As a
Gerdine Young Artist at the
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, she performed as Stéphano in
Gounod's
Roméo et Juliette, Rosina in
Rossini's
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Mercédès in
Bizet's
Carmen. As part of the
Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program, she made her debut as Javotte in
Massenet's
Manon, and also played Tebaldo in
Verdi's
Don Carlos and Siebel in Gounod's
Faust. As a company member, starting in 2007, she has played Cherubino in
Mozart's
Nozze di Figaro, Stéphano in Gounod's
Roméo et Juliette, the Madrigal Singer in
Puccini's
Manon Lescaut, Second Lady in
Mozart's
The Magic Flute (English version), Kitchen Boy in
Dvořák's
Rusalka, Wellgunde in
Wagner's
Das Rheingold and
Götterdämmerung, Annio in Mozart's
La Clemenza di Tito, and Muse/Nicklausse in
Offenbach's ''
Les Contes d'Hoffmann''. In 2008, she also sang the role of Cherubino in Mozart's
Nozze di Figaro at the
Opéra de Lille, conducted by
Emmanuelle Haïm, and Ascanius in
Berlioz's
Les Troyens with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and at the
Tanglewood Music Festival, both conducted by
James Levine. In 2009, she sang the role of Zerlina in
Mozart's
Don Giovanni with the
Santa Fe Opera. In 2010, she made her Seattle Opera debut creating the title role in
Amelia by
Daron Hagen, and also sang Nicklausse and the role of Nancy in
Albert Herring at the Santa Fe Opera. She has also performed at the
Boston Lyric Opera and the
Wolf Trap Opera. She has also made numerous concert performances. She performed the roles of the Female Cat and the Squirrel in
Ravel's ''
L'Enfant et les sortileges at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel, and sang the Elliott Carter song cycle In the Distances of Sleep'' at Tanglewood with James Levine. In 2011, she premiered
Jeder Mensch, a song cycle written for her by
Mohammed Fairouz and sang Idamante in Mozart's
Idomeneo, re di Creta. In 2019, she made her
Proms debut at the
Royal Albert Hall with the
John Wilson Orchestra, as soloist in "Tomorrow When You Are Gone" by
Erich Korngold. Lindsey portrayed and sang the role of Nerone in Handel's
Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2020 (Premiere: February 6). On May 22, 2021, Lindsey again sang the role of Nerone, this time in the premiere of the
Vienna State Opera production of
Claudio Monteverdi's ''
L'incoronazione di Poppea''. In the summer of 2025, she sang the role of Elisabetta in a high gloss production of
Maria Stuarda by Gaetano Donizetti at the
Salzburg Festival. The conductor was
Antonello Manacorda, the director was
Ulrich Rasche. Her rival queen, Maria Stuarda, was impersonated by
Lisette Oropesa. Audience and press were delighted. ==References==