Ruxandra Donose

Current engagements include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Verdi’s Requiem with Cluj Philharmonic as well as a return to San Francisco Opera as the Waitress in Kaija Saariaho’s hugely acclaimed opera Innocence; Brangäne Tristan und Isolde at the Tokyo Spring Festival;  Mahler Symphony No.2 conducted by Georg Fritzsch; and her first Amneris Aida at Romanian National Opera.

Among Donose’s recent successes are her debut at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as Calpurnia in the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Julius Ceasar, under the baton of Daniele Gatti and Laura La Gioconda alongside Joseph Calleja at the Grange Park Festival. On the concert platform, highlights include Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with the Dresden Philharmonic for under the baton of Vasily Petrenko; Wagner Wesendonck Lieder the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilyich Rivas and Concepción L’heure espagnole with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens.

Further recent engagements Alcina Orlando Furioso at Teatro Real de Madrid; Elektra in Marco Arturo Marelli’s production of Orest with Wiener Staatsoper; her debut as Fricka in Dieter Dorn’s production of the Ring Cycle at Grand Théâtre de Genève; Sieglinde Die Walküre with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bluebeard’s Castle with the Bamberg Symphony conducted by Adam Fischer; the title role of Norma at Opéra de Rouen and Adalgisa in a new production in Geneva; Jocasta in Enescu’s Oedipe at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest and the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski; Eboli Don Carlo at Grange Park; Eduige Rodelinda at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Further highlights include Arsace Semiramide in Lyon and Paris; Komponist Ariadne auf Naxos and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at the Royal Ballet & Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Carmen in the UK premiere of Calixto Bieito’s production at ENO and in Cincinnati; the title role of La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein in Geneva; Idamante Idomeneo at the Ravinia Festival with James Conlon and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Octavian Der Rosenkavalier at Bayerische Staatsoper, Bolshoi and Cincinnati Opera; Dorabella Così fan Tutte for LA Opera and Spoleto; Tamiri in a new production of Vivaldi´s Il Farnace in Paris, Strasbourg and Mulhouse; and Marguerite La Damnation de Faust in Seattle.

Donose has appeared with many leading orchestras worldwide, and remains in high demand as on the concert platform. Recent concert engagements include a New Year’s Eve Concert with Westdeutscher Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Cristian Măcelaru; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Philharmonia Orchestra and at the Tanglewood Festival; Sieglinde in a semi-staged concerts of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Festival Hall; La mort de Cléopâtre with the Philharmonia Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Das Lied von der Erde at the Enescu Festival; Mozart Requiem with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Verdi Requiem with the Czech Philharmonic and Fabio Luisi; Les nuits d’été on European tour with Liège Philharmonie; Rossini Stabat Mater at Royal Festival Hall with London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin; L’heure espagnole with London Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons at the Barbican; and a Rosenblatt recital at the Wigmore Hall. A highly revered interpreter of Marguerite La Damnation de Faust, the role has featured prominently in her concert career, including performances with the Berlin Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, Orchestre National du Capitôle in both Toulouse and Valencia; Orchestre de Paris; Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, and as the vehicle for her Verbier Festival debut.

Highly acclaimed roles include Charlotte Werther (Royal Ballet & Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Cenerentola (Glyndebourne Festival, Liege, Deutsche Oper Berlin), Sesto Giulio Cesare (Royal Ballet & Opera, Glyndebourne, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera), Nicklausse Tales of Hoffman (Royal Ballet & Opera, The Met, San Francisco Opera, Opera de Paris), Komponist Ariadne aux Naxos (Royal Ballet & Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Philadelphia), Concepcion L’heure espagnole (Royal Ballet & Opera), Octavian Der Rosenkavalier (Bayerische Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper Berlin). In 2008 she premiered the The Fly at Los Angeles Opera.

Her most recent recordings include Arminio for Decca, Tamerlano for Naïve and Caldara’s rediscovered opera La concordia dei Pianeti for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as her first solo album Romance. Further discography includes Schubert’s Ständchen (Philips), Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with Giuseppe Sinopoli (Deutsche Grammophon), Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Michael Halasz (Naxos), Bach’s Mass in B minor with Sergiu Celibidache, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Béla Drahos (Naxos), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Bertrand de Billy (Arte Nova), La Cenerentola (DVD, Opus Arte), Oedipe (Naxos), Songs by Nicolae Bretan (Nimbus) and Vivaldi´s Il Farnace (EMI/Virgin).