


Brewer begins the 2017/2018 season with Mahler's Symphony No. She created the role of Sister Aloysius in the world premiere of Doug Cuomo’s opera Doubt with the Minnesota Opera in 2013 and reprised the role in 2016 with the Union Avenue Opera in St. Attracting glowing reviews with each role, she has performed Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at San Francisco Opera, Gluck’s Alceste with Santa Fe Opera, the Dyer’s Wife in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Paris Opera, and Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring at Santa Fe Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. On the opera stage, Brewer is highly regarded for her striking portrayal of the title role in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, which she has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Théatre du Chatelet, Santa Fe Opera, English National Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Named one of the top 20 sopranos of all time (BBC Music), her range, golden tone, boundless power, and control make her a favorite of the stage and a highly sought-after recording artist, one who is “in her prime and sounding glorious” (Anthony Tommasini, New York Times). Written by Christoph Willibald Gluck with the libretto written in Italian by Ranieri de Calzabigi, Alceste is based on Euripides' play Alcestis.Grammy Award-winning American soprano Christine Brewer’s appearances in opera, concert, and recital are marked by her own unique timbre, at once warm and brilliant, combined with a vibrant personality and emotional honesty reminiscent of the great sopranos of the past. If you want to know what else happens in this opera you will have to get yourself some Alceste tickets to see the show in Santa Fe! Alceste Tickets - Santa Fe - Must-See Opera! The title character in Alceste offers to die in her husband's place when his life is threatened by Apollo's oracle, but Hercules comes to her rescue because he is moved by her generosity. Alceste Tickets - Santa Fe - Alceste in Santa Fe!
