Christine Rice is one of the leading British mezzo-sopranos of her generation and was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year’s Honours for services to opera.
Christine Rice is one of the leading British mezzo-sopranos of her generation and was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year’s Honours for services to opera.
Her operatic appearances have taken her to The Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Opéra national de Paris; the Bayerische Staatsoper; the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Madrid’s Teatro Real; the Opernhaus Zürich; and the Glyndebourne and Salzburg Festivals.
Highlights of her 2025/26 season include Miss Jessel in Deborah Warner’s new production of The Turn of the Screw for Opera di Roma, Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking for English National Opera, and Fricka in Das Rheingold for Grange Park Opera.
Her wide-ranging repertoire includes the roles of Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Fricka and Erda (Das Rheingold), Judith (Duke Bluebeard’s Castle), La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), Ježibaba (Rusalka), the title role in Carmen, Concepción (L’heure espagnole), Marguerite (La damnation de Faust), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), the title roles in Gloriana and The Rape of Lucretia, Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni),, Penelope (Il ritorno d’Ulisse), Irene (Theodora), Ruggiero (Alcina), and the title role in Ariodante.
Last updated: 11th April 2026
