One of the most admired singers of thepresent day, the Latvian mezzo-sopranowill open the 2018/19 season at theMetropolitan Opera as Dalila in Saint-Saëns’opera Samson et Dalila. Her programme –comprising four major cycles – includes thegroup of five semi-operatic songs by Wagner,two of them identified by the composerhimself as studies for Tristan und Isolde.