Christine Rice’s operatic appearances have taken her to the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Opéra national de Paris; Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Madrid’s Teatro Real; the Opernhaus Zürich and the Glyndebourne and Salzburg Festivals.
Her wide ranging repertoire includes the roles of Brangäne Tristan und Isolde and Erda Das Rheingold; Judith Duke Bluebeard’s Castle; the title role in Carmen; Concepcion L’heure espagnole; Giulietta Les contes d’Hoffmann; Marguerite La damnation de Faust; Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel.
Also the title roles in Gloriana and The Rape of Lucretia; Dorabella Così fan tutte and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni; Penelope Il Ritorno d’Ulisse and Irene Theodora, Ruggiero Alcina and the the title role in Ariodante.
She created the roles of Miranda and Blanca in the world premieres of Adès’ The Tempest and The Exterminating Angel, and Ariadne in Birtwistle’s The Minotaur.
Highlights in Christine’s 2024/25 season include:
Muse Les contes d’Hoffmann for the Royal Opera and Phaedra in Deborah Warner’s staging of Britten’s cantata in its Linbury Theatre, La Zia Principessa Suor Angelica for the English National Opera and Ježibaba Rusalka for the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Christine also has a very busy concert career, appearing throughout the UK, Europe, North America and at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International and Aldeburgh Festivals working with conductors that include Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, Fabio Luisi, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
September 2024
