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 Tony Award winner, 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 last fall in the Michigan Opera’s production of Sweeney Todd as well as a production with the Virginia Opera and was invited to Munich, Germany for 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 Tony Award winner, 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 premier at the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival and later at the McCarter Theater.
Recent stage engagements include the role of Aldonza in the national touring production of Man of La Mancha, with Jack Jones; the mother in the National Tour of Evita, directed by Michael Grandage; as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma with the Charlottesville Opera and was recently seen as Madame Giry in the American Premiere National touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 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 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. www.dianadimarzio.com @dimarziodiana