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| | Rutter Claire | | soprano | 
Claire Rutter scored a huge critical success with her performances of La Gioconda for Opera North, in which she was compared to the great diva, Maria Callas. She was hailed as a "Violetta to die for" in the British national press, and her success in La Traviata was followed by highly acclaimed performances of Gilda in Rigoletto, which served to strengthen further her position as Britain's foremost young Italianate soprano.
Her recordings include highlights from La Boh?me and Madame Butterfly with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Holst's The Mystic Trumpeter with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (for which she was nominated for two Classical Brit Awards), and she regularly broadcasts both staged opera and opera gala concerts on BBC Radio. She recently recorded a selection of Puccini arias with the London Symphony Orchestra, and sang Phyllis in Iolanthe in a televised performance from the BBC Proms. October 2003 saw the release of Claire's Christmas Album recorded with the Hall Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis.
Born in South Shields, County Durham, Claire studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio sponsored by The Friends of English National Opera. She won numerous awards, which enabled her to study with Ileana Cotrubas. She now studies with Gerald Martin Moore.
Claire was nominated for the Maria Callas Award following her U.S. d?but as Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte) for Dallas Opera. She has also sung Tosca, Elvira (Ernani) and Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) for English National Opera, Violetta (La Traviata) for Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) for both Op?ra de Montpellier and English National Opera, the title r?le in Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco at the Ludwigshafen Festival with Opera North, Lucia di Lammermoor with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Mimi in La Boh?me in Hong Kong and in the Beijing International Festival. She was for three years a principal with Scottish Opera, for whom her r?les have included Violetta (La Traviata), Fiordiligi, Gilda (Rigoletto, Countess (Nozze di Figaro), Elettra (Idomeneo), and Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus). She has also sung both Violetta and Gilda for both English National Opera and Welsh National Opera.
Claire's concert performances have included Strauss's Vier Letzte Lieder (replacing Dame Margaret Price with great success at short notice), Verdi's Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater & Petite Messe Solennelle, A Sea Symphony, Beethoven Symphony No.9, Carmina Burana, A Child of Our Time, Songs of the Auvergne, Elijah and Brahms's Requiem, at all of Britain's major concert halls with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, Hall, Royal Scottish National, English Chamber and Scottish Chamber orchestras.
Her future work includes Maddalena (Andrea Ch?nier) for Scottish Opera conducted by Sir Richard Armstrong, and Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) for Florida Grand Opera. Claire features on several opera recordings scheduled for release by Hyperion and Chandos in 2005, conducted by Ron Corp and Richard Hickox.
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