Melanie Diener was born on in 1967 and is a German operatic and concert soprano who appeared at major European opera houses and festivals.
12 Facts About Melanie Diener
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Melanie Diener appeared as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival, among others.
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Melanie Diener grew up in Stuttgart, where she first studied music pedagogy and piano.
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Melanie Diener then studied voice at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart with Sylvia Geszty, and with Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim.
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Melanie Diener made her debut in concert in Mendelssohn's oratorio Paulus in 1995.
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Melanie Diener appeared in the same role a year later at the Bavarian State Opera.
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Melanie Diener performed the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at the Royal Opera House.
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Melanie Diener performed the title role of Korngold's Die Kathrin for the BBC that year.
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Melanie Diener appeared as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1998.
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Melanie Diener made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Elsa in Lohengrin in 1999 and performed the role the following two years.
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In concert, Melanie Diener sang the soprano parts in Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Mendelssohn's Elias, Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms, Verdi's Requiem, and Britten's War Requiem, among others.
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Melanie Diener sang lieder, including Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, and Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss at the Salzburg Festival.