CALENDAR
upcoming engagements
In the 24/25 season, Deniz's musical journey begins with her return to Budapest, this time at the Liszt Academy singing Ravel's Shéhérazade with MÀV Symphony Orchestra, before once again performing as „Fricka“ and „Waltraute“ in a semi-staged Ring-Cycle at the Dallas Symphony. Highlights of the season include her debut with the Sinfonica di Milano in Verdi's Messa da Requiem and her role and house debuts as „Polina“ in The Queen of Spades at the Teatro Regio Torino and as „Mère Marie de L’Incarnation“ in Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Teatro La Fenice. Her season concludes at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, where she sings as Maddalena“ in Rigoletto and „Flora“ in La Traviata in concert version.
In the 24/25 season, Deniz's musical journey begins with her return to Budapest, this time at the Liszt Academy singing Ravel's Shéhérazade with MÀV Symphony Orchestra, before once again performing as „Fricka“ and „Waltraute“ in a semi-staged Ring-Cycle at the Dallas Symphony. Highlights of the season include her debut with the Sinfonica di Milano in Verdi's Messa da Requiem and her role and house debuts as „Polina“ in The Queen of Spades at the Teatro Regio Torino and as „Mère Marie de L’Incarnation“ in Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Teatro La Fenice. Her season concludes at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, where she sings as Maddalena“ in Rigoletto and „Flora“ in La Traviata in concert version.
THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG
Fricka & Waltraute
Dallas Symphony
Dallas, Texas
Deniz returns once again in a semi-staged concert performance of the Ring Cycle with the Dallas Symphony, singing the roles of Fricka and Waltraute in Rheingold, Walküre, and Götterdämmerung under the musical direction of Fabio Luisi.
October 8, 13, 15, 20, 2024
MESSA DA REQUIEM
Soloist
Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo
Milan, Italy
Deniz performs Verdi's Messa da Requiem with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano in three consecutive concerts conducted by Michele Gamba, alongside Maria Teresa Leva, Giovanni Sala, and Adolfo Corrado.
October 31, November 1 & 3, 2024
MITTENDRIN
Sarastra
Konzerthaus Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Deniz steps in for Gerhild Romberger as Sarastra, where conductor Iván Fischer selects scenes and arias from Mozart's The Magic Flute and switches the gender roles, offering the audience a fresh perspective for both the ears and eyes, accompanied by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Vocalconsort Berlin.
November 7,8,10, 2024
FRANK MARTIN REQUIEM
Soloist
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre
Geneva, Switzerland
Deniz will once again step in for Gerhild Romberger to sing the alto solo in Frank Martin's Requiem on the occasion of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Frank Martin's death with the Orchestre Frank Martin and the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne conducted by Thierry Fischer.
November 21, 2024
8:00 p.m.
RHEINGOLD
Fricka
Ópera Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo
Deniz Uzun jumps in for mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abramanyan as Fricka in the new production of Rheingold, directed by Davide Livermore and conducted by Gianluca Capuano, featuring the period instrument orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince at Opéra Monte-Carlo.
February 19, 21, 23, 25, 2025
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Polina
Teatro Regio
Turin, Italy
Deniz makes her role and house debut as Polina in The Queen of Spades at the Teatro Regio Torino under the musical direction of Valentin Uryupin and the direction of Richard Jones, in a co-production with Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Den Norske Opera (Oslo), and Canadian Opera Company (Toronto).
April 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 2025
DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES
Mère Marie de L’Incarnation
Teatro La Fenice
Venice, Italy
Deniz makes her debut as Mère Marie de L’Incarnation in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Teatro La Fenice. The new production and coproduction with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is directed by Emma Dante and conducted by Frédéric Chaslin.
June 20, 22, 24, 28, 2025
July 1, 2025
LA TRAVIATA
Flora
Tyrolean Festival Erl
Erl, Austria
Deniz also performs as Flora in La Traviata again in a concert performance conducted by Asher Fisch at the Tyrolean Festival Erl.
July 12, 27, 2025
FARNACE
Tamiri
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Paris, France
Deniz makes her role and house debut as Tamiri in Vivaldi’s rarely performed opera Farnace at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Ensemble Gemelli, conducted by Emiliano Gonzalez Torro, who also sings the title role. The concert tour will be staged by Mathilde Étienne, and the cast includes Key'mon W. Murrah, Adéle Charvet, Juan Sancho, and Alvaro Zambrano.
October 8, 2025
7.30 p.m.
MESSA DA REQUIEM
Soloist
Severance Music Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Deniz sings the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem as part of a concert tour with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Severance Music Center in Cleveland, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, alongside Asmik Grigorian, Joshua Guerrero, and Tareq Nazmi.
January 15, 17, 18, 2026
MESSA DA REQUIEM
Soloist
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Deniz sings the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem as part of a concert tour with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, alongside Asmik Grigorian, Joshua Guerrero, and Tareq Nazmi.