Biography
Soprano Lea-ann Dunbar begins the 2023/24 season as the Feldmarschallin in Richard Strauss’ "Der Rosenkavalier”at Staatstheater Cottbus. In early 2024 she then returns to the Semperoper Dresden, where she can be heard as Falke in a new production of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" under the baton of Christian Thielemann. She made her Dresden debut in 2023 in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen as Woglinde, the role with which she also made her Wagner debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 2022. At a young age Lea-ann developed a fascination for singing. Having grown up in a family of musicians, she studied voice at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA and then at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, Germany, before beginning her professional career as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. As an ensemble member at the
Performance credits
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Past performances 2001 — Yesterday
Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Strauss
Semperoper DresdenFalke (The voice of a falcon)
View cast and crewDer Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Strauss
Staatstheater CottbusDie Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg (The Marschallin)
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Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods), Wagner, Richard
Semperoper DresdenWoglinde
View cast and crewGötterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods), Wagner, Richard
Bayreuther FestspieleWoglinde
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Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Strauss
Semperoper DresdenFalke (The voice of a falcon)
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Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Strauss
Staatstheater CottbusDie Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg (The Marschallin)
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Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods), Wagner, Richard
Semperoper DresdenWoglinde
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Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods), Wagner, Richard
Bayreuther FestspieleWoglinde
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3Der Ring des Nibelungen – Das Rheingold, Wagner, Richard
Deutsche Oper BerlinWoglinde
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Rosenkavalier Marschallin "Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding"
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Biography
Soprano Lea-ann Dunbar begins the 2023/24 season as the Feldmarschallin in Richard Strauss’ "Der Rosenkavalier”at Staatstheater Cottbus. In early 2024 she then returns to the Semperoper Dresden, where she can be heard as Falke in a new production of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" under the baton of Christian Thielemann. She made her Dresden debut in 2023 in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen as Woglinde, the role with which she also made her Wagner debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele in 2022. At a young age Lea-ann developed a fascination for singing. Having grown up in a family of musicians, she studied voice at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA and then at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, Germany, before beginning her professional career as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. As an ensemble member at the
