Rebecca Bottone (soprano) 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
10 Nov 2019 – Teatro Communale Siracusa, Syracuse
8 Nov 2019 – Birmingham Town Hall
6 Nov 2019 – Cadogan Hall
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
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Salzburg
13 Jan 2004 – Wigmore Hall
Adriana in Siria
2 May 2002 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Recordings with The Mozartists:
Artaxerxes
2021 – Signum Classics
Mozart in London
2018 – Signum Classics
The A-Z of Mozart Opera
2014 – Signum Classics
Rebecca Bottone (soprano) 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
10 Nov 2019 – Teatro Communale Siracusa, Syracuse
8 Nov 2019 – Birmingham Town Hall
6 Nov 2019 – Cadogan Hall
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
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Salzburg
13 Jan 2004 – Wigmore Hall
Adriana in Siria
2 May 2002 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Recordings with The Mozartists:
Artaxerxes
2021 – Signum Classics
Mozart in London
2018 – Signum Classics
The A-Z of Mozart Opera
2014 – Signum Classics