CALENDAR
upcoming engagements
Deniz's 25/26 season is filled with exciting projects, role debuts, and performances in new venues such as Teatro Verdi Trieste, Teatro Real Madrid, Théâtre Champs-Élysées Paris, Victoria Hall Genève, Carnegie Hall NYC, Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa Warszawa, Festival Valle D'Itria, and many more. Role debuts, including „Tamiri“ in Vivaldi's Farnace with Ensemble Gemelli, „Erda“ in Siegfried, and „Erste Norn“ in Götterdämmerung with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, as well as „Mrs. Quickly“ in Falstaff, enrich her already colorful repertoire. Deniz is also looking forward to reviving the role of „Maddalena“ in Rigoletto at Opéra Marseille and Carmen (tba) towards the end of the season. In the concert field, her already established repertoire, such as Verdi's Messa da Requiem, Shéhérazade (Ravel), Les Nuits d'été, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony, takes her to most beautiful concert halls in the world with top orchestras such as Cleveland Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Borushan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Filarmonica de Stat Dinu Lipatti and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
BEETHOVEN 9
Soloist
Teatro Verdi Trieste
Teatro Verdi Pordenone
Italy
Deniz is singing at Teatro Verdi Trieste and Teatro Verdi Pordenone with the Orchestra and Choir of the Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste and the Maribor National Theatre Beethoven's 9th Symphony, under the baton of Pinchas Steinberg, alongside Ana Maria Labin, Antonino Siragusa, and Gezim Myshketa.
September 21, 2025 | Teatro Verdi Pordenone
September 22, 2025 | Teatro Verdi Trieste
FARNACE
Tamiri
Teatro Real Madrid
Spain
Deniz sings the role of Tamiri for the first time in Vivaldi's Farnace with the Ensemble Gemelli in a semi-staged version touring through Madrid, Paris and Geneva. The musical director and performer of the title role is Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, and the staging is led by Mathilde Étienne. The cast includes Key’mon W. Murrah, Adèle Charvet, Juan Sancho, Séraphine Cotrez, and Alvaro Zambrano.
September 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.
FARNACE
Tamiri
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Deniz sings the role of Tamiri for the first time in Vivaldi's Farnace with the Ensemble Gemelli in a semi-staged version touring through Madrid, Paris and Geneva. The musical director and performer of the title role is Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, and the staging is led by Mathilde Étienne. The cast includes Key’mon W. Murrah, Adèle Charvet, Juan Sancho, Séraphine Cotrez, and Alvaro Zambrano.
October 12, 2025
LES NUiTS D'ÉTÉ
Soloist
Atatürk Kültür Merkezi
Istanbul, Turkey
Deniz sings for the first time in her homeland the song cycle Les Nuits d'été by Berlioz, which is already part of her repertoire, with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sascha Goetzel.
November 28, 2025
SHÉHÉRAZADE
Soloist
Dinu Lipatti Filarmonica
Satu Mare, Romania
Deniz sings for the second time in Satu Mare, Romania (the first time was with the Doremi Mannheim children's choir in 2000). This time, she will perform Ravel's Shéhérazade again with the Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Róbert Farkas.
December 4, 2025
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.
January 20, 2026
MESSA DA REQUiEM
Soloist
Knight Concert Hall Miami
USA
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.
January 23, 24, 2026
MESSA DA REQUiEM
Soloist
Artis-Naples
USA
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.
January 25, 2026
SiEGFRiED
Erda
Stadthalle Wuppertal
Germany
Deniz will make another role debut as Erda in Wagner's Siegfried in a semi-staged concert performance with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Patrick Hahn and the stage direction of Fabio Rickenmann. The performers include Corby Welch, Cornel Frey, Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Stéphanie Müther, Joachim Goltz, Kurt Rydl, and the boy soprano from the Dortmund Choir Academy.
February 22, 2026
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
First Norn
Stadthalle Wuppertal
Germany
Deniz will make her debut as the First Norn in Wagner's Götterdämmerung with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, musically conducted by Patrick Hahn in a semi-staged concert performance, directed by Fabio Rickenmann. The cast includes Catherine Foster, Benjamin Bruns, Joachim Goltz, Sofia Fomina, Ain Anger, Karen Cargill, Edith Grossman, Juliana Zara, and Marta Herman.
March 22, 2026
BEETHOVEN 9
Soloist
Asim Kocabayik Anatolian Auditorium
Istanbul, Turkey
Deniz will sing the mezzo-soprano solo in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra Istanbul, conducted by Carlo Tenan. The performers include Enkeleda Kamani, İlker Arcayürek, Li Huanhong, and the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir.
May 14, 2026
FALSTAFF
Mrs. Quickly
Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa
Warsaw, Poland
Deniz makes her Polish debut at Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa in Warsaw as Mrs. Quickly (role debut) in Verdi’s Falstaff, staged by Marek Weiss and musically directed by Patrick Fournillier. The cast includes Sergio Vitale, Stanislav Kuflyuk, Monika Radecka, Alexandra Olczyk, Konu Kim, Elżbieta Wróblewska, Wojciech Parchem, Mateusz Zajdel and Wojtek Gierlach.
April 17-26, 2026
RiGOLETTO
Maddalena
Opéra Marseille
France
Deniz will make her debut at the Opéra Marseille, singing the role of Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, conducted by Paolo Arrivabeni and directed by Charles Roubaud. The cast includes Ruth Iniesta, Marie Lenormand, Laurence Janot, Sebastian Catania, John Osborn, Patrick Bolleire, Maurel Endong, Gilen Goicoechea, Alfred Bironien, and Jean-Marie Delpas.