TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

Luana DeVol's transition into the Hoch-Dramatisch Fach occured in the Fall of 1996 with her debut as Isolde in Wagner's 

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE 

in a new production directed by renowned singer and opera director Brigitte Fassbaender and conducted by 

Philippe Augin.

In June 1997 she was chosen by director Willy Decker for his new production in Leipzig (Photo lef) with Jiri Kout conducting.

For her portrayal of Isolde in Leipzig, as well as that of Elektra in Basel, she was named 

SINGER OF THE YEAR 1997  

in the European opera magazine, OPERN WELT.

Subsequently she has appeared as Isolde in the theaters of Stuttgart under Gabriel Ferro, Dresden with Christoph Prick, Munich (Photo left by kind permisson of Anne Kirchbach) and the Salzburg Festspiel with Lorin Maazel (Photo below), Antwerp and Ghent under Silvio Varviso, and in Berlin with Christian Thielemann.

2004 she sang Isolde in Mannheim conducted by Adam Fischer.

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