What changed her mind, she said, was mastering the title role of Richard Strauss’s “Salome,” another opera that requires the soprano to sing near the top of her range much of the time.

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 ...