Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner
Biography Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner
Lise Davidsen
studied at the Grieg Academy in Bergen and the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. In 2015, she won several prizes at the Operalia Competition in London, the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Amsterdam and the Queen Sonja International Competition in Oslo. Since then, she has appeared at venues including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, the Vienna State Opera, the Zurich Opera House, as well as at the festivals in Bayreuth, Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne, and at the BBC Proms. Her repertoire includes roles such as Leonore (Fidelio), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes), Lisa (The Queen of Spades) and the title roles in Jenůfa and Ariadne auf Naxos. Recent role debuts have included the title role in Tosca at the Bergen National Opera, the Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera and Salome at the Opéra national de Paris. She made her debut at the Bavarian State Opera in 2015 as Ortlinde (Die Walküre). In the 2023/24 season, she will sing Giorgetta in *Il tabarro*; as part of the 2024 Opera Festival, she will sing Lisa in The Queen of Spades; and in the 2024/25 season, she will sing the title role in Tosca.
