Dorothea Röschmann was born in 1967 and trained at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Akademie für Alte Musik Bremen under Barbara Schlick, with further study under Vera Rózsa in London. She was a member of the Berlin State Opera ensemble from 1994 to 2000 and gained wide international recognition after her 1995 Salzburg Festival debut, going on to appear regularly at the Paris Opera, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera.

Röschmann is celebrated above all as a Mozartian, known for roles including Susanna, Pamina and Zerlina, as well as for an active Lieder and concert career since 1986. She won a 2002 Grammy for Best Choral Performance (Bach’s St Matthew Passion), a 2003 Echo Klassik for Lied recording, and a 2017 Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album with Mitsuko Uchida; she was named Berliner Kammersängerin in 2016.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_R%C3%B6schmann