Christine Rice

A British mezzo-soprano, Christine Rice's roles for The Royal Opera include Bersi (Andrea Chénier), title role of Phaedra, Blanca Delgado (The Exterminating Angel), Jenny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), Ariadne (The Minotaur), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel, Carmen, Giulietta (Lescontes d’Hoffmann), Miranda (The Tempest), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) and Concepcion (L’heure espagnole). ENO roles include Federica (Luisa Miller), Donna Elvira, Dorabella, Marguerite (The Damnation of Faust) and Nicklausse (Les contes d’Hoffmann). Other engagements include Ruggiero in Alcina (Teatro Real, Madrid), Ježibaba in Rusalka (Garsington Opera), Kostelnička in Jenůfa(Rouen), Blanca, Giulietta and Hansel (Metropolitan Opera, New York), Amaltea in Mosè in Egitto (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples), Carmen (Zürich Opera) and Giulietta (DNO). Her recordings include Respighi’s Il tramontowith Pappano (EMI) and La clemenza di Tito with Mackerras (Deutsche Grammophon). Plans include Erda (Das Rheingold) at ENO and Brangane (Tristan und Isolde) at Grange Park Opera.