Soprano Christine Goerke is the recipient of the Richard Tucker Award, the Musical America Vocalist of the Year Award, and the Opera News Award. In the 25/26 season Christine will return to Bayerische Staatsoper in Elektra (Title Role) and Los Angeles Philharmonic for a fully staged production of Die Walküre (Brünnhilde) conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. On the concert stage, Christine returns to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for Britten’s War Requiem, Oregon Symphony for a Wagner concert highlighting the Liebestodt and Immolation scenes, Boston Lyric Opera for their annual gala, and Wichita Symphony for Verdi’s Messa da Requiem.
She has appeared at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bayerische Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, New York City Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre du Capitole, Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Real, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, and the Saito Kinen Festival.
Ms. Goerke began her career singing the works of Mozart and Handel, and has since earned international acclaim for her portrayals of the powerful dramatic heroines of Strauss and Wagner. Notable performances include the title roles in Elektra, Turandot, and Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Ring des Nibelungen (Brünnhilde); Parsifal (Kundry); Lohengrin (Ortrud); Fidelio (Leonora); Don Carlos (Eboli); Die Frau ohne Schatten (Die Färberin); Wozzeck (Marie); Les Troyens (Cassandre); Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford); The Rape of Lucretia (Female Chorus); Falstaff (Alice); and Dialogues des Carmélites (Madame Lidoine).
She has appeared with many of the world’s foremost orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Radio Vara at the Concertgebouw, Sydney Symphony, New World Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival, and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. She has collaborated with many of today’s leading conductors, including James Conlon, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Mark Elder, Christoph Eschenbach, Claus Peter Flor, James Levine, Sir Charles Mackerras, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Andris Nelsons, Seiji Ozawa, David Robertson, Donald Runnicles, Esa-Pekka Salonen, the late Robert Shaw, Patrick Summers, Jeffrey Tate, Christian Thielemann, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, and Edo de Waart.
Her discography includes the GRAMMY® Award-winning recording of Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance), and the GRAMMY® nominated Stabat Mater by Dvořák. Her long collaboration with Robert Shaw also yielded acclaimed recordings of Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes, Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, and Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater. Other notable recordings include Iphigénie en Tauride (title role, Telarc) and Britten’s War Requiem, which won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance.
SEPTEMBER 2025
01.03.22
