French soprano Sylvia Valayre made her company debut last season in the title role of Tosca. She is well know for her portrayals of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth, Abigaille in Nabucco, and the title roles of Norma, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Gioconda and Salome which she has sung at all the world’s major houses. She received international attention with her debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for Nabucco. She has sung several roles at the Metropolitan Opera including her debut as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chenier and the title role of Tosca which she has also performed in Zurich, Berlin, Washington, Rome, Bologna, Paris, Tokyo and Vienna. Recent engagements include Lady Macbeth for the Glyndebourne Festival, Tosca for Opéra National de Paris and Nabucco for Deutsche Oper Berlin. Valayre debuted at the Teatro alla Scala in La Gioconda, at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Tosca, at San Francisco Opera in Madama Butterfly, at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich in the title role of Aida, at Opernhaus Zurich and at the the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow in Nabucco. She sings in concert throughout Europe and has appeared with all the major Paris orchestras, with Radio France and at the Montpelier Festival.