This season, Radvanovsky returns to the Metropolitan Opera as the title role in Tosca, reprising it later in the season for both Deutsche Oper Berlin and Teatro di San Carlo. Other highlights include her role debut as Odabella Attila in concert at Teatro di San Carlo and at Teatro Real de Madrid. She also sings the title role in Turandot for the Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden, and Maddalena di Coigny Andrea Chénier for Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Beyond the opera stage, Sondra Radvanovsky undertakes an extensive European concert tour alongside Piotr Beczała and Keri-Lynn Wilson, with appearances at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro de la Maestranza and Teatro Real de Madrid. Radvanovsky and Beczała further perform in concert with the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Additionally, Sondra Radvanovsky appears in recital with Piotr Beczała and Sarah Tysman at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. Elsewhere, she performs her ‘Puccini Heroines’ programme in concert at the Lyric Opera of Chicago conducted by Enrique Mazzola.
Last season’s operatic highlights include the title roles in Cherubini Medea for Canadian Opera Company, Turandot for Teatro di San Carlo, and Aida for Deutsche Oper Berlin. Further engagements included Liza Pique Dame for Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as Leonora La Forza del Destino and Maddalena in Sir David McVicar’s staging of Andrea Chénier conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano for the Royal Ballet & Opera.
Since making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1996, Sondra Radvanovsky has appeared on its stage regularly, with roles including Amelia Un Ballo in Maschera, Leonora Il Trovatore, Elvira Ernani, Elisabeth Don Carlo, Roxane Cyrano de Bergerac, Elisabetta Roberto Devereaux, as well as title roles in Tosca, Aida, Luisa Miller, Norma, Anna Bolena, and Maria Stuarda. Many of her performances have been featured in the “Met: Live in HD” series, such as Norma, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Roberto Devereux and Medea. She has also appeared as the host for the “Live in HD” transmissions of La Fanciulla del West, Otello, and Francesca da Rimini.
In addition to this, Radvanovsky has collaborated with various record labels. Her debut recording, Verdi Arias, was released in April 2010 on the Delos label. The album quickly became a critical hit and made several season-best lists, including those of NPR and The New Yorker. In 2011 Delos released a CD of Verdi opera scenes with Radvanovsky and her frequent artistic partner Dmitri Hvorostovsky, recorded with the Philharmonia of Russia and Constantine Orbelian. The recent highlights of her discography include the release of Warner Classics’ new recording of Turandot with Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role and tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Turandot’s suitor, Calaf, accompanied by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano. Several of Radvanovsky’s performances have been released on DVD, including as Roxane alongside Placido Domingo in Cyrano de Bergerac released by Naxos, and her ‘The Three Queens’ programme released by Pentatone.
Furthermore, Radvanovsky is a co-creator and co-host of the podcast “Screaming Divas”, where she and her friend soprano Keri Alkema talk about their lives and operatic careers with friends and colleagues. The duo has recently launched the fourth season of this podcast.
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