Biography
FACH – Mezzo-soprano
TRAINED – Hochschule für Musik München
IMPORTANT CONDUCTORS – Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Georg Solti, Sergiu Celibidache, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Simone Young, Christian Thielemann, Daniel Barenboim, Kirill Petrenko
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS – Robert Carsen, Christof Loy, Tobias Kratzer, Andreas Dresen, Pierre Audi, Stefan Herheim, Philipp Stölzl, Harry Kupfer, Götz Friedrich, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Sir Peter Hall, Patrice Chéreau, Dmitri Tcherniakov
GUEST – Bayreuth Festival, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Oper Köln, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Oviedo Opera, Bilbao Opera, La Monnaie Brussels, Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm, Grieg Festival Bergen, Carnegie Hall New York, LA Opera Los Angeles, Kennedy Center Washington, Cincinnati Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Theatro Municipal São Paulo, Shanghai Grand Theatre
IMPORTANT PARTS – Dorabella in »Così fan tutte«, Sesto in »La clemenza di Tito«, title role in »La Cenerentola«, title role in »L’italiana in Algeri«, title role in »Carmen«, Adalgisa in »Norma«, Charlotte in »Werther«, Ježibaba in »Rusalka«, Countess Geschwitz in »Lulu«, Madame de Croissy in »Dialogues des Carmélites«, Geneviève in »Pelléas et Mélisande«, Eboli in »Don Carlo«, Amneris in »Aida«, Fricka in »Das Rheingold«, Fricka in »Die Walküre«, Waltraute in »Götterdämmerung«, Ortrud in »Lohengrin«, Venus in »Tannhäuser«, Kundry in »Parsifal«, Octavian in »Der Rosenkavalier«, Klytämnestra in »Elektra«, Nurse in »Die Frau ohne Schatten«, Kassandra in »Die Troerinnen«
AWARDS / HONOURS – Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star, 2001; nominated for the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST, 2017; Federal Cross of Merit, 2025
CD – A selection of her numerous CD and DVD recordings is available on the artist’s homepage
LINK Homepage – www.dorissoffel.com