Lyric soprano Dares Hutawattana obtained her first bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Mahidol University in Thailand. She furthered her studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where she completed both a second bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in opera and musical theater, under the tutelage of Prof. Mario Diaz, Karoline Gruber, and Kai Röhrig. In 2022, she concluded her postgraduate training with director Rosamund Gilmore.

In 2013, she took on her first role as a mezzo-soprano in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus in Thailand and also appeared as the Second Witch in Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas.

From 2017, she made her debut in Italy, performing the lead roles of Queen Angelica and Fiordiligi in Roberto Scarcella Perino’s opera Furiosus, as part of a guest production by the International Opera Theater of Philadelphia. In the same year, she also performed Sophie’s aria and duet from Rossini’s ‘Il Signor Bruschino with the Mozarteum Salzburg Wind Philharmonic on the stage of the Max Schlereth Hall in Salzburg.

Between 2019 and 2022, she performed various roles at the Mozarteum, including Quiteria in Telemann’s Don Quichotte, Flaminia in Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, Gioconda in Niccolò Jommelli’s La critica, Princess Lan in Tan Dun’s Tea: A Mirror of Soul, Juno in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, as well as the lead role of Lucieta in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s Il campiello. Additionally, she sang notable excerpts from Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) with the Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonic Orchestra.

During her studies, she had the opportunity to collaborate with stage directors, pianists, and conductors such as Karoline Gruber, Rosamund Gilmore, Wolf Widder, Christian Poewe, Kai Röhrig, Chariklia Apostolu, Jean-Pierre Faber, Josef Wallnig, András Schiff, Vyara Shuperliava, and Alessandro Misciasci. She also completed masterclasses with Andrew Watts, Kobie Von Rensburg, and Tobias Hasan. In 2021, she worked intensively with Ilona Tokody in Hungary as part of a masterclass.

In 2024, she made her debut at the Lehár Theater in Bad Ischl in the new operetta Goldaustrud’l by Tanja Glinsner, performing the lead role of the Mayor (Toni Anton Mayer). That same year, she also performed at a classical concert, „Music in the Castle,” held in the Masquerade Hall of Český Krumlov Castle, celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Czech Republic. There, she interpreted arias by Dvořák, Mozart, Lehár, and Puccini.

Currently, she continues to perform across Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Thailand, and is eager to expand her audience and stage presence to new and diverse venues.