Sondra Radvanosvky
Soprano

Ms. Radvanovsky is garnering reviews that attest to her dramatic stage presence and stunning vocal qualities.  Ms. Radvanovsky's huge successes have her scheduled to make debuts with all of the leading North American companies in the coming seasons while continuing her appearances with the Metropolitan Opera.

Ms. Radvanovsky begins the 2000-2001 season as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with the Cologne (Germany) Opera before returning to the Metropolitan Opera in October/November as Musetta in La Bohème.  In December/January she continued at the Metropolitan Opera as Leonora in Il Trovatore.  In February/March Sondra Radvanovsky traveled to Palm Beach to sing the title role in Luisa Miller and makes her debut at the Opera National de Paris (Bastille) as Marguerite in Faust during April/May.  She ends the season with appearances as Violetta in La Traviata in the Metropolitan Opera Parks Concerts.

Future performances for Ms. Radvanovsky include roles of her repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago through the 2004-05 season.  Other future engagements include Leonora in Il Trovatore in Bilbao, Spain, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in Japan (conducted by Seiji Ozawa) in 2001-02, Helene in Les Vespres Siciliennes at the Paris Opera (Bastille) in 2002-03, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo in San Diego, Leonora in Il Trovatore at the Paris Opera (Bastille) in 2003-04, and Leonora in Il Trovatore at the Houston Grand Opera in January/February, 2005.

Ms. Radvanovsky began the 1999-2000 season as the High Priestess in Aida with the Metropolitan Opera.  In October she sang Leonora in Il Trovatore with the Pittsburgh Opera, and then she performed the same role with the San Diego Opera in January/February, 2000.  Ms. Radvanovsky returned to the Metropolitan Opera in March of 2000 to sing Gutrune in Wagner's Götterdämmerung and Freia in Das Rheingold in their Ring Cycle conducted by James Levine.  She ended the season performing the title role of Luisa Miller at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina in May/June, 2000.

As a result of her stellar performance of Leonora in Il Trovatore with the Metropolitan Opera Parks Concerts in the summer of 1998, she was chosen by the Metropolitan to sing the role in the house in the
Spring of 1999. She also appeared in the Metropolitan Opera productions of Carmen (Micaela) Aida (the High Priestess) conducted by Placido Domingo and Elektra (the Fifth Maid) conducted by James Levine.

She began the 1998/99 season in Japan at the Saito Kinen Festival where she was involved with their production of Dialogues des Carmelites, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Other appearances in the 1998/99 season included her debut with the opera companies of Dallas as Freia in Das Rheingold and Houston as Elena in Mefistofele.  She was presented by the George London Foundation in a Duo Recital with Samuel Ramey at New York's Morgan Library.  She also recorded Philip Glass' work the Civil Wars for Erato records.

Earlier successes for Ms. Radvanovsky include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Portland Opera; Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Dorotea in Stiffelio at the Metropolitan while a member of their prestigeous Young Artists Program; Arminda in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera  at the Glimmerglass Opera; and the Verdi Requiem and Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Spoleto Festival USA.

In addition to being a winner of the 1997 George London Foundation Competition, Ms.
Radvanovsky was also a winner at the 1995 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was awarded first prize in the 1995 Loren L. Zachary Society Competition.  A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Ms. Radvanovsky training has also included advanced studies at Tanglewood Music Center and the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music.

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