Brenda Rae has performed major rôles with the Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Hamburgische Staatsoper, and Santa Fe Opera. In 2013–14, she returned to Oper Frankfurt as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). Performances elsewhere have included Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) and a special gala in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Marilyn Horne’s 80th birthday. She ended the 2013–14 season at Santa Fe Opera with the rôle of Madame Popescu in Mozart’s The Impresario and the Cook in Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol.