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Linda Richardson was born in Cheshire and
studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she was
a Peter Moores Foundation Scholar and winner of the Frederic
Cox Award, and then at the National Opera Studio.
An English
National Opera Company Principal, her roles there since her
debut in 1996 have included Virtue The Coronation of Poppea,
Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Lauretta Gianni Schicchi,
Micaela Carmen, Gretel Hansel and Gretel, Gilda
Rigoletto, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Sophie Der
Rosenkavalier, Mimi La Bohème, title roles The
Fairy Queen and Alcina, Violetta La Traviata,
Woglinde Rhinegold, Helena A Midsummer Night’s
Dream and Donna Anna Don Giovanni. Elsewhere she
has sung Karolka Jenufa, Mimi, Nanetta Falstaff,
Pamina Die Zauberflöte and Violetta with Opera North,
Lisetta La Vera Constanza at Garsington, Norina Don
Pasquale for Clonter Opera, Fairy Queen in Barcelona,
First Niece Peter Grimes at Netherlands Opera and Amina
in Opera Holland Park’s La Sonnambula.
She performs
extensively on the oratorio and concert platform, and is a
frequent recitalist, having sung at the Newbury, Three Choirs
and Arundel Festivals. She was a regular soloist with the
English Haydn Festival where she sang in world and British
premieres of Haydn’s unknown works. Other concert work
includes Missa Solemnis, Brahms Requiem with the
Northern Sinfonia, Messiah with the English Chamber
Orchestra in Spain and Britten’s Les Illuminations
with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra.
Recent concerts include an Italian Gala with the City of
Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis, Carmina Burana at
the Royal Festival Hall and she has appeared as a guest
soloist on Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2.
Linda appeared as Annie in Jonathan Dove’s TV opera When
She Died on Channel 4. Recordings include Hearts and
Flowers,
a
collection of Victorian Parlour Songs, and Oscar Un Ballo
in Maschera for Chandos.
This
season’s and future plans include the Countess Marriage of
Figaro and Gilda at Opera North, Violetta at
English National Opera and concerts with the Hallé Orchestra.
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