Biography

American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen is a regular guest at opera houses worldwide. Past engagements include the title role in Rusalka (San Francisco Opera, NDR Hamburg), Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne Festival, Semperoper Dresden, ROH, Santa Fe Opera), Violetta in La traviata (Opéra national de Bordeaux, ROH, LA Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper), Elsa in Lohengrin (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Festspiel Baden-Baden), Desdemona in Otello (Vienna State Opera, Munich, LA Opera), Mimì in La bohème (Munich, Dresden), Countess in Le nozze di Figaro (Metropolitan Opera, Vienna, Munich), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (ROH, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna, Houston Grand Opera, Dresden, Santa Fe Opera) and Leonora in Il trovatore (Teatro Regio di Torino, Liceu, ROH). She has a multi-record deal with Sony Classical and released her debut album in April 2022. Engagements for 2026/27 include her deubt as Fausta in Roma and Kaddish (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées), Mimi (Vienna State Opera), Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Bayerische Staatsoper), the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos (Canadian Opera Company), Marschallin (Metropolitan Opera) and her debut as Tosca (San Francisco Opera).

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