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 the current season, Ms. Lindstrom continues her exploration of Wagner’s music, taking on the role of Brünnhilde with The Dallas Symphony Orchestra in an opera-in-concert version of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, under the direction of Fabio Luisi. Following this, she returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Strauss’ Die Frau Ohne Schatten as the Dyer’s Wife, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She will also reprise her acclaimed portrayal of Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried at Atlanta Opera.
Ms. Lindstrom’s last season was marked by a series of remarkable performances across Europe and Australia. She starred as Die Färberin in a brand new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at Oper Köln. In a career-defining moment, she performed as Brünnhilde in a stunning new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Opera Australia, featuring direction and production design by the visionary Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng. Ms. Lindstrom sang one of her signature roles in a concert presentation of Salome at the Palau de la Música de València, later reprising the role in her company debut at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. She also returned to Semperoper Dresden as the title role in Strauss’ Elektra. She concluded her season by reprising one of her signature roles, Puccini’s Turandot, at the 2024 Caracalla Festival in Rome. This performance once again highlighted her unparalleled command of this iconic role, which she has performed to great acclaim in major opera houses around the world.
During the 2022/23 season and beyond, Lindstrom performs Brünnhilde in staged performances of the complete Ring Cycle with the Semperoper Dresden (Christian Thielemann) and Opera Australia, and in concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Fabio Luisi), sings the title role Elektra for the Royal Danish Opera, and returns to the houses of Cologne and Dresden as Die Färberin Die Frau ohne Schatten. Last season, Lindstrom sang the title roles of Elektra (Dresden) Turandot (Opera Australia) and Salome (Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España), further appearing with Oper Leipzig as Brünnhilde Götterdämmerung, Royal Danish Opera as Brünnhilde Die Walküre and Frankfurt Opera as Die Färberin.
“There is a ringing, exalted aspect to her performance, and her voice is winningly warm and penetrating”
Recent highlights include: the title roles Turandot (Gran Teatre del Liceu) and Salomé (Wiener Staatsoper); Barber Andromache’s Farewell with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Die Färberin in concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Yannick Nézet-Séguin); Brünnhilde in the full Ring Cycle and Die Färberin for the Hamburg State Opera (Kent Nagano); title role Salome for Opera Australia; Brünnhilde Götterdämmerung on stage in full production and gala performances for the Leipzig Opera; Die Walküre for Teatro San Carlo Naples; Marie Wozzeck at the Theater an der Wien; Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Seoul Arts Center, San Diego Opera and Palau de les Arts Valencia. In addition, she was heard alongside the Vienna Philharmonic as Turandot in Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation in cinemas worldwide.
In concert, she recently sang Strauss Vier letzte Lieder with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Mahler Symphony No. 2 with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, joined the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra under Pietari Inkinen as Brünnhilde in excerpts from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, Turandot with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung, Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding, the final scene of Salome with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas; Strauss Vier letzte Lieder in San Francisco; a concert of Wagner at the Glimmerglass Festival; Verdi Requiem at the Washington National Cathedral; Salome with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Detroit Symphony, and Turandot with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
Born and raised in California, Lise Lindstrom was introduced to music by her mother, a singer and music teacher. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at San Francisco State University and Master of Music degree at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2016 Lindstrom performed Brünnhilde in her first Ring Cycle for Opera Australia for which she was awarded the Green Room Award and Helpmann Award.
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