Musik macht das Herz weich. Ganz still und ohne Gewalt macht sie die Tür zur Seele auf. Sophie Scholl
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MELANIE DIENER Sopran
Teatr Wielki Warschau: Review Tristan und Isolde
„Isolde holds no terrors for her vocally.The uncommonly rich,
dark lower range of her voice ascends with ease to the firm, secure top.“
Abschlusskonzert der 4. Internationalen Opernwerkstatt Waiblingen 2023
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Abschlusskonzert 2023
Croatian National Opera: Review – Der Fliegende Holländer
An important major musical change in the original version is that Senta’s ballade was written in the key of A minor. At the premiere in Dresden in 1843, the celebrated soprano (and fellow part-time political agitator) Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient was unable to manage the punishing high tessitura of the scena and Wagner agreed to transpose it down a tone to G minor – a practice which is generally followed today in the three-act version. Unlike Madame Schröder-Devrient, Diener sailed through the multiple top A naturals, sustained G’s and riveting top B natural of the ballade without a soupçon of strain or stridency. This was in all respects a tour-de-force performance and hard to believe that it was Diener’s first attempt at the role. Undoubtedly there will be many more.