soprano
American soprano Linda Watson has appeared at many of the major opera houses of the world including Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Teatro Real, Madrid; Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona; La Scala, Milan; Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam; Tokyo; Opéra national de Paris; Wiener Staatsoper and at the Metropolitan Opera, New York with leading conductors including Abbado, Mehta, Levine, Gergiev, Thielemann, Pappano, Gatti, Salonen and Nagano. She began her career as a mezzo-soprano in Aachen and in 1995 joined the Leipzig Opera, where her roles included Venus (Tannhäuser) and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde). She sang her first soprano role, Sieglinde (Walküre), in Essen and subsequently joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she also sang Leonore, Ortrud, Kundry, Feldmarschallin, Ariadne and Elektra. Following the success of her first Brünnhilde (Walküre) in Tokyo, she has reprised the role for Washington National Opera; the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; the Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam; the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Bayreuth Festival and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Other engagements include Leonore and Isolde in Japan with the Bayerische Staatsoper; Isolde for the Wiener Staatsoper; Elektra for the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and in Buenos Aires; Sieglinde (Die Walküre) at Barcelona’s Liceu; Parsifal at Seattle Opera and the complete Ring Cycle for Los Angeles Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper and the Bayreuth Festival. In 2014 she was nominated for the Principal Soloist Grammy Award for her participation in Christian Thielemann’s Ring recording.
American soprano Linda Watson has appeared at many of the major opera houses of the world including Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Teatro Real, Madrid; Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona; La Scala, Milan; Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam; Tokyo; Opéra national de Paris; Wiener Staatsoper and at the Metropolitan Opera, New York with leading conductors including Abbado, Mehta, Levine, Gergiev, Thielemann, Pappano, Gatti, Salonen and Nagano. She began her career as a mezzo-soprano in Aachen and in 1995 joined the Leipzig Opera, where her roles included Venus (Tannhäuser) and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde). She sang her first soprano role, Sieglinde (Walküre), in Essen and subsequently joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she also sang Leonore, Ortrud, Kundry, Feldmarschallin, Ariadne and Elektra. Following the success of her first Brünnhilde (Walküre) in Tokyo, she has reprised the role for Washington National Opera; the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; the Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam; the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Bayreuth Festival and the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Other engagements include Leonore and Isolde in Japan with the Bayerische Staatsoper; Isolde for the Wiener Staatsoper; Elektra for the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and in Buenos Aires; Sieglinde (Die Walküre) at Barcelona’s Liceu; Parsifal at Seattle Opera and the complete Ring Cycle for Los Angeles Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper and the Bayreuth Festival. In 2014 she was nominated for the Principal Soloist Grammy Award for her participation in Christian Thielemann’s Ring recording.