Greek coloratura soprano Dimitra Kotidou has been praised by the press for being a “a magical voice with its own coloring, a brilliant actress!”. Most recently, she made her debut as a brilliant “Violetta Valéry” in Shenzhen (China) on a tour with the Greek National Opera. Despite her young age, she has worked and studied with celebrated artists, such as Montserrat Caballé, Renata Scotto, Linda Watson, Cheryl Studer, Franco Zeffirelli, Bo Skovhus, Dimitri Kavrakos, David Syrus, Sir Graham Vick. Dimitra has craved her own path into the forefront of exciting young sopranos through numerous outstanding role debuts, including Queen of the Night, Konstanze, Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda, Violetta, Norina, Olympia and La Reine de Chemakha.
In the season 2024/25, the young soprano gave her debut as the title role of the Nightingale in the contemporary Opera by the acclaimed Greek composer Lena Platonos “The Emperor’s Nightingale”, a production by the Greek National Opera staged at the National Theatre of Nothern Greece under the auspices of the Dimitria59 Festival. Another important milestone during the past season was her major role debut as Adele in Johan Strauss’ II “Die Fledermaus” at Olympia “Maria Callas” Municipal Theater in Athens where critics and public have lauded her performance as “breathtaking” and “show-stealing”. January of 2025 found her celebrating a remarkable and critically acclaimed house debut at Aalto Theater Essen as Queen of the Night in “Die Zauberflöte”, a beloved and most-performed role of hers, which has already brought her to many major operatic stages of Europe (Staatsoper Hannover, Staatstheater Bern, a.o.). In April 2025, Dimitra was invited to sing at Megaron Athens Concert Hall where she performed the Soprano part in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s “Requiem” in the highly anticipated annual Easter concert with the Athens State Orchestra under the conductor Yorgos Vranos. The 24/25 season marked another very successful house debut for the young soprano, as Dimitra performed in Theater Vorpommern in Stralsund the role of Gilda in G. Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. In May 2025 Dimitra returned as Queen of the Night to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where, since 2018, she is a regular guest singer and has performed – among other noteworthy roles – as Queen of the Night in numerous performances of “Die Zauberflöte” in the world-famous staging of Barrie Kosky by the Komische Oper Berlin. In July and August 2025, Dimitra was a guest Artist in the highly established and prestigious Eutiner Festspiele, where she performed Queen of the Night. Critics wrote “Dimitra Kotidou was an impressive Queen of the Night. She embodied the seductive power of evil with perfect presence. Her coloraturas sparkled with captivating brilliance.” (Cornelia Schoof, Lübecker Nachrichten) & “Dimitra Kotidou shines as a sinister, power-obsessed Queen of the Night. She also masters the soprano’s most feared challenge: the Queen’s legendary aria, delivered with pinpoint accuracy and rewarded with spontaneous mid-scene applause.” (Thomas Richter, Kieler Nachrichten).
During the beginning of the season 2025/26 Dimitra already celebrated another major role debut as Violetta Valéry in G Verdi’s masterpiece “La Traviata”, while on a tour in China with the Greek National Opera. Furthermore, Dimitra is looking forward to July 2026, where she will reprise her much-celebrated role as Violetta in “La Traviata” at Greek National Opera’s main stage. In November 2025 another major role debut is coming up for the celebrated young soprano, since she will be performing as Norina in G. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” at Olympia “Maria Callas” Municipal Theater in Athens. In December 2025, she will rejoin the Athens State Orchestra as a guest soloist, where she will be performing the emblematic “Bachianas Brasileiras” by the famous composer H. Villa-Lobos during their annual New Year’s festive Gala concert.
Dimitra has worked with renowned conductors including Antonino Fogliani, Axel Kober, Marc Piollet, Jochen Rieder, Vitali Alekseenok, Roland Kluttig, Daniel Carter, Giordano Bellincampi, and has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras including the Athens State Symphony Orchestra, the Greek National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Camerata Baroque Orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the Duisburger Philharmoniker, the Bielefelder Philharmoniker, the Berner Symphonieorchester, the Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester and the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester Hannover. She made her solo debut with Greek National Opera aged 19 singing Ninetta (La finta semplice) and Clarice (L’ amante di tutte). From 2016 to 2018 she was a member of the Opera Studio of Deutsche Oper am Rhein where her repertoire ranged from Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Olympia (Les Contes d’ Hoffmann) to Le Feu/La Princesse/Le Rossignol (L’ enfant et les sortilèges) and Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte). From 2018-2023 she was a member of the ensemble in Landestheater Coburg, where she was very often praised by the press for her very moving stage presence and her impressive vocal agility, namely for her portrayal as Lucia di Lammermoor.
In 2021, she successfully completed her studies on “18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart” from Harvard University with Professor Thomas Forrest Kelly. Dimitra studied piano, theory of music, harmony, counterpoint and fugue at the Greek National Conservatoire. She went on to study Opera with Christina Giannakopoulou at the Athenaeum “Maria Callas” Conservatorium and at the Kodàly International Music Institute, from which she graduated with distinction, and was the recipient of the award for most distinguished performance. She has studied International and European Relations at the University of Piraeus. Dimitra was born in Athens, Greece.
(Last updated in: October 2025)