Gabriela Scherer makes her debut at the Teatro Verdi Trieste as Elsa in Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” which opens the theater’s 2026/27 opera season on November 13. Further performances follow on November 15, 20, and 22. Enrico Calesso conducts a new production directed by Arnaud Bernard, with Dmitry Korchak in the title role, Elena Batoukova-Kerl as Ortrud, Martin Gantner as Friedrich von Telramund, Evgeny Stavinsky as King Heinrich, and Sebastian Holecek as the King’s Herald.

Having already performed Elsa at leading European opera houses, Gabriela Scherer now brings her interpretation of the role to Italy for the first time. The engagement follows a series of significant career milestones, including her appearance as Irene in the first-ever performances of Wagner’s “Rienzi” at the Bayreuth Festival in summer 2026 and her role debut as Alice Ford in Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

The Swiss soprano’s 2026/27 season also includes her debut in Strauss’s “Vier letzte Lieder” in Lisbon, Leonore in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” in Almada and Porto, her double role debut as Venus and Elisabeth in Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at Oper Dortmund, and her debut at the Budapest Wagner Days as Senta in “Der fliegende Holländer.”