Rebecca Evans

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Rebecca Evans
Rebecca Evans

Rebecca Evans (born Aug, 1963) is a Welsh soprano from the village of Pontrhydyfen near Neath, Wales.

She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has performed regularly at the Welsh National Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. She has established a major operatic career in America where she has sung Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) for the Santa Fe Opera; Adele (Die Fledermaus) for the Chicago Lyric Opera; Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ann Trulove (The Rake’s Progress) and Adina (L'elisir d'amore) for San Francisco Opera; and both Susanna and Zerlina for the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

As a concert singer, she has appeared at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival; at a Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the Welsh Assembly in the presence of the Queen and the Prince of Wales; and in Bremen with Andrea Bocelli and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Her recordings include Ilia (Idomeneo), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Susanna (Marriage of Figaro) for Chandos, Nanetta (Falstaff) for Decca, and a solo recording of Italian songs for EMI. She has also recorded three principal soprano parts in Sir Charles Mackerras's Telarc series of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas: the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore. She has also sung Belinda in the BBC film of Dido and Aeneas and hosted the BBC television series A Touch of Classics with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and was awarded an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Music, from the University of Glamorgan in 1997.

Rebecca was married in 1997 to Stephen Jones and they have one son, William, born 25th April 1999. They live in Penarth, South Wales.

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[edit] Awards

  • Young Welsh Singer of the Year 1989
  • MOCSA Winner 1989
  • Théâtre du Châtelet - Prix Hélène Rochas 2001
  • Grammy Winner - Best Opera Recording 2007

[edit] Trivia

  • Rebecca Evans comes from the same village as Richard Burton.
  • Rebecca studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the same time as Bryn Terfel.


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