Rosalind plowright pavarotti biography
- Rosalind Anne Plowright OBE (born 21 May 1949) is an English opera singer who spent much of her career as a soprano but in 1999 changed to the mezzo-soprano.
- Rosalind Plowright is one of the most celebrated artists of our time.
- Acclaimed as one of the world's greatest spinto sopranos, her colleagues included José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.
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Rosalind Plowright
Biography
Rosalind Plowright is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Her career spans more than 35 years. She was acclaimed as one of the world’s great spinto sopranos specialising in roles such as Medée, Alceste and Norma as well as the great Verdi and Puccini heroines. Rosalind Plowright has sung at nearly all the international opera houses. Her American debut was alongside José Carreras in a concert at the Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti and they also sang Andrea Chénier at Covent Garden and recorded La Forza del destino for Deutsche Grammophon. With Plácido Domingo she has performedIl trovatore at Covent Garden and recorded the opera with him for Deutsche Grammophon. With Luciano Pavarotti she performed Aida at Covent Garden and a gala concert at the Arena of Verona. In 1999, Rosalind Plowright entered the dramatic mezzo repertoire with roles such as Amneris in Aida, the Principessa in Adriana Lecouvreur, La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica, Klytämnestra in Elektra and Madame de Croissy in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Ca Contessa di Coigny: Andrea Chénier / The Royal Opera 2024 “Many individual lesser roles made important contributions: Rosalind Plowright’s impossibly over-entitled Countess…” Bachtrack “Finally, I must mention my great delight at seeing Rosalind Plowright in the role of Maddalena’s mother, the Contessa di Coigny. This great singer has been gracing our opera houses for almost 50 years and it was a true pleasure to see and hear how well she still performs.” Daily Express “There are vivid cameos from (ia) Rosalind Plowright as Contessa di Coigny…” Financial Times “The smaller roles are all finely cast…Rosalind Plowright’s Contessa, bristling with a sense of her own entitlement…” The Guardian “The opera has many small roles, with exceptional standouts on this occasion from (ia) Rosalind Plowright as Maddalena’s haughty aristocrat mother, the Countess of Coigny…” The Stage “There are some fine singers in many supporting roles, notably (ia) Rosalind Plowright as The Countess whose Château is invaded by the mob…” The Telegrap One of the most celebrated artists of our time, in a career spanning over 45 years, Rosalind Plowright has sung at the major international theatres such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra National de Paris, the Bavarian State Opera, the Teatro alla Scala, the Arena di Verona, the Teatro Real, and the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest spinto sopranos, her colleagues included Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. Conductors with whom she has worked include Claudio Abbado, Semyon Bychkov, Sylvain Cambreling, Mark Elder, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Michael Gielen, Carlo Maria Giulini, Hartmut Haenchen, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Jurowski, Gustav Kuhn, Charles Mackerras, Riccardo Muti, Roger Norrington, Kazushi Ono, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Patané, Antonio Pappano, David Parry, Jérémie Rhorer, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Ulf Schirmer, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Jeffrey Tate. In 1999, she entered the mezzo-soprano repertoire, and has since sung roles
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Mezzo-Soprano Rosalind Plowright
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