In the 19/20 season, Theorin makes some anticipated appearances at: Staatsoper Berlin as Brünnhilde in The Ring Cycle under the baton of Daniel Barenboim; Gran Teatre del Liceu in the title role in a new production of Turandot by Fura del Baus which also marks twenty years since the theatre reopened; Royal Swedish Opera as Brünnhilde Die Walküre; Deutsche Oper Berlin as Isolde Tristan und Isolde; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia as Elektra; and as Die Färberin in Katie Mitchell’s new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at Dutch National Opera in her debut with the company. On the concert platform she sings Mahler Symphony No. 8 with both the Oslo Philharmonic and Mikko Franck and with the Wiener Symphoniker and Philippe Jordan. She also returns to Müpa Budapest as Brünnhilde The Ring Cycle with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Adam Fischer.
Last season Theorin made two highly anticipated role debuts: Ortrud in a new production of Lohengrin by David Alden at Opera Vlaanderen and the title role of La Gioconda in her return to Grand Teatre del Liceu. Further appearances included Turandot at Teatro Real Madrid and New National Theatre Tokyo, Brünnhilde Die Walküre in Napoli and Brünnhilde Götterdämmerung in Leipzig. On the concert platform she joined Sir Simon Rattle and Bayerische Rundfunk for concerts of Die Walküre, which will later be released on recording. She also joined Marek Janwoski and the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra as Isolde in a concert performance of ‘Prelude und Liebestod’ Tristan und Isolde as well as appearing in recital at Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Recent engagements include Brünnhilde The Ring Cycle (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Staatsoper Berlin, the Wagner Festival in Budapest, Oper Leipzig, Cologne and New National Theatre Tokyo), Isolde Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Staatsoper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie, Washington National Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Vlaamse Opera, Tokyo, Berlin, Copenhagen, Oper Stuttgart), Elektra (Salzburg Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Paris, Royal Swedish Opera, Semperoper Dresden), her role debut as Dyer’s wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten at Staatsoper Berlin, Turandot (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Royal Opera House Muscat, Festival Castell de Peralada, Essen, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Guangzhou, Dresden, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Metropolitan Opera New York, Bayerische Staatsoper and Arena di Verona) and Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana (The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen and The Mikhailovsky Theatre).
Her DVD recordings include Elektra from Salzburg Festival and Götterdämmerung from the Teatro alla Scala, both released by Arthaus, Tristan und Isolde from Bayreuth on Opus Arté and the award-winning Ring Cycle from Copenhagen on Decca. In March 2015, she was awarded singer of the year in Spain for her interpretation of Brünnhilde in Die Walküre in Barcelona 2014, and she has been knighted the Order of the Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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