NEW YORK — “Davidsen Goes out with a Bang,” read the headline in Broadway World’s review of the Metropolitan Opera revival of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” And indeed Lise Davidsen is in a ...

Soprano Lise Davidsen performs as Leonore, during a dress rehearsal of Beethoven's "Fidelio," at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Soprano Lise Davidsen ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Davidsen Goes out with a Bang,” read the headline in Broadway World’s review of the Metropolitan Opera revival of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” And indeed Lise Davidsen is ...

Davidsen’s twins are due in June, and she plans to extend her leave from singing for the rest of 2025. “In America they think that’s a very long leave,” she said, “but back home they ...

And indeed Lise Davidsen is in a sense “going out.” After she gives her final performance as the wife who disguises herself as a man to save her husband, she’ll head home to Norway to ...