Lise’s second studio album will be released on Decca Classics on 26th March 2021. The first single from Beethoven • Wagner • Verdi is Leonore’s tormented aria ‘Abscheulicher!’ from Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio. Click here to listen now.

Recorded in London during the summer and autumn of 2020, Lise is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder.

Tracklist:

1. “Absheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” from “Fidelio” (Act I No.9)
2. “Ah! Perfido”, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra Op.65 – Recitativo. Allegro con brio
3. “Ah! Perfido”, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra Op.65 – Aria. Adagio
4. “Ah! Perfido”, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra Op.65 – Allegro assai “Ah crudel! crudel!”
5. “Dei tuoi figli la madre”from “Medea” Act I
6. “Voi lo Sapete” from “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Act I; Romanza e Scena)
7. “Pace Pace” from “La Forza Del Destino” (Act IV Sc 2)
8. “Ave Maria, piena di grazia” from “Otello” (Act IV)
9. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV91 – Der Engel
10. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV91 – Stehe Still
11. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV91 – Im Treibaus
12. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV91 – Schmerzen
13. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV91 – Traume

Lise will give her final performance of 2020 on 19 December at Norwegian National Opera. She will appear in recital with Christian Ihle Hadland, and the concert will be livestreamed online at 7pm and available to listen back until 26 December. Lise will sing a varied programme including pieces by Wagner, Brahms, Puccini and Tchaikovsky.

• Watch on Norwegian National Opera’s website (available in Norway only)

Lise will make a last minute entry into the cast of Wagner’s Die Walküre at Opera de Paris on 24 November, making her house debut. Lise will sing the role of Sieglinde in this concert performance – a role she recently debuted on stage at Deutsche Oper Berlin, met with widespread acclaim. The performance will be recorded for deferred broadcast on radio.

Lise was most recently on stage in October at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía giving a recital of Brahms, Schumann, Sibelius, Grieg and Strauss lieder with James Ballieu.