Christine Goerke

Soprano Christine Goerke is the recipient of the Richard Tucker Award, the Musical America Vocalist of the Year Award, and the Opera News Award. Highlights of the 25/26 season include returns to Bayerische Staatsoper in Elektra (Title Role) and Los Angeles Philharmonic for a fully staged production of Die Walküre (Brünnhilde) conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. 

She has appeared at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bayerische Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, , the Glimmerglass Festival, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Scala, Teatro Real, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and the Saito Kinen Festival.

Ms. Goerke began her career singing the works of Mozart and Handel, and has since earned international acclaim for her portrayals of the powerful dramatic heroines of Strauss and Wagner. Notable performances include the title roles in Elektra, Turandot, and Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Ring des Nibelungen (Brünnhilde); Parsifal (Kundry); Lohengrin (Ortrud); Fidelio (Leonora); Don Carlos (Eboli); Die Frau ohne Schatten (Die Färberin); Wozzeck (Marie); Les Troyens (Cassandre); Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford); Falstaff (Alice); and Dialogues des Carmélites (Madame Lidoine).