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Rebecca Bottone Singer |
Rebecca was born
in Bedfordshire, England and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
She has sung Blonde in ‘Die Entfürung aus dem Serail’ for the
Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Minkowski, 'Hansel and Gretel'
and Carolina in The Secret Marriage for Scottish opera, Casilda in
'The Gondoliers' for English National Opera and the Cricket and
Parrott in the World Premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Pinocchio for
Opera North and the U.S. Premiere in Minnesota, Dalila in Handel’s
Samson for the Buxton Festival, Nanetta in 'Falstaff', 1st Innoccent
in the World Premiere's of Harrison Birtwistles The Minotaur and
Marie in Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna and both the Maid in Thomas
Adés’ Powder Her Face and Semira in Arne's Artaxerxes at Covent
Garden. She was an Associate artist of the Classical Opera Company
where she sang Despina in 'Cosi Fan Tutte', Melia in 'Apollo and
Hyacinthus' and Elisa in 'Il Re Pastore'. In Paris, she has sung
Charmeuse in 'Thais' under Eschenbach at the Chatelet and Ades 'Five
Eliot Landscapes' at Radio France with the composer. At the
Edinburgh Festival she has sung ‘Adelaide di Borgogna’ with the
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Giuliano Carella, which was
recorded for Opera Rara, Beethoven’s C Minor Mass and ‘Christ on
the Mount of Olives’ with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,
conducted by David Robertson and Soeur Constance in Poulenc’s
‘Dialogues des Carmelites’ with the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, conducted by Stéphane Denève. Other recordings include
‘Cis’ in Albert Herring with Richard Hickox and EMI, Ades Five
Eliot Landscapes for Radio France and appearances in BBC2’s
Television documentary ‘The genius of Beethoven’ with the
English Chamber Orchestra and the role of an singer in Steven
Poliakoffs acclaimed BBC2 film Capturing Mary. Other concert
engagements include Handel arias with King's Consort at London's
Wigmore Hall and the St John Passion with the Orchestra Sinfonica di
Milano Giuseppe Verdi at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan and the
role of Cleone in Rossini’s Ermione at the Royal Festival Hall
with the London Philarmonic Orchestra under David Parry. Future
engagements include the role of Anne Egerman in Sondheims 'A little
Night Music' at the Chatelet which is also starring Leslie Caron and
Kristin Scott Thomas, after which she shall reprise the role of the
Maid in Ades' Powder Her Face at Covent Garden and Marie in Rufus
Wainwrights Prima Donna at Sadlers Wells. Later she will also
perform the role of Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
for Garsington Opera.
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