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Biography

Soprano Diana DiMarzio has appeared on theatrical and concert hall stages around the world. Broadway roles include Annie Dummermut in The Visit opposite Chita Rivera and the late Roger Rees. The Visit, the final Broadway musical written by the Kander and Ebb, with a book by Terrance McNally, garnered 5 Tony Award Nominations. She also starred on Broadway as the Beggar Woman opposite Patti LuPone in the critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning revival of Sweeney Todd directed by John Doyle. Her performance was widely recognized. Opera News declared “DiMarzio does impressive instantaneous transitions between vulgar and soulful” and Variety also confirmed that “Diana DiMarzio has striking moments as the Beggar Woman”. Her greatest personal acclaim came from Stephen Sondheim when he thanked her for “singing the role as I originally had intended!”

She reprised the role across the country in the First National Tour, playing such theaters as San Francisco’s ACT and the Ahmanson in LA, again to winning notices. She was seen as the Beggar Woman in the Michigan Opera's production of Sweeney Todd as well as a production with the Virginia Opera and was invited to Munich, Germany to sing the role in the 60th Anniversary Jubilee Concert with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under the baton of Ulf Schirmer.

 

Following her Broadway appearance, composer Adam Guettel cast Diana as Signora Naccarelli in the First National Tour of his Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza, directed by Bartlett Sher and produced by Lincoln Center. She had the opportunity to work with John Doyle again in his newly conceived production of Ten Cents a Dance, making its American premiere at the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival and later at the McCarter Theater. Other Williamstown Theater appearances include Annie in The Visit starring Chita Rivera and Goldie in June Moon directed by Jessica Stone. She also appeared with Barbara Cook, Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth in The Ladies Who Sing Sondheim, a benefit concert saluting Stephen Sondheim. Other stage engagements include the role of Aldonza in the National Tour of Man of La Mancha, with Jack Jones; the Mother in the National Tour of Evita, directed by Michael Grandage; Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods with Annapolis Opera and as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma with the Charlottesville Opera. She was recently seen as Madame Giry in the American Premiere National Touring Production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Love Never Dies directed by Simone Phillips. Orchestral and concert engagements include performances at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, guest soloist with the Aegean Chamber Orchestra at Ephesus in Turkey and soloist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony and Westfield Symphony. She has appeared on the television show The Sopranos and was cast by Sidney Lumet in his film Find Me Guilty starring Vin Diesel. She can be heard on both the German and Broadway recordings of Sweeney Todd as the Beggar Woman and can also be heard on the Broadway cast recording of The Visit. She was awarded a grant by the National Italian American Foundation to produce her concert entitled Cinema Italiano, which she debuted at Symphony Space in New York City. Diana holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance from Carnegie-Mellon University and currently resides in New York City.

 

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