Alice Coote

Biography

British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the National Opera Studio. Coote is the winner of the Brigitte Fassbaender Award for Lieder Interpretation and the Decca Kathleen Ferrier Prize for her gifts as a song recitalist. Her most frequent collaborating artist in recital is Julius Drake. Coote has also achieved great success in opera, appearing at Covent Garden, the English National Opera, Opera North, the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Glyndebourne, among others. She performs a wide range of leading roles, including the title roles in Gluck's "Orfeo" and Handel's "Ariodante," the Composer in Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos," Dorabella in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutté," Cherubino in Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro," and Oktavian in Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier."

Coote's artist representation is through IMG Artists. A full biography and other information is available from IMG at http://www.imgartists.com/

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