Oggi è protagonista nei più importanti teatri del mondo con un repertorio che spazia da Puccini a R. Strauss, da Verdi a Wagner.
to parents who were themselves opera singers, she studied at the conservatoire in her native city with Hilde Zadek and later with Otto Edelmann, making her debut at a very young age in
Viennese operettas by Lehár, Johann Strauss and Kálmán. There followed the three Mozart roles of Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira and the Countess in Graz and Stuttgart under Lothar Zagrosek, where she also made her debut as Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, the Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre and Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin under Stefan Soltesz. A great interpreter of the role ofFloria Tosca , she has sung it at “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan with Luisotti, at the Rome Opera in Zeffirelli’s production under Gelmetti, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under Zubin Mehta, at Covent Garden under Antonio Pappano and Daniel Oren, at the Arena di Verona under Armiliato in Hugo De Ana’s production, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in Pizzi’s production under Palumbo, in Paris in Audi’s production under Oren, in another production in Vienna directed by Otto Schenk and conducted by Armiliato and Carignani, and inBerlin, Barcelona, Melbourne, Beijing and Monte Carlo , as well as at the Greek Theatre in Taormina , recorded on DVD with Bruson and Giordani. She has been an outstanding Maddalena in Andrea Chénier in Zurich under Nello Santi, in Vienna under Armiliato, and in Catania and Cagliari in Del Monaco’s production. e al Teatro Greco di Taormina incisa in DVD con Bruson e Giordani. Eccellente Maddalena nell’ Andrea Chénier a Zurich diretta da Nello Santi, a Vienna diretta da Armigliato, a Catania e Cagliari ragia di Del Monaco.
in Graham Vick’s production under Palumbo, in Hamburg and at the Puccini Festival. She has sung Verdi’s Requiem under Gelmetti in Monte Carlo, and Verdi roles including Elisabetta in Don Carlo under Luisi at “Teatro alla Scala”; Lady Macbeth in Vienna and Barcelona; and Abigaille in Nabucco at “Teatro alla Scala” under Nello Santi in Abbado’s production, in Orange under Steinberg in Scarpitta’s production, in Barcelona under Oren in Abbado’s production, and at the Arena di Verona in De Bosio’s production under Frizza. In Wagner roles: Sieglinde in Die Walküre at the Metropolitan Opera in New York under Luisi, at the Wiener Staatsoper under Sir Simon Rattle and in another production under Welser-Möst, in Zurich and Paris under Philippe Jordan, and in
Berlin, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Barcelona and Tokyo ; Elsa in Lohengrin in Paris under Jordan, in Palermo in Hugo De Ana’s production, in Dresden, Stuttgart and Bologna under Daniele Gatti; Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Rome Opera in Carsen’s production and in Amsterdam in Lehnhoff’s production; Isolde in Tristan und Isolde under Jordan in Paris and in Ravello with the orchestra of the “Teatro San Carlo” in Naples. She has been an acclaimed Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera, at the Wiener Staatsoper, inSan Francisco under Runnicles, in Toulouse in Joel’s production, and in Barcelona, Stuttgart, Munich and Amsterdam. She has sung the title role in Schumann’s Genoveva in Palermo, Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades in Vienna under Seiji Ozawa and in Barcelona and Bologna under Jurowski, Marie in Wozzeck in Essen, Smetana’s The Bartered Bride in Zurich and Bologna under Jurowski, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni under Seiji Ozawa in Zeffirelli’s production at the Wiener Staatsoper, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte in Stuttgart under Zagrosek, and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro under Plácido Domingo in Los Angeles. con la direzione di Runnicles, a Toulouse regia di Joel, Barcelona, Stoccarda, Munich ed Amsterdam.
E’ stata protagonista della Genoveva di Robert Schumann a Palermo, Lisa nella Pikovaja Dama di Tchaikovsky a Vienna diretta da Seiji Ozawa a Barcelona e Bologna diretta da Jurowski, Marie in Wozzeck ad Essen, La sposa venduta di Smetana a Zurich e Bologna diretta da Jurovski, Donna Elvira nel Don Giovanni diretta da Seiji Ozawa regia di Zeffirelli alla Wiener Staatsoper, Fiordiligi nel Così Fan Tutte a Stuttgart diretta da Zagrosek e la Contessa ne Le Nozze di Figaro diretta da Placido Domingo a Los Angeles.