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Foto: Majer-Finkes, Gelsenkirchenin the role of Senta, Gelsenkirchen |
A Short BiographyLuana DeVol was in San Mateo, California. An early interest in music led to five years study on the violin. Discovering her singing talent, she was enganged by the San Francisco Opera Chorus and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. She studied in London with the renowned teacher Vera Rosza and returned to San Francisco to continue he studies with Janet Parlova and the legendary Wagner Tenor Jess Thomas. In Europe she made her debut in 1983 with the Württembergische Staatsoper Stuttgart,
again as Leonore in Fidelio. |
She sang with the following opera houses e.g.
Theater Basel | |
Deutsche Oper Berlin | |
Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin | |
Staatstheater Braunschweig | |
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf-Duisburg | |
Semperoper Dresden | |
Theater Essen | |
Städt. Bühnen Frankfurt | |
Hamburgische Staatsoper | |
Oper Leipzig | |
Teatro alla Scala, Mailand | |
Bayerische Staatsoper München | |
Staatsoper Wien |
Her repertoire so far includes e.g.
Beethoven | Leonore | Fidelio | |
Mozart | Donna Anna | Don Giovanni | |
Strauss | Ariadne | Ariadne auf Naxos | |
Strauss | Chrysothemis | Elektra | |
Strauss | Elektra | Elektra | |
Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier |
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Strauss | Kaiserin | Die Frau ohne Schatten | |
Strauss | Färberin | Die Frau ohne Schatten | |
Verdi | Aida | Aida | |
Verdi | Amelia | Un ballo in maschera | |
Verdi | Leonora | La forza del destino | |
Verdi | Lady Macbeth | Macbeth | |
Wagner | Senta | Der fliegende Holländer | |
Wagner | Elsa | Lohengrin | |
Wagner | Ortrud | Lohengrin | |
Wagner | Elisabeth | Tannhäuser | |
Wagner | Isolde | Tristan und Isolde | |
Wagner | Brünnhilde | Die Walküre | |
Wagner | Brünnhilde | Die Götterdämmerung | |
Weber | Rezia | Oberon |
Everyone who has been there will always remember the wonderful Liederabend she performed on July 26th, 1997 in the Gewölbekeller of the Gutshof Schott in Forst.
A detailed biography and stage photographs you will find at her web site www.operdiva.com
It is a pity the CD industry has neglected her almost totally. I only know of two recordings. With Sony (S2K 66 850) Irrelohe of Franz Schreker and with Canterino (CNT 1072) a marvellous Recital with arias of Beethoven, Weber, Marschner and Wagner.