Catherine wyn rogers biography

Biography.
Catherine Wyn-Rogers studied at the Royal College of Music and works with Diane Forlano.
Busy concert soloist and recording artist.

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The English mezzo-soprano (and contralto), Catherine Wyn-Rogers, was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying with Meriel St Clair and gaining several prizes including the Dame Clara Butt award. She continued her studies with Ellis Keeler and now works with Diane Forlano.

Catherine Wyn-Rogers works extensively in recital and oratorio, appearing with the major orchestras and choral societies: Bach Choir, The Royal Choral and Huddersfield Choral Societies, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and at the Three Choirs and Aldeburgh Festivals. She is renowned for her performances with the period instrument orchestras, including The Sixteen under Harry Christophers, English Concert under Trevor Pinnock, Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood and concerts with Sir Charles Mackerras, Richard Hickox and Mark Elder. Recent engagements have included appearances with the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony O

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Catherine Wyn-Rogers was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying with Meriel St Clair and gaining several prizes including the Dame Clara Butt award. She continued her studies with Ellis Keeler and now works with Diane Forlano.

Miss Wyn-Rogers works extensively in recital and oratorio, appearing with the major British orchestras and choral societies and at the Three Choirs, Edinburgh and Aldeburgh festivals and at the BBC Proms, where she was a memorable soloist at the Last Night in 1995. She is equally renowned for her performances with period-instrument orchestras. Her recent engagements have included appearances with the Philharmonia under Slatkin, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Haitink and Andrew Davis, the Netherlands Radio Orchestra under Rozhdestvensky, the European Union Youth Orchestra under Haitink and her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Norrington. She appears regularly on the opera stage and is a regular guest artist with English National Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; and with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. She

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Catherine Wyn-Rogers Mezzo-soprano

Biography

Catherine Wyn-Rogers studied at the Royal College of Music, where she worked with Meriel St Clair and won several awards, including the Dame Clara Butt Prize. She continued her studies with Ellis Keeler and currently works with Diane Forlano. She is a regular guest at the Three Choirs and Edinburgh festivals and appears regularly at the BBC Proms, Bayerische Staatsoper, English National Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Among many roles, she has sung Erda and Waltraute (The Ring) in Valencia and Florence, appeared at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Sosostris (Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage), and made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Adelaide (Arabella). She has also performed for the Salzburg, Verbier, Aldeburgh and Enescu festivals, as well as at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Semper Oper Dresden, Teatro Real Madrid, Netherlands Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Paris Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. She performed concerts with Leonard Slatkin, Bernard Haiti