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CHAN 3121 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 4:19 pm Page 22 Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In recital he has appeared in New York, San Francisco, Lisbon, Geneva, Moscow, Paris, Amsterdam, Ferrara, Rome, Brussels, London, Graz, the Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Salzburg, Munich and Schubertiade Festivals, at La Scala Milan and both the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna. Recordings include two recital discs of Schubert and Strauss with Malcolm Martineau, a disc of Schumann Lieder with Graham Johnson, Des Knaben Wunderhorn under Sir Simon Rattle, the title role in Don Giovanni, Carmina Burana, Marcello (La Bohème), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), and, for <strong>Chandos</strong>, the title role in Billy Budd under Richard Hickox. Elizabeth Vidal studied at the Paris Opéra’s École de chant with Elisabeth Grümmer. In 1985 she joined the Lyons Opera company where her roles included Nanetta (Falstaff ), Blondchen (L’Enlèvement au sérail ), Glauce (Cherubini’s 22 Medea), and Rosina (Paisiello’s Barbiere). She has also appeared at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, notably in Lully’s Psyché‚ under Jean Claude Malgoire, and in Ariadne auf Naxos. She has appeared in many international festivals, including San Sebastian (Die Zauberflöte), Göttingen and Bath (in Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus), at the Villa Medicis in Rome (Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien), and the Spoleto and Covent Garden Festivals. Her wide operatic repertoire embraces French Baroque opera, Gluck, Mozart and Strauss (both Johann and Richard). She is particularly noted for her exceptional portrayal of the Queen of the Night, which she has performed in Vienna, Nice, Athens, and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Other accomplishments include performances of Euridice (Orphée aux enfers) at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Bruxelles, a debut at the Toronto Opera in the role of Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Olympia (The Tales of Hoffmann) and Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) in Santiago, and the title role in Lakmé at the Opéra Comique in Paris. Recordings include L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Scylla and Glaucus, Dalayrac’s L’Amant statue, a recital disc of songs for voice, flute and piano, Massenet’s Thaïs, and for Opera Rara Mayr’s Ginevra di Scozia and Viardot’s Cendrillon. Born in Ireland Majella Cullagh trained at Cork School of Music, the National Opera Studio in London, and currently studies with Gerald Martin Moore. Roles include Adina (The Elixir of Love) in Copenhagen and Dublin; Comtesse Adèle (Le Comte Ory) for Glyndebourne on Tour; Elsie Maynard (The Yeomen of the Guard ) for Welsh National Opera; First Lady, Micaëla (Carmen) and Countess (The Marriage of Figaro) for Opera North; Melissa (Amadigi ) at the Covent Garden Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and in Lisbon and Oporto; Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) in the Canary Islands; Manon for Opera New Zealand; Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) in Regensburg and Dublin; Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) for Grange Park Opera; and La gazza ladra for Garsington Opera. Other appearances include Arminda (La finta giardiniera) at the Garsington Festival; her debut as Violetta (La traviata) with Glyndebourne on Tour – a role she was able to study with Renata Scotto in New York with a grant from the Peter Moores Foundation; 23 Musetta at the Royal Albert Hall and with Glyndebourne on Tour; Nedda (Pagliacci), Berenice (L’occasione fa il ladro) and Ghita (Der Zwerg) for Opera North. Recordings include Wallace’s Maritana, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, and for Opera Rara Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata, Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra, Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero and Mercadante’s Zaira. Born in Yorkshire, Sarah Fox was educated at Giggleswick School and read Music at London University. She went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Margaret Kingsley with scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Musicans’ Benevolent Fund. She now studies with Paul Farrington. Operatic roles include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) for Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Zerlina (Don Giovanni) for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Cincinnati Opera; Susanna for the Royal Danish Opera; the title role in
CHAN 3121 BOOK.qxd 12/9/06 4:19 pm Page 24 Handel’s Arianna in Creta for Reisopera; Marzelline (Fidelio) for Glyndebourne Touring Opera; and Ilia (Idomeneo) for Flanders Opera. In demand as a recitalist, Sarah made her Wigmore Hall debut with Roger Vignoles in 1998 and has worked with Piers Lane, the Nash Ensemble and on several occasions with Malcolm Martineau. Her concert work has taken her to venues throughout this country, Europe and the USA in engagements including Handel’s Messiah at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and for the Florida Philharmonic; Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall; and Mozart’s C minor Mass with the Hanover Band and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Her recordings include Vivaldi’s sacred music with King’s College Cambridge, Boccherini’s Stabat Mater with the King’s Consort and songs by Cecil Coles with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Diana Montague was born in Winchester and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music. Since her debut as Zerlina with Glyndebourne Touring Opera she has appeared in venues such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan 24 Opera in New York, the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra national de Paris-Bastille, Teatro Colòn in Buenos Aires and the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals. Her repertory includes the major roles for mezzosoprano in operas by Mozart, Gluck (Orfeo), Strauss, Rossini, Bellini and Berlioz, and engagements have included Benvenuto Cellini with Rome Opera; Iphigénie en Tauride in Buenos Aires, Madrid and with Welsh National Opera; Albert Herring, Le nozze di Figaro and Andromaca in Rossini’s Ermione at Glyndebourne; Le Comte Ory in Lausanne, Rome and Glyndebourne; Proserpina in Monteverdi’s Orfeo in Amsterdam; Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos) in Lisbon; Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust) in Geneva; Minerva (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) in Amsterdam and Sydney; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Junon in Rameau’s Platée with The Royal Opera at the Edinburgh Festival and in London, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) at English National Opera, in Bilbao and at the Teatro Real in Madrid; Marguerite (Faust) in Vienna, and Le nozze di Figaro at La Monnaie. Diana Montague’s many recordings include Monteverdi’s Orfeo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Iphigénie en Tauride, for Opera Rara Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Zoraida di Granata and Il crociato in Egitto, and, as part of <strong>Chandos</strong>’ Opera in English series, Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Idomeneo, Cavalleria rusticana, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier (highlights), Faust, and two recital discs of Great Operatic Arias. Lesley Garrett, CBE, is Britain’s most popular soprano, regularly appearing in opera and in concert, on television and CD. She has won both critical acclaim and the affection of many fans and music lovers. As a recording artist, she has eleven solo CDs to her credit. Her own BBC2 television series The Lesley Garrett Show (previously called Lesley Garrett… Tonight) featured guest artists such as Marcello Álvarez, Ian Bostridge, Alison Moyet, Michael Ball, Maxim Vengerov and 25 Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marti Pellow, Michel Legrand and Elaine Paige. Lesley Garrett’s operatic career included early engagements at the Wexford Festival, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera before joining English National Opera in 1984. During her time with English National Opera she starred in many productions and won critical acclaim for her portrayals of both comic and serious roles. She made her Royal Opera debut in their production of The Merry Widow in 1997. More recently she returned to the Coliseum for a revival of her acclaimed Rosina in Rossini’s Barber of Seville. She is now a member of ENO’s Board of Directors. She sang the role of the Fox in Rachel Portman’s new opera, The Little Prince, broadcast on BBC2 in 2004 Internationally Lesley has performed throughout Europe, the USA (including appearances with Jonathon Pryce at the Hollywood Bowl in performances of My Fair Lady), Australia, Russia, Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea. In the 2002 New Year’s Honours List Lesley Garrett was awarded a CBE for Services to Music.
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