Kai Rüütel

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Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel trained at Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn and Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag and received a Master’s degree with special honours from the Dutch National Opera Academy. She won first prize in the national competition for young classical singers in Estonia in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She has participated in masterclasses with Graciela Araya, Mark Tucker and Paula Chateauneuf, Ryland Davies, Muriel Corradini, Patricia MacMahon, Kenneth Montgomery, Carolyn Watkinson and Meinard Kraak. She currently studies with Jon Thorsteinsson.

Opera includes Dorabella Così fan tutte, Ottavia and Virtù L’incoronazione di Poppea, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Mère Marie Dialogues des Carmelites and Carmen La tragedie de Carmen for Dutch National Opera Academy.

She joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2009 and made her Royal Opera debut as Venerable Lady The Gambler (also covering Blanche). Last season she also sang Rosette Manon and Flora La traviata. During Meet the Young Artists Week in the Linbury, she sang Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben in a staged production. In 2010/11, she sings Rosette Manon and Flora La traviata on tour to Japan as well as Second Lady Die Zauberflöte and Dorothée Cendrillon. She also covers Mme Dangeville Adriana Lecouvreur, Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel, Dunyasha The Tsar’s Bride and Charlotte Werther.


Future Performances

  • Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Royal Opera
    Die Zauberflöte
    Main Auditorium

    Performances

    Tue 1 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Thu 3 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Mon 7 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Wed 9 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Fri 11 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Wed 16 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Sat 19 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Tue 22 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM
    Thu 24 Feb 2011, 7:30 PM
    Friends Booking: 08.09 8AM / General Booking: 05.10 10AM

Kai Rüütel