Miss Rosalind Plowright's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Rosalind Anne
- Sex
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Female
- Date of Birth
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21/5/1949
- Surname
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PLOWRIGHT
- Style
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Miss Rosalind Plowright
- Recreations
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fell walking
Miss Rosalind Plowright's Professional Career
- Career
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soprano; London Opera Centre 1974-75, debut as Agathe in Der Freischütz (Glyndebourne Chorus and Touring Co) 1975, with ENO, WNO and Kent Opera 1975-78, Miss Jessel in Turn of the Screw (ENO) 1979, Ortlinde in Die Walküre (Royal Opera House debut) 1980; 1980-81: Bern Opera (Adriadne, Alceste), Frankfurt Opera (Ariadne, Aida, Il Trovatore), Munich Opera (Ariadne); debuts: USA, Paris, Madrid and Hamburg 1982, La Scala, Milan, Edinburgh Festival, San Francisco and Carnegie Hall NY 1983, Berlin, Houston, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Verona 1985, Rome, Florence and Holland 1986, Tulsa, NY Philharmonic, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Chile, Israel, Paris Opera and Bonn 1987, Lausanne, Geneva, Oviedo and Bilbao 1988, Zurich, Copenhagen and Lisbon 1989, Vienna, Torre del Lago and Bregenz 1990, Athens 1995, Scotland 1999; Roles principal roles incl: Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Amneris in Aida, Desdemona in Otello, Elisabetta in Don Carlos, title role in Norma, Leonora in La Forza del Destino, title role in Tosca, title role in Medea, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, title role in Ariadne auf Naxos, Abigaille in Nabucco, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro, title role in La Giaconda (Opera North) 1993; Recordings for EMI: Mary Stuart, Otello, Les Côntes d'Hoffman; for Deutsche Grammophon: Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Mahler Resurrection Symphony; La Vestale for Orfeo Records, Elijah for Chandos Records; Awards incl: First Prize Int Competition for Opera Singers (Sofia 1979), Prix Fndn Fanny Heldy (Nat Acad du Disque Lyrique 1985)
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