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Biography

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. 

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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