jenufa) and other

02 June 2024, 11:00, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

Programme: Liedmatinee (selected songs by Johannes Brahms)

Cast: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Axel Kober (conductor), Lavinia Dames (soprano), David Fischer (tenor), Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano), Luke Stoker (bass)

Her central role – which was written for soprano Lavinia Dames – is, in contrast to the other roles, characterised by a permanent development of vocal expression, ranging from the petitioner’s restraint, which tends to be shifted to the lower registers, to a gradual unfurling of her expressive palette, and finally to the spoken parts that gain in prominence towards the end. […] The entire Essen opera ensemble is deserving of high praise – first and foremost to Lavinia Dames, whose wide range of expression is truly disarming.
NMZ, March 2023

Kampe writes her gentle, often very high-pitched melody lines, which the soprano Lavinia Dames handles effortlessly. With equal confidence, she faces the unusual situation that she is, in a sense, not only playing Grace, but also Nicole Kidman. She does not imitate, but rather gradually and convincingly accustoms us to the fact that she is someone else. But equally blonde, and far too elegant for this dull, joyless world.
Frankfurter Rundschau, March 2023

The wonderful Lavinia Dames in the role of Nicole Kidman as the Faye Dunaway-like Bonnie clears her path like an angel of death.
Die Welt, March 2023

Only the young Grace remains exterritorial. The character of Grace in the film, portrayed by Nicole Kidman, is humanly commensurable and part of the game. In the opera, however, she is too beautiful for this world. She may not be a human being at all, but merely a catalyst, a kind of litmus paper. Sung with radiant clarity by Lavinia Dames, with her brightly shining cantilenas, she emerges from the mist like a Lorelei, clad all in white. The young Tom, who thinks he’s a great catch, is beguiling, but he soon transpires to be all talk.
VAN MAGAZINE, March 2023

The outstanding Lavinia Dames also undergoes the greatest musical development as Grace, transforming from a timid girl to an ice-cold murderess, a masterly performance both in terms of fitness and acting – until she gets into the car with her gangster father (an excellent baritone by Karel Martin Ludvik) in the finale, and both negotiate the moral of the story in dialogue.
Die Deutsche Bühne, March 2023

Hermann skilfully deploys the 14-strong ensemble of soloists, who sing in English, with the individual roles being essentially written on the singers’ bodies. This allows Lavinia Dames from the Rheinoper as Grace to let her exuberant soprano shine through in impressive passages.
Ruhrnachrichten, March 2023