Brenda Rae

American soprano Brenda Rae melds high-flying vocal pyrotechnics with keen emotional commitment, creating memorable detailed characters and irresistibly engaging performances. Praised by Opera Magazine as “virtuosic and sensual, capable of both power and nuance,” Brenda continues to triumph on the world’s leading stages in an eclectic portfolio of demanding principal roles. The 2022-2023 season features her return to Bayerische Staatsoper as the title role in Claus Guth’s new production of Semele and her return to Opernhaus Zürich as Maïma in Max Hopp’s new production of Offenbach’s Barkouf.

Brenda brings her “mesmerizing stage presence and crystal-clear voice” (New York Classical Review) to Paris, appearing at Opéra Bastille as Ophélie in Thomas’ Hamlet and as the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. She also returns to the Wiener Staatsoper stage in one of her signature roles, Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, and as Norina in Don Pasquale. She bookends her season with two one-night-only engagements: a tribute to Edita Gruberová at Bratislava’s Slovak National Theatre and a chamber recital in Germany at the Munich Opera Festival.