The 2019/20 sees Donose making anticipated returns to the Royal Opera House as Brangaene in Christof Loy’s production of Tristan und Isolde and as Eboli in Don Carlo; to Wiener Staatsoper as Elektra in Marco Arturo Marelli’s production of Orest; as well as reprising the role of Sieglinde in semi-staged performances of Die Walküre at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon. On the concert platform she performs La Damnation de Faust with Shanghai Symphony and Charles Dutoit; Ramise Arminio at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest; and an exciting debut as Judith in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Bamberg Symphoniker and Adam Fischer.
Last season she made her debut Fricka in Dieter Dorn’s production of The Ring Cycle at Grand Théâtre de Genève; Sieglinde Die Walküre with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; as well as returning to Grange Park Festival to star as Eboli in their acclaimed production of Don Carlo.
Further recent highlights include Kundry Parsifal in Baden-Baden; Norma at Opéra de Rouen; Jocasta in Enescu’s Oedipe at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest and the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski; Orest in Zurich; Eboli Don Carlo at Grange Park; Eduige Rodelinda at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; Arsace Semiramide in Lyon and Paris; Komponist and Donna Elvira at Royal Opera House and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Carmen in the UK premiere of Calixto Bieito’s production at ENO and in Cincinnati; the title role of La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein in Geneva; Idamante Idomeneo at the Ravinia Festival with James Conlon and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Octavian Der Rosenkavalier at Bayerische Staatsoper, Bolshoi and Cincinnati Opera; Dorabella Così fan Tutte for LA Opera and Spoleto, Tamiri in a new production of Vivaldi´s Il Farnace in Paris, Strasbourg and Mulhouse; Adalgisa Norma in Geneva; and Marguerite La Damnation de Faust in Seattle.
A highly demanded concert singer, Donose has appeared with many leading orchestras around the world. Recent concert engagements include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Philharmonia Orchestra and at the Tanglewood Festival; La mort de Cléopâtre with the Philharmonia Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Das Lied von der Erde at the Enescu Festival; Mozart Requiem with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Verdi Requiem with the Czech Philharmonic and Fabio Luisi; Les nuits d’été on European tour with Liège Philharmonie; Rossini's Stabat Mater at Royal Festival Hall with London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin; L’heure espagnole with London Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons at the Barbican; and a Rosenblatt recital at the Wigmore Hall. One of the most in demand Marguerite La Damnation de Faust, the role has featured prominently in her concert career, with performances with the Berlin Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin Philharmonic, Tokyo Philarmonic, the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, Orchestre National du Capitôle in both Toulouse and Valencia; Orchestre de Paris; Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. The role was also the vehicle for her Verbier Festival debut.
Amongst her acclaimed roles are Charlotte Werther (Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Cenerentola (Glyndebourne Festival, Liege, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Sesto Giulio Cesare (Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera), Nicklausse (Royal Opera House, The Met, San Francisco Opera, Opera de Paris), Komponist (Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Philadelphia), Concepcion L'heure espagnole (Royal Opera House), Octavian Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2008 she premiered the The Fly at Los Angeles Opera.
Her most recent recordings include Arminio for Decca, Tamerlano for Naïve and Caldara’s rediscovered opera La concordia dei Pianeti for Deutsche Grammophon as well as her first solo album Romance. Further discography includes Schubert’s Ständchen (Philips), Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with Giuseppe Sinopoli (Deutsche Grammophon), Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Michael Halasz (Naxos), Bach’s Mass in B minor with Sergiu Celibidache, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Béla Drahos (Naxos), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Bertrand de Billy (Arte Nova), La Cenerentola (DVD, Opus Arte), Oedipe (Naxos), Songs by Nicolae Bretan (Nimbus), Vivaldi´s Il Farnace (EMI/Virgin) and many others.
Season 2019-20 / 754 words. Not to be altered without permission.