Christine Weidinger (March 31, 1946 – August 24, 2024)[1] was an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1970s.
[2][4][5] On November 24, 1972 Weidinger made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House as Ortlinde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre with conductor Erich Leinsdorf, Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, Jon Vickers as Siegmund, and Gwyneth Jones as Sieglinde.
She performed regularly at the Met through the Spring of 1976 where she was heard as Elvira in Gioachino Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, Frasquita in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Gianetta in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, the High Priestess in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, Naiad in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, Stéphano in Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Woglinde in Wagner's The Ring Cycle, Gretel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Marzelline in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio, and, of course, Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.
[9] Some of the many other roles Weidinger has sung on stage are Arminda in La finta giardiniera, the Countess in Le comte Ory, Gilda in Rigoletto, Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Leonora in Il trovatore, the title role in Rossini's "Armida", Armida in Handel's "Rinaldo" (with Marilyn Horne) and Amenaide in "Tancredi".
She also performed the demanding Donizetti "Queen roles" at the Liceu with Richard Bonynge conducting and Giancarlo Del Monaco directing.