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17:00 - 19:00
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Felicity Palmer, Mark Glanville and Alexander Knapp.
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 Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Nationality: British Places of study: Christine read physics at Balliol College, Oxford before entering the Royal Northern College of Music. Teachers include: Robert Alderson Past performances include: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - operatic roles have included Emilia ('Otello'), Suzuki ('Madama Butterfly'), Miranda (Ades' 'The Tempest') the title role in 'The Rape of Lucretia' and Sonyetka ('Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'). For the English National Opera she has sung Hermia ('A Midsummer Night's Dream'), Olga ('Eugene Onegin'), Suzuki ('Madama Butterfly'), Bradamante ('Alcina') under Sir Charles Mackerras and Rosina ('Il Barbiere di Siviglia'); for La Monnaie Brussels, Varvara ('Kát'a Kabanová'); for De Vlaamse Opera the title roles in 'Ariodante' and 'Rinaldo'; for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Mercedes ('Carmen'); and for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, the title role in 'Carmen' and Irene in 'Theodora'. She recently made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich as the title role in 'Ariodante'. Christine's concert appearances include Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' and Debussy's 'La Damouiselle Elue' with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Wagner's 'Das Rheingold' with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Sir Simon Rattle, 'The Dream of Gerontius' with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mozart's 'Kronungsmesse' with the English Chamber Orchestra under Paul Goodwin and Vivaldi's 'Gloria' with the London Mozart Players. Annio in 'La Clemenza di Tito' at the Edinburgh Festival under Sir Charles Mackerras. Christine's EMI Classics/Radio 3 collaboration debut disc has recently been released. Future performances include: Title role in 'La Cenerentola' (Glyndebourne Touring Opera), Dorabella (Seattle Opera), Rinaldo ( Munich), and Hermia in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Teatro Real , Madrid. At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden she will sing Sonyetka ('Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'), Judith ('Duke Bluebeard's Castle'), Siebel ('Faust') and Concepcion in 'L'heure Espagnol'. Management: Askonas Holt 'Impossible to praise Rice's performance too highly, but then that goes for everything I have seen her do. She has a uniquely poised stage presence, an openness of manner which is affecting before she starts to sing, and the most glorious velvety voice, injected with a tanginess and vibrancy when needs be. She may be the true successor to Brigitte Fassbaender - there, I've said it.' (The Rape of Lucretia / Linbury Studio, Covent Garden 2004, Michael Tanner, The Spectator) 'Rice performs the central role with massive dignity, utter command of musical line and feeling, a way with words that brings a violent accuracy of meaning to the librettist Thomas Morell's most tortured circumlocutions: an examination of loss, sacrifice, hope, despair and love of a standard you rarely see.' (Theodora / Glyndebourne Touring Opera 2003, Robert Thicknesse, The Times). |
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Alison Balsom (trumpet) Martin Helmchen (piano) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Trio Ondine Christian Poltera (cello) Psophos Quartet Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Royal String Quartet Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Former New Generation Artists Related Links on radio 3 on bbc.co.uk on the web The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. |
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Listen to Christine Rice sing Brahms' He, Zigeuner from her new EMI/R3 collaboration debut CD
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