be heard that same year at the Theater an der Wien as Jitka in Smetana’s Dalibor. In 2006, she returned as Mimì at the Berlin Staatsoper and debuted the role of Nedda in I Pagliacci at Pittsburgh Opera. Continuing her penchant for new and challenging music, Mills sang the role of Sarah in the West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie's The End of the Affair at Seattle Opera and sang Stella in André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire at the Theater an der Wien. Mills originated the title role of Joan of Arc in Walter Braunfels' new opera Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna in a Christoph Schlingensief production at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in 2008, which repeated in 2010. and 2012. Mills travelled to Seville in 2009, where she sang the Dutchess of Parma in Busoni's ," Dr. Faust." She made her role debut of Elsa in Lohengrin for the Staatsoper Stuttgart in 2010, and returned in 2011 for the title role of Katja Kabanova. In April 2014 she sang Elsa in Lohengrin again, this time in an Antony McDonald production in Warsaw. In 2013, the commercial recording of Lehar's rare operetta," Das Fürstenkind, was released, where Mills sang the role of Mary Ann. International Herald Tribune reported she gave a "vibrant, emotionally fraught performance in the taxing role of Joan." Mills lives in Berlin and is divorced from German actor, , with whom she shares two children. She teaches voice privately in Berlin . References Sources (Includes a photo) External links 1964 births Living people University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni Yale School of Music alumni American operatic sopranos Musicians from Dallas Musicians from Shreveport, Louisiana American expatriates in Germany Singers from Louisiana Classical musicians from Texas Singers from Texas