© Lise Davidsen
For several years now, Lise Davidsen has been blossoming in the Wagnerian repertoire. At the Oslo Opera, she sang Senta in the concert version of The Flying Dutchman alongside Gerald Finley and Stanislas de Barbeyrac. The evening will be recorded for the public.
Lise Davidsen has now established herself as one of the rising stars of the opera stage, and every engagement of the Norwegian soprano arouses at least a certain amount of curiosity – after distinguishing herself in the great Strauss roles, she quickly added Wagner to her repertoire, causing a sensation at the Bayreuth Festival, among other places.
Lise Davidsen is now regularly heard as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Sieglinde in Die Walküre – two of her major signature Wagner roles in recent years. Now she is adding the role of Senta in The Flying Dutchman to her repertoire. She will perform it twice in concert at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo on 22 and 24 August. And she'll be well supported by bass-baritone Gerald Finley in the title role of Wagner's opera and Stanislas de Barbeyrac in the role of Erik - both of whom shared the stage in the same roles in Berlin last year.
The Norwegian house's orchestra and chorus will be led by conductor Edward Gardner. He took up his post as music director of the Oslo Opera earlier this month.
A concert recorded by Decca Classics
The cast of this double concert version is attractive, and the audiences make no mistake: both evenings are sold out. And for those who can't make it, the production will be recorded publicly by Decca Classics – Lise Davidsen's label, which has already released several of her albums.
Today, Lise Davidsen regularly delights the critics (most recently in La Force du Destin in New York and for her role debut as Salome in Paris), and the Metropolitan Opera intends to make her its new muse. She will appear in the New York Opera's next Wagner Tetralogy and will open its 2026/27 season with a new production of Macbeth.
free translation of our article first published in French
the 22 of August, 2024 | Print
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