Lise Davidsen

Tune into WRTI on Oct. 4 from 3-6 p.m. to hear this month's edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases, hosted by Mark Pinto.

The big-voiced soprano is in her mid-thirties, and she didn't even hear an opera live until she was in her twenties. Now, she's a sought-after opera singer.

The young, late-comer to opera is turning heads in the classical world with a powerful voice that can rocket over huge orchestras or pare down to a silvery thread.