American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom has dazzled the world with compelling performances that are “truly world-class”.
Her unique vocal power combined with her expansive range, extensive palette of vocal colours, and unrivalled stagecraft, makes her one of the most sought-after talents of her generation. In roles that range from Turandot to Senta, Elektra and Brünnhilde, Lindstrom’s distinguished career has taken her to the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Teatro alla Scala.
In 2016 Lindstrom performed Brünnhilde in her first-ever full Ring Cycle for Opera Australia for which she was awarded the Green Room Award and Helpmann Award. The critics went wild as “Lindstrom, a tremendous Brunnhilde throughout…ended the Ring in a blaze of glory literally and metaphorically”. A leading interpreter of Wagner’s heroines, Lindstrom has also portrayed Senta in Der fliegende Holländer with San Francisco Opera, Polish National Opera and New Orleans Opera, both Elisabeth and Venus in Tannhäuser with Greek National Opera, and Brünnhilde in Die Walküre…
At the end of November and into December, Lise Lindstrom returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Barak's Wife in Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten.
Highly lauded for her interpretation of the complex and emotionally charged character, she has previously performed this role in Paris, Cologne, and Hamburg. Bachtrack praised her performance, noting: "Lindstrom competed for our…
On August 6, 8, and 10, Lise Lindstrom will reprise one of her signature roles, Puccini's Turandot, at the 2024 Caracalla Festival in Rome.
The Caracalla Festival is an annual summer event in Rome that features a wide range of world-class performances, including opera, ballet, and concerts. Organized by the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the festival is held at the historic Baths of…
This is the first album of Pietari Inkinen as chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. Inkinen, as well as Lise Lindstrom and Stefan Vinke who are already known as highly experienced Wagner performers. Lise Lindstrom’s performance as Brünnhilde in her first-ever full Ring Cycle for Opera Australia in 2016 received the Green Room Award and Helpmann Award. She has also performed excerpts from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung in the same role with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra under Pietari Inkinen.
Critical Acclaim
“Lindstrom brings instant star quality to the role of Brünnhilde. Her voice clear but rich, and with plenty of character, even in the high register. Her vibrato is wide and slow, and ever-present, so there is never any sense of gradually warming long notes—it’s right there from the start.”
Classical CD Reviews
“The singers Stefan Vinke and Lise Lindstrom as Siegfried and Brünnhilde are at the height of the possibilities of today’s Wagnerian singing.”
Klassik Heute