Dimitra Kotidou

Website: dimitrakotidou.com

Greek coloratura soprano Dimitra Kotidou was born in Athens and studied piano at the National Conservatorium of Greece and theory of music, counterpoint and fugue at the Kodàly International Music Institute. She went on to study singing with Christina Giannakopoulou at the Athenaeum Maria Callas Conservatorium, from which she graduated with distinction, and was the recipient of the award for most distinguished performance. Recently, she succesfully completed her degree on “18th-Century Opera: Händel & Mozart” at Harvard University X, receiving top grades from Professor Thomas F. Kelly. She made her debut with Greek National Opera aged 19 singing Ninetta La finta semplice while a member of the Opera Studio. From 2016 to 2018 she was a member of the Opera Studio of Deutsche Oper am Rhein where her repertoire ranged from Tebaldo Don Carlo to Le feu/La princesse/Le rossignol L’enfant et les sortilèges. In this period she also studied major roles including Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos, Oscar Un ballo in maschera and Olympia Les Contes d’ Hoffmann and participated in masterclasses with celebrated artists including Peter Seiffert, Linda Watson, David Syrus and Bo Skovhus. Dimitra joined the soloist ensemble at Landestheater Coburg in 2018, where her roles include Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte, the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, Frasquita Carmen and Woglinde Das Rheingold. Guest engagements as Königin der Nacht have brought her back to the Greek National Opera and Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Barry Kosky’s celebrated staging. Dimitra is equally at home in contemporary repertoire: she performed in the world premiere of The Murderess by G. Koumentakis and sang the role created for Barbara Hannigan in Richard Ayres’s animated concert In the Alps. She has worked with renowned conductors including Jochen Rieder, Axel Kober, Marc Piollet and Giordano Bellincampi and stage directors including Franco Zeffirelli, Graham Vick, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Joan Anton Rechi and Renata Scotto. Dimitra has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras including the Athens State Symphony Orchestra, the Athens State Philharmonic Orchestra and the Greek National Radio Orchestra, the Camerata Baroque Orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and the Duisburger Philharmoniker.

Dimitra is a notable actress, having appeared in numerous Ancient Greek theatre plays, and has received frequent praise for her strong stage presence and detailed characterisation. Recent engagements include her debut as Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Theater Bielefeld, the Queen of Shemakha Golden Cockerel and Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor for Landestheater Coburg. She returned to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein for more performances of Die Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte and also appeared as Königin der Nacht for Staatsoper Hannover and Bühnen Bern.

L’AMANTE DI TUTTE: Clarice

Greek National Opera

CARMEN: Frasquita

Landestheater Coburg

DIDO AND AENEAS: Belinda/ 2ndWoman

National Garden Festival

DON CARLOS: Tebaldo

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

L’ELISIR D’ AMORE: Giannetta

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES: Le Rossignol/Le Feu/La Princesse

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL: Konstanze

Theater Bielefeld

LA FINTA SEMPLICE: Ninetta

Greek National Opera

FLUT: Ophelia

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

GOLDEN COCKEREL: Queen of Shemakha

Landestheater Coburg

HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Taumännchen

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

INTO THE WOODS (Sondheim): Little Red Riding Hood

Landestheater Coburg

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Title role

Landestheater Coburg

IL NOCE DI BENEVENTO: Clodina

Rossini in Wildbad

THE MURDERESS: Toula

Megaron Athens

PETER GRIMES: First Niece

Landestheater Coburg

RIGOLETTO: Paggio

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

DER ROSENKAVALIER: Waise

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

DIE SCHNEEKÖNIGIN: Prinzessin

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

SUOR ANGELICA: La Novizie

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

VENUS AND ADONIS: Cupid/Shepherdess

Megaron Athens

DER VETTER AUS DINGSDA (Künneke): Hannchen

Landestheater Coburg

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Papagena

Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Greek National Opera

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Königin der Nacht

Greek National Opera
Landestheater Coburg
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Bühnen Bern
Staatsoper Hannover

DAS RHEINGOLD: Woglinde

Landestheater Coburg

Der Hölle Rache – Die Zauberflöte

Bach: JOHANNESPASSION; Pergolesi: STABAT MATER; Händel: LA RESURREZIONE; Britten: LES ILLUMINATIONS

Hossein Pishkar; Moritz Gnan; Lukas Beikircher; Giordano Bellincampi; Johannes Braun; Patrick Chestnut; Wen-Pin Chien; Vassilis Christopoulos; Markellos Chryssicopoulos; Ville Enckelmann; Roland Fister; Lukas Karytinos; Roland Kluttig; Axel Kober; Michalis Oikonomou; Marc Piollet; Jochen Rieder; Aziz Shokhakimov; Aleksander Sokurov; Christof Stöcker; Zoi Tsokanou; Andrey Yurchevych; Nikos Vassiliou; Charish Shankar.
Suzanne Andrade; Jörg Behr; Alexander Charim; Spyros Evangelatos; David Hermann; Dietrich Hilsdorf; Guy Joosten; Barry Kosky; Esther Mertel; Alexander Müller-Elmau; Joan Anton Rechi; Tobias Ribitzki; Renata Scotto; Otto Schenk; Johannes Schmid; Tibor Torell; Alexander Vedernikov; Graham Vick; Philipp Westerbarkei; Franco Zefirelli.

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