Brenda Rae (born February 8, 1982) is an American operatic soprano who has performed leading roles in opera houses internationally.
[6] While a student at Juilliard she portrayed roles in several productions of the Juilliard Opera Center, including Mary Shrike in the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Miss Lonelyhearts (2006), Eurydice in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld (2006), Arminda in Mozart's La finta giardiniera (2007), and the Countess Adele in Rossini's Le comte Ory (2007).
[7][8][9][10] In 2013 she made her debut at Carnegie Hall as Polissena in Handel's Radamisto with David Daniels in the title role and conductor Harry Bicket leading The English Concert orchestra.
[6][2] Her other performances there include Aithra in Die agyptische Helena by Richard Strauss (2015), Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula (2014–2015), Angelica in Vivaldi's Orlando furioso, Anne Trulove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (2012), Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare (2012–2013), Eternità and Giunone in Cavalli's La Calisto (2011–2012), Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte (2014), Helmwige in Wagner's Die Walküre (2012), Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2011), Lora in Wagner's Die Feen (2011), Musetta in Puccini's La bohème (2012), Olympia in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann (2011), Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (2011), Servilia in his La clemenza di Tito (2011), Violetta in Verdi's La traviata (2011), Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (2013–2014), and the title roles in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (2012) and Lucia di Lammermoor (2015–2016), among others.
[18] Rae was to appear as Rosina in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia but the Met's 2020–2021 season was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.