Rebecca Bottone studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and was one of The Mozartists’ inaugural Associate Artists. Her appearances with the company have included Sabina (Adriano in Siria), Sifare (Mitridate, re di Ponto), Servilia (Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito), Melia (Apollo et Hyacinthus), Despina (Così fan tutte), Elisa (Il re pastore), Semira (Artaxerxes) and Worldly Spirit (The First Commandment), as well as numerous concerts at Wigmore Hall and Kings Place. In the role of Semira she features in the company’s recording of Artaxerxes and also appears on ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’. Other roles and engagements include Queen Tye (Akhnaten) for English National Opera, Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) for the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Scottish Opera, First Innocent (world première of Birtwistle’s The Minotaur), Maid (Ades’ Powder Her Face) and First Niece (Peter Grimes) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Cricket and Parrott (world première of Dove’s Pinocchio) for Opera North and Minnesota Opera, Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Garsington Opera, and Hugh Wood’s Epithalamion at the BBC Proms. Recordings include the role of Cis in Albert Herring with Richard Hickox and EMI, and two Rossini roles for Opera Rara: Eurice (Adelaide di Borgogna) and Cleone (Ermione). She appeared in the BBC documentary ‘The Genius of Beethoven’, David Starkey’s ‘Music and Monarchy’ and in Steven Poliakoff’s acclaimed film Capturing Mary.
Previous Events with The Mozartists:
Cosi fan tutte
6 Nov, 2019 – Cadogan Hall
8 Nov, 2019 – Birmingham Town Hall
10 Nov, 2019 – Teatro Communale Siracusa, Syracuse
Gluck: Bauci e Filemone / Orfeo
29 & 31 May, 2019 – Queen Elizabeth Hall
Capricious Lovers
21 Feb, 2015 – Milton Court, Barbican
Unexpected meetings, The Operas of Haydn
12 Jan, 2011 – Wigmore Hall
Handel Week
2 & 3 Dec, 2009 – Kings Place
Artaxerxes
30 Oct, 2009 – Linbury Studio Theatre
Haydn Week
13-18 Mar, 2009 – Kings Place
Apollo et Hyacinthus
13 Jul, 2006 – Buxton Festival
10 Aug, 2006 – Les Azuriales Festival, Nice
Il re Pastore
24 Jun, 2006 – Barbican Hall
8 Jul, 2006 – Melbury House, Dorset
Cosi fan tutte
16 Jun, 2006 – Bridgewater Hall
18 Jun, 2006 – Sadler’s Wells
Apollo et Hyacinthus
10-25 Feb, 2006 – Various (Ireland)
1 Mar, 2006 – Britten Theatre, London
9 Mar, 2006 – The Anvil, Basingtoke
18 Mar, 2006 – – St. George’s, Bristol
3 Jun, 2006 – Tolentilo, Italy
13 Feb, 2006 – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Mozart Prodigy of Nature
7 Jan, 2006 – Wigmore Hall
A-Z, Mostly Mozart
24 Jul, 2005 – Barbican Hall
Gluck, La clemenza di Tito
26 May, 2005 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Vienna
19 Jan, 2005 – Wigmore Hall
Apollo to Zauberflote
12 Oct, 2004 – Barbican Hall
Mozart in Salzburg
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul, 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
13 Jan, 2004 – Wigmore Hall
Adriana in Siria
2 May, 2002 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Recordings with The Mozartists:
Rebecca Bottone studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and was one of The Mozartists’ inaugural Associate Artists. Her appearances with the company have included Sabina (Adriano in Siria), Sifare (Mitridate, re di Ponto), Servilia (Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito), Melia (Apollo et Hyacinthus), Despina (Così fan tutte), Elisa (Il re pastore), Semira (Artaxerxes) and Worldly Spirit (The First Commandment), as well as numerous concerts at Wigmore Hall and Kings Place. In the role of Semira she features in the company’s recording of Artaxerxes and also appears on ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’. Other roles and engagements include Queen Tye (Akhnaten) for English National Opera, Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) for the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Scottish Opera, First Innocent (world première of Birtwistle’s The Minotaur), Maid (Ades’ Powder Her Face) and First Niece (Peter Grimes) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Cricket and Parrott (world première of Dove’s Pinocchio) for Opera North and Minnesota Opera, Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Garsington Opera, and Hugh Wood’s Epithalamion at the BBC Proms. Recordings include the role of Cis in Albert Herring with Richard Hickox and EMI, and two Rossini roles for Opera Rara: Eurice (Adelaide di Borgogna) and Cleone (Ermione). She appeared in the BBC documentary ‘The Genius of Beethoven’, David Starkey’s ‘Music and Monarchy’ and in Steven Poliakoff’s acclaimed film Capturing Mary.
Previous Events with The Mozartists:
Cosi fan tutte
6 Nov, 2019 – Cadogan Hall
8 Nov, 2019 – Birmingham Town Hall
10 Nov, 2019 – Teatro Communale Siracusa, Syracuse
Gluck: Bauci e Filemone / Orfeo
29 & 31 May, 2019 – Queen Elizabeth Hall
Capricious Lovers
21 Feb, 2015 – Milton Court, Barbican
Unexpected meetings, The Operas of Haydn
12 Jan, 2011 – Wigmore Hall
Handel Week
2 & 3 Dec, 2009 – Kings Place
Artaxerxes
30 Oct, 2009 – Linbury Studio Theatre
Haydn Week
13-18 Mar, 2009 – Kings Place
Apollo et Hyacinthus
13 Jul, 2006 – Buxton Festival
10 Aug, 2006 – Les Azuriales Festival, Nice
Il re Pastore
24 Jun, 2006 – Barbican Hall
8 Jul, 2006 – Melbury House, Dorset
Cosi fan tutte
16 Jun, 2006 – Bridgewater Hall
18 Jun, 2006 – Sadler’s Wells
Apollo et Hyacinthus
10-25 Feb, 2006 – Various (Ireland)
1 Mar, 2006 – Britten Theatre, London
9 Mar, 2006 – The Anvil, Basingtoke
18 Mar, 2006 – – St. George’s, Bristol
3 Jun, 2006 – Tolentilo, Italy
13 Feb, 2006 – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Mozart Prodigy of Nature
7 Jan, 2006 – Wigmore Hall
A-Z, Mostly Mozart
24 Jul, 2005 – Barbican Hall
Gluck, La clemenza di Tito
26 May, 2005 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Vienna
19 Jan, 2005 – Wigmore Hall
Apollo to Zauberflote
12 Oct, 2004 – Barbican Hall
Mozart in Salzburg
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul, 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
13 Jan, 2004 – Wigmore Hall
Adriana in Siria
2 May, 2002 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Recordings with The Mozartists: