Linda Watson News

A new CD, The Hours Begin to Sing, with songs by American composers performed by soprano Lisa Delan, has just been released on the PentaTone Classics label (PTC 5186 459).

In this endearing play, writer John Cariani introduces us to the people of northern Maine, their life experiences, their feelings, and their love stories. As the northern lights hover in the sky, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. The play consists of nine vignettes, all of which take place simultaneously on a snowy mid-winter evening, at a time when the town's denizens are experiencing 'magical moments.' The audience will recognize aspects of their own lives and relationships as the scenes unfold.

Vier Vorstellungen von Richard Strauss' 'Elektra' stehen ab 18. Juni 2012 auf dem Spielplan der Wiener Staatsoper. Ihre Rollendebüts im Haus am Ring geben Linda Watson als Elektra, Anne Schwanewilms als Chrysothemis, Herbert Lippert als Aegisth und Albert Dohmen als Orest. KS Agnes Baltsa ist als Klytämnestra zu erleben. Am Dirigentenpult: Simone Young.

Linda Watson wird die Partie Brünnhilde auch in der 'Götterdämmerung' am 13. November anstelle der erkrankten Katarina Dalayman singen. Attila Jun (Hausdebüt) wird anstelle des erkrankten Eric Halfvarson die Partie des Hunding singen. Eric Halfvarson wird die Rolle auf der Bühne szenisch gestalten.

Linda Watson wird die Partie Brünnhilde auch in der 'Götterdämmerung' am 13. November anstelle der erkrankten Katarina Dalayman singen. Attila Jun (Hausdebüt) wird anstelle des erkrankten Eric Halfvarson die Partie des Hunding singen. Eric Halfvarson wird die Rolle auf der Bühne szenisch gestalten.

Linda Watson wird anstelle der erkrankten Katarina Dalayman die Brünnhilde in der Vorstellung von Siegfried am 9. November 2011 in der Wiener Staatsoper singen.

Linda Watson wird anstelle der erkrankten Katarina Dalayman die Brünnhilde in der Vorstellung von Siegfried am 9. November 2011 in der Wiener Staatsoper singen.

Christine Brewer has withdrawn from her scheduled performances as Brünnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen due to a knee injury that prevents her from performing the staging. To replace her in the role, the Met has engaged Iréne Theorin for the opening Die Walküre on April 6 (her company debut), and Katarina Dalayman for performances of Brünnhilde in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung on April 25, 28, and May 2. Linda Watson, already scheduled to sing the third complete Ring cycle, May 4 - 9, will also sing Siegfried on April 30.

Christine Brewer and Linda Watson will share the role of Br?nnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in all performances at the Met this season. Lisa Gasteen was originally scheduled to sing Br?nnhilde in the second and third cycles (see dates below), but has withdrawn from the performances due to a back injury. Christine Brewer will replace her in the second cycle, and Linda Watson will replace her in the third. Brewer was already scheduled to sing this role in Cycle 1; she will also sing it in the April 6 performance of Die Walk?re, which is not part of a cycle.

Linda Watson will sing the role of Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde on December 20, replacing Katarina Dalayman, who is ill. Ms. Watson first sang Isolde in 1998 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (D?sseldorf), and has since performed the role in Prague, Florence, Bern, Tokyo, Munich, Amsterdam, and Los Angeles. She is also a noted Br?nnhilde in Wagner's cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, which she has performed at the Bayreuth Festival for the last three summers, from 2006 to 2008. Watson made her Met debut as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal in April, 2003.