The two had sung together for the first time the year previously in Rome in a production of Norma.

Everything was going fine until he asked me to sing the Countess in a large production in Italy.

During the 1997/1998 season, Crider sang in a new production of Aida at the Dresden Semperoper.

According to her student, Antonio Altimirano, she sang the witch in a production of Hansel and Gretel in later years.

She sang the title role in a new production of Händel's Alcina at the opera festival in Munich in 2005.

Contracted to sing in a production of "La Traviata," she insisted that the company hire Sarah Caldwell to conduct.

Well, it has taken Ms. Voigt 12 years, but she is finally singing her first Isolde in a staged production.

The same year she sang in a production of Stabat Mater.

He sang in a new production of Wagner's Das Rheingold on 23 January 1905, under Mahler.

The two first sang these roles together in a flashy production in Houston last season.