Linda Watson
Soprano

Music students were fortunate to have Linda Watson, American soprano and one of the most important Wagnerian artists to emerge in recent seasons, come to Chapman to work with chosen singers.

Ms. Watson also discussed the ins and outs of starting a career and the life of an opera singer.  She was in Los Angeles performing the role of Isolde in LA Opera’s production of Tristan und Isolde.  She made her Metropolitan Opera debut  as Kundry opposite Placido Domingo. Other roles include Leonore, the Marchallin and Ariadne.  

She is engaged throughout the world, and has collaborated with such conductors as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, Kent Nagano and Antonio Pappano.  At the 2005 Bayreuth Festival, she performed Ortrud in Lohengrin, returning as Brunhilde in the new Ring in 2006 and 2007 under Christian Thielemann. 

Future plans include other visits to Chapman when she sings the role of Brunhilde in LA Opera’s production of the Ring Cycle in 2008 and 2009.
Mon Feb 4.