Brenda Rae
Petra
Brenda Rae, acclaimed for her brilliant coloratura and dramatic power, is one of the most prominent sopranos on the international stage. This season she sings the role of Petra in the world premiere of An Enemy of the People at Les Arts and participates in Frank Zappa's 200 Motels in Geneva. In the United States, she returns to bel canto with Il viaggio a Reims at the Philadelphia Opera and La fille du régiment at the Boston Opera. Her recent engagements include Lulu in Frankfurt, Rigoletto in Berlin and Zurich, Semele and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze) in Munich, Lucia di Lammermoor and Hamlet in Paris, La sonnambula in Vienna, Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin conducted by Christian Thielemann, Partenope at the Teatro Real, and her acclaimed Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, with which she has dazzled audiences in Vienna, Salzburg, and Covent Garden.
