English opera singer, soprano and mezzo-soprano. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and made her operatic debut in 1975 with the Glyndebourne Opera company as Agatha ("Der Freischütz"). In 1976 and 1977 she performed at the Glyndebourne Festival as Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni") and the Countess ("The Marriage of Figaro"). Also in 1975, she made her debut with the Welsh National Opera and Opera of Kent, and the following year with English National Opera.
In 1980, Plowright made her European debut, performing at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and at the opera houses of Frankfurt and Bern. Also in 1980, she made her Royal Opera House Covent Garden debut as Ortlinde in "Die Walküre". On that stage she performed such roles as Donna Anna, Maddalena ("Andrea Chénier"), Senta ("The Flying Dutchman"), Leonora ("Il Trovatore"), Desdemona ("Otello"), and the title roles in "Aida", "Medea", and "Ariadne auf Naxos".
The singer's American debut took place in 1982 at San Diego Opera as Medora in the American premiere of the opera "Il Corsaro", and her La Scala debut in 1983 in the title role of "Suor Angelica".
Over a career spanning more than forty years, Rosalind Plowright has performed on all the leading stages of the world and collaborated with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Mark Elder, Sylvain Cambreling, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Maria Giulini, Riccardo Muti, Charles Mackerras, Kazushi Ono, Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Jurowski, and others. In 1999, the singer switched from soprano repertoire to mezzo-soprano and began performing roles such as Amneris ("Aida"), the Duchess ("Suor Angelica"), Madame de Croissy ("Dialogues des Carmélites"), Klytämnestra ("Elektra"), Herodias ("Salome"), the Countess ("The Queen of Spades"), and others.
Plowright's extensive discography includes recordings of operas such as "Maria Stuarda", "Otello", "Aida", "Hansel and Gretel", "La Vestale", "The Tales of Hoffmann", "Il Trovatore", "La Forza del Destino", and others.
She is a Grammy Award winner for the recording of the opera "Hansel and Gretel" (2007). Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
In 1980, Plowright made her European debut, performing at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and at the opera houses of Frankfurt and Bern. Also in 1980, she made her Royal Opera House Covent Garden debut as Ortlinde in "Die Walküre". On that stage she performed such roles as Donna Anna, Maddalena ("Andrea Chénier"), Senta ("The Flying Dutchman"), Leonora ("Il Trovatore"), Desdemona ("Otello"), and the title roles in "Aida", "Medea", and "Ariadne auf Naxos".
The singer's American debut took place in 1982 at San Diego Opera as Medora in the American premiere of the opera "Il Corsaro", and her La Scala debut in 1983 in the title role of "Suor Angelica".
Over a career spanning more than forty years, Rosalind Plowright has performed on all the leading stages of the world and collaborated with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Mark Elder, Sylvain Cambreling, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Maria Giulini, Riccardo Muti, Charles Mackerras, Kazushi Ono, Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Jurowski, and others. In 1999, the singer switched from soprano repertoire to mezzo-soprano and began performing roles such as Amneris ("Aida"), the Duchess ("Suor Angelica"), Madame de Croissy ("Dialogues des Carmélites"), Klytämnestra ("Elektra"), Herodias ("Salome"), the Countess ("The Queen of Spades"), and others.
Plowright's extensive discography includes recordings of operas such as "Maria Stuarda", "Otello", "Aida", "Hansel and Gretel", "La Vestale", "The Tales of Hoffmann", "Il Trovatore", "La Forza del Destino", and others.
She is a Grammy Award winner for the recording of the opera "Hansel and Gretel" (2007). Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
