"The highlight of the company’s season is a production of André Previn’s ‘A Streetcar Named Desire'" — The Wall Street Journal, June 2026

Patricia Racette officially assumed the role of Artistic Director last fall, and the 2026 Festival Season already bears her unmistakable imprint: bold without being brash, welcoming without being diluted and unafraid of emotional truth.

Patricia Racette supplied plenty of drama as the old prioress Madame de Croissy." Dallas Morning News, Scott Cantrell

"Edith Piaf once said, “I want people to cry even if they don’t understand my words.” In her tribute to Piaf on April 20, Grammy Award winner Patricia Racette managed to capture Edith Piaf’s mission in an unforgettable evening concert."

Opera News notes, "Patricia Racette’s production (June 10 eve) filled the lacuna, telling the sad, simple story plainly and effectively, and making a thoroughly persuasive..."

"Now, for drama, there's no one better than soprano Patricia Racette, who always makes an indelible impression."

"Opera Philadelphia continues its strong streaming pivot with La Voix humaine by capitalizing on the intimacy needed to successfully carry off Poulenc’s 1958 monodrama..." Watch Opera Philadelphia's video stream and more.

"The best reason to see Opera Theatre’s production of Francis Poulenc’s 1959 one-act opera “La voix humaine” (“The Human Voice”) is soprano Patricia Racette’s bravura performance in the one and only role of Elle (French for either “she” or “her” depending on context)."
—Chuck Lavazzi, KDHS

"Lyric boasted an unusually responsive cast. Sister Helen is a natural assignment for Patricia Racette, and her intelligent, subtle acting provided an object lesson in character insight and theatrical truth. Racette was also in exceptional voice..."
—Mark Thomas Ketterson, Opera News

"The star of the show was Patricia Racette, an unusually youthful Kostelnička, who drowns her stepdaughter Jenůfa’s out-of-wedlock baby in order to protect her own social standing."
— Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis General Director Andrew Jorgensen announced today two new members of the company’s artistic leadership team. Celebrated soprano Patricia Racette will join Opera Theatre as the Artistic Director of Young Artist Programs. Following a rigorous national search, Damon Bristo, currently a Vice President at Columbia Artists, will also join Opera Theatre, succeeding Paul Kilmer as the Director of Artistic Administration.