Lise Davidsen Essentials

Lise Davidsen is one of the most staggering operatic talents to emerge in recent years. Blessed with golden voice that’s packed full of character, she has proved herself as adept on the operatic stage as she is on the concert platform. This playlist pays homage to that versatility, whether soaring in Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, quietly defiant in Verdi’s Otello or majestic in Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Davidsen is equally skilled at conjuring the hushed reverence required from Gounod’s Ave Maria. And with fellow Norwegian, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, she creates a formidable (and charming) duo for Grieg’s intimate songs.