Diana Eustrati

Greek Contralto Opera Singer

Greek mezzo-soprano born in 22 October 1916, Andros (Greece). She studied singing at the Royal College of Music in Athens and, in 1940, made her operatic debut in that city, at the Royal Opera House, remaining there until 1948, after what she sang at the Berlin Comic Opera for many years and, between 1950 and 1959, was a member of the Berlin State Opera. Her operatic roles included Carmen, Eboli in Don Carlo, Leonora in La Favorita, Dalila in Samson and Dalila, Azucena in Il Trovatore, Meg Page in Falstaff, Fricka in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Octavian in Rosenkavalier and also appeared in the première of Paul Dessau's opera The Trial of Lukullus at the Berlin State Opera in 1951. Important conductors with whom she worked included Abendroth, Lehmann and Fricsay. Diana Eustrati's recordings appear on the Ariola, Eterna, Royale, Supraphon, His Master's Voice, Les Discophiles Français and Deutsche Grammophon labels.