Dorottya Lang

Dorottya Lang

In February and March 2026, Hungarian mezzo-soprano Dorottya Láng made her house debut at the Zurich Opera House, appeared in Paul Hindemith’s opera Cardilac. She also took part in a festive concert at the Zurich Opera House, performing Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder in celebration of Ralf Weikert’s 85th birthday. Also in March 2026, she returned to one of her signature roles, Judit in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen, followed by a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at MÜPA Budapest. In May 2026, she appeared as soloist in Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.

The 2024/2025 season marked a major milestone in Dorottya Láng’s career, highlighted by her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim in the alto solo of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.
In January 2025, she appeared for the first time with Nederlandse Reisopera as the Composer in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, followed in June by her debut as Venus in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at MÜPA Budapest, conducted by Ádám Fischer.
The 2023/2024 season brought critical acclaim for her interpretation of Judit in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, marking her house debut at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. She also appeared as Waltraute in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung at MÜPA Budapest, again under the baton of Ádám Fischer.
Further recent highlights include performances of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder in Stockholm (cond. Leopold Hager), Bluebeard’s Castle at the Berlin Philharmonie (cond. Ádám Fischer), Wagner’s Rienzi at MÜPA Budapest (cond. Marc Albrecht), and Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kirill Petrenko.

Dorottya Láng has collaborated with leading orchestras including the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, RSO Vienna, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Hamburg State Philharmonic, working with conductors such as Thomas Dausgaard, Leopold Hager, Kent Nagano, Theodor Currentzis, Ingo Metzmacher, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and Markus Stenz. She has also worked with renowned stage directors including Romeo Castellucci, Willy Decker, Stefan Herheim, Hans Schüler, among others. An acclaimed recitalist, Dorottya Láng has appeared at Wigmore Hall, Schubertiade, Vienna Konzerthaus, Oxford Lieder Festival, and many other international festivals.

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