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.
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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.