Other repertoire includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s Second, Fourth and Eighth Symphonies, Mendelssohn’s Elias, Dvořák's Stabat Mater, and the Verdi Requiem. Previous engagements included Rusalka ( Rusalka) at the San Francisco Opera, Marschallin ( Der Rosenkavalier ) at Glyndebourne, Semperoper Dresden and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Violetta ( La Traviata) at Op éra national de Bordeaux, Marguerite ( Faust) as part of the Royal Opera House’s tour of Japan, Elsa ( Lohengrin ) at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Opernhaus Zurich, Mimi ( La Bohème ) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Countess ( The Marriage of Figaro ) at the Metropolitan Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper, Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni ) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wiener Staatsoper, Houston Grand Opera and Semperoper Dresden, Hélène ( Les Vêpres Siciliennes ) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Valentine ( Les Huguenots) at the Grand Théâtre Genève, Eva ( Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ) at the San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Rosalinde ( Die Fledermaus ) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Staatskapelle Dresden, Fiordiligi ( Così fan tutte) at the Houston Grand Opera, Leonore ( Fidelio) at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, and Leonora ( Il Trovatore ) at the Teatro Regio di Torino and Gran Teatre del Liceu.Įqually at home on the concert stage, she has performed Strauss’s Four Last Songs multiple times, including notably at Buckingham Palace, and joined Jonas Kaufmann in 20 for a multi-city European tour in support of his latest recording, Wien, on which she is featured. 2 in Santa Cecilia, Rome, and a solo Strauss program in Paris with the Orchestre National de France.Įngagements for the 2022/23 season will include Elisabeth in the original five-act French version of Don Carlos with Lyric Opera of Chicago. On the concert stage, she performs Mahler’s Symphony No.
In the spring, she performs the role of Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes at the Bavarian State Opera, Elsa in Lohengrin at the Frankfurt Opera, and the title role in Rusalka with NDR Hamburg. Returning to the Semperoper Dresden, she then performs Mimì in La Bohème. This season finds her performing three roles at the Vienna State Opera: a role debut as Desdemona in Otello, followed by a return to the role of Marguerite in Faust and a holiday celebration performing Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. A regular guest at the leading opera houses around the world, she opened the 2021/22 season with a concert in San Francisco. American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen is known for her diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart to Wagner.