Rosamund illing biography

Rosamund Illing (Soprano) She has performed to critical acclaim in England, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, Canada and Australia and her recordings have been lavished with major awards.
Rosamund Illing is an English Australian soprano.
Discover the biography and discography of Rosamund Illing.

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Rosamund Illing (Soprano)

Rosamund Illing is one of Australia’s most distinguished sopranos. Her career spans the breadth of the repertoire for lyric soprano in opera, symphony and song. She has performed to critical acclaim in England, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, Canada and Australia and her recordings have been lavished with major awards.

After graduating with honours from the University of Adelaide, Rosamund Illing continued her studies in England and Italy. She soon embarked on an impressive series of opera engagements in Great Britain with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (as Musetta in La bohème with Placido Domingo as Rodolfo), English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera and at the Wexford Festival. In Australia, Rosamund Illing has performed with each of the state opera companies and Opera Australia.

Ms Illing’s operatic repertoire embraces almost the entire spectrum of great soprano roles from baroque to verismo: Alcina, Abigaille, Donna Anna, Elettra, Vitellia, Gilda, Norina, Marguerite, Amelia, Cio Cio San, Liù

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Rosamund Illing

Musical artist

Rosamund Illing is an English Australian soprano.^[1] Together with Richard Bonynge and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Illing was nominated for the 2000 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album for the album Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias.

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

References

^Reddy, Muriel (21 March 1993), "Father Knew Best", Sunday Age
^Crimeen, Bob (9 April 2000), "Massenet - Amoureuse Sacred and Profane Arias Rosamund Illing and Richard Bonynge (Melba Recordings).", Sunday Herald Sun
^Zwartz, Barney (24 August 2008), "Saint Saens Helene", The Age
^ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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Rosamund Illing, one of Australia's most distinguished operatic artists, received her Bachelor of Music degree (with Honors) from the University of Adelaide, then returned to her native England to study at the National Opera Studio in London and the Britten Pears School at Aldeburgh. Her awards include the Gold Award in the Benson and Hedges Competition, and a scholarship from the Royal Society of Arts for further study in Italy. Her teachers have included Tito Gobbi, Geoffrey Parsons, Eric Vietheer, Sir Peter Pears, Janice Chapman, David Harper, and Ettore Campogalianni (the noted teacher of Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni).

Ms. Illing made her operatic debut as the Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw with the Barbican Opera in 1978. In the immediately following seasons, while still a member of the National Opera Studio, she made her debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera (Mimi and Nannetta) and sang her first Verdi Messa di Requiem in Singapore. Ms. Illing began a series of important debuts in 1982--first a