The Hungarian Mezzo-soprano DOROTTYA LÁNG has earned international acclaim for her “ravishing” and “impeccable” talent. Born in Budapest, Ms Láng studied at the Vienna’s University of Music and the Performing Arts with Claudia Visca. Her awards and honours include Prize Winner of the 2012 Emmerich Smola Competition, Third Prize at the 2011 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation Song Competition and Prize Winner at the 2013 Mozart Academie competition in Aix-en-Provence.
Dorottya Láng has performed at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Mannheim Nationaltheater, Malmö Opera House, Volksoper Vienna and Düsseldorf Tonhalle. Her repertoire include the roles of Judit in Bartok’s Bluebeard`s Castle, Minerva in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, 3rd Flowermaiden in Parsifal, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci, Minerva in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Roßweiße in Die Walküre, Flora in La Traviata, Hannah A. in the world premiere of Peter Ruzicka’s Benjamin, Angelina in La Cenerentola, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2nd maid in Daphne, Vavara in Káťa Kabanová, Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Marguerite in La Damnation de Faust, Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, Flora in La Traviata, Smeraldine in The Love for Three Oranges, Mercédès in Carmen, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, among others.
A frequent performer on the recital and concert stage, Ms Láng has performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall, Stichting Omroep Muziek in Utrecht, Elbphilharmonie, Hugo Wolf Academy, Ruhrtriennale and Schubertiade. She is a regular guest at the Oxford Lieder Festival with Julius Drake.
In the season 2021/2022 she will also sing the role of Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel with the Netherland Reisopera and will be performing the role of Adriano from the early Wagner opera Rienzi in the Palace of Arts in Budapest under the baton of Marc Albrecht.
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