The Royal Opera Announces Cast Change For IL TROVATORE, Tuesday 13 June 2023 

Sadly, Marina Rebeka has withdrawn from performing the role of Leonora in tomorrow evening's performance of Il trovatore after testing positive for COVID-19. Rachel Willis-Sørensen will perform the role ahead of her scheduled run of performances in Il trovatore from 21 June – 2 July.

 

American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen is a regular guest at opera houses worldwide. Past engagements at Covent Garden include Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Marguerite in Faust as part of the Royal Opera House's tour of Japan. 

 

Other engagements include Rusalka (San Francisco Opera, NDR Hamburg), Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne, Semperoper Dresden), Violetta in La traviata (Opéra national de Bordeaux, Bayerische Staatsoper), Elsa in Lohengrin (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera, Oper Frankfurt), Desdemona in Otello (Vienna State Opera, Munich), Mimi in La bohème (Munich, Dresden), Countess in Le nozze di Figaro (Metropolitan Opera, Vienna, Munich), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna, Houston Grand Opera, Dresden) and Leonora in Il trovatore (Teatro Regio di Torino, Liceu, Barcelona), among others. She has a multi-record deal with Sony Classical and released her debut album in April 2022. 2022/23 highlights include Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes), Violetta (La traviata) and Desdemona (Otello) in Munich and at Los Angeles Opera, her role debut as Elisabeth (Don Carlos) in Chicago and Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Mimì in Vienna.  

The rest of the cast remains as previously announced  

 

 

The Royal Opera 
IL TROVATORE 

Main Stage until 2 July 2023 
Live in cinemas: Tuesday 13 June 2023, 7:15pm  
Encores from: Sunday 18 June 2023, 2pm 
Co-production with Opernhaus Zürich 

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