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Lise Davidsen was born February 8, 1987, in Stokke, Norway, and began focused vocal training after starting with guitar and singing at fifteen. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen (2010) and pursued postgraduate study at the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen, where she transitioned from mezzo-soprano to dramatic soprano.
Davidsen’s international breakthrough came with her win at the Operalia competition in 2015, since when she has performed at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne, and the Royal Opera House in roles including Lisa in The Queen of Spades and Leonora in La forza del destino. She has won the Kirsten Flagstad Prize, the Queen Sonja Competition, Gramophone’s Young Artist of the Year (2018), and is considered one of the leading Wagnerian and Straussian sopranos of her generation, set to sing Brünnhilde in the Met’s new Ring Cycle beginning 2026-27.
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