- Kate Royal
Kate Royal (born
London , 1979) is an English lyricsoprano . She attendedTalbot Heath School in Bournemouth, Dorset. She later studied at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama and then theNational Opera Studio , graduating in the summer of 2004. In that same year, she won theKathleen Ferrier Award. [cite news | author=Rupert Christiansen | title=Loneliness of the long-distance singer | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/09/17/bmitalian17.xml | work=Telegraph | date=17 September 2005 | accessdate=2007-10-28]Royal began to attract wider notice as an understudy for the role of Pamina in
Mozart 's "Die Zauberflöte" atGlyndebourne Festival Opera in 2004, when she substituted for the lead soprano at one performance. [cite news | author=Neil Fisher | title=Kate Royal | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article783815.ece | work=The Times | date=2 January 2006 | accessdate=2007-10-28] With Glyndebourne on Tour, she has sung the Countess in "Le nozze di Figaro". [cite news | author=Laura Barnett | title=Portrait of the artist: Kate Royal, soprano | url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2181593,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=2 October 2007 | accessdate=2007-10-28] She has performed in recital with the pianistsGraham Johnson andRoger Vignoles [cite news | author=Hilary Finch | title=Royal/Vignoles | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/article1292505.ece | work=The Times | date=15 January 2007 | accessdate=2007-10-28] . In 2006 with Glyndebourne on Tour, she sang The Governess inBenjamin Britten 's "The Turn of the Screw". [cite news | author=Tim Ashley | title=The Turn of the Screw | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1928853,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=23 October 2006 | accessdate=2007-10-28] . Later the same year, she signed a recording contract withEMI Classics, and her first disc of songs and arias was released in September 2007. [cite news | author=Geoff Brown | title=Kate Royal | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2386738.ece | work=The Times | date=8 September 2007 | accessdate=2007-10-28] .Discography
*Kate Royal: "Recital" (EMI Classics, 2007)
*Ian Bostridge featuring Kate Royal: "Great Handel" (EMI Classics, 2007)
*Paul McCartney featuring Kate Royal: "Ecce Cor Meum" (EMI Classics, 2006)
*Choir of King's College, Cambridge featuring kate Royal: "Purcell: Music for Queen Mary"References
External links
* [http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/green/green/home.nsf/ArtistDetails/Kate%20Royal Askonas Holt Website, page on Kate Royal]
* [http://www.emiclassics.co.uk/search_new.php?q=kate%20royal EMI Classics page on Kate Royal]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kateroyalsoprano Kate Royal official MySpace music page]
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