Siobhan Stagg’s career is going gangbusters in Europe, but Australians will soon have a chance to watch her perform live when she appears with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. The Australian soprano speaks with Clive Paget about how she ended up in Berlin and why her focus is now on the bigger picture.

Siobhan Stagg
Siobhan Stagg. Photo © Ben Reason.

Siobhan Stagg seems to be everywhere these days. When I reach out in late September, she’s making her role debut as Violetta in La Traviatas in Belfast. Three days later, there’s a Mahler Two with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle in Luxembourg. We arrange to speak the following week, right after Munich performances of Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, but...