Allison Bell
(Sopranos)
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Allison Bell
(Sopranos) Biography:
"How to deal, too, with the plot’s tricky core, the obsessive love of an 18th-century bishop’s librarian for a 12-year-old girl, the Marquis’s daughter, bitten by a dog, who acts as if she’s possessed? Eötvös, a magpie and maverick figure, avoids the tut-tuts by giving the girl a vocal line so testing that only an adult could attempt the role. No matter how stratospheric the pitch or angular the leap, Allison Bell displays dizzying power as Sierva MarÍa, the little copper-haired heroine" Geoff Brown - The Times/ Eötvös, Love and Other Demons, Glyndebourne Tasmanian born Soprano Allison Bell studied Music and History at the University of Sydney together with acting at The Australian Theatre for Young People. Continuing her studies in Europe she received numerous awards and was a finalist in the Sylvia Geszty Coloratura Singing Competition in Luxembourg, the Belvedere Opera Competition in Vienna and won the La Scala Prize and scholarship to study with Virginia Zeani at the Vińas Competition in Barcelona. She has participated in masterclasses with Magda Olivero, Ghena Dimitrova, Ileana Cortrubas, Gundula Janowitz, Dalton Baldwin, Paul Hamburger, Sylvia Geszty and Donald McIntyre. Opera roles include La Folie (Platée, Rameau), Morgana (Alcina, Handel), Aspasia (Mitridate, Mozart), Mademoiselle Silberklang/Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor, Mozart), Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart), Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte, Mozart), Glauce (Medea, Cherubini; her debut at the Opéra National de Montpellier), Adele (Die Fledermaus, J Strauss), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi), Olympia (Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette, Gounod), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss), Waldvogels (Siegfried, Wagner), Bubikopf (Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Ullmann), Nachtigall (Die Vögel, Braunfels) and Cunegonde (Candide, Bernstein). Allison was universally acclaimed for her performance creating the role of Sierva Maria in the world premiere of Peter Eötvös' opera Love and Other Demons at Glyndebourne under Vladimir Jurowski, a role she repeated at the National Opera of Lithuania in Vilnius. Other notable recent performances include in title role in Lakmé for Opera Holland Park, her creation of the roles of Vole/Sun in the world premiere of Richard Ayres' The Cricket Recovers, Aldeburgh/Bregenz, the young Callas in the Opera-Ballet La Callas at the Slovenian National Opera and Pretty Polly/Witch in Birtwistle's Punch and Judy for Music Theatre Wales/Royal Opera Covent Garden. This season Allison also made her South American concert debut in Carmina Burana with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. Her extensive experience performing 20 and 21st century music includes Berio's A-Ronne for The Knack at ENO, Cage's Aria at the Barbican and the UK premiere of Kutavicius' The Last Pagan Rites at the Glamorgan Festival. She was chosen by the composer as the vocal soloist for Eötvös Retrospectives in Caen, Strasbourg, Budapest and Madrid and for the CD of his Chamber Vocal Works to be released in 2010. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski she was soloist for the UK premiere's of Alfred Schnittke's Three Scenes, Three Madrigals, and Der Gelbe Klang. This was followed by an acclaimed debut performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, again with Jurowski and soloists of the LPO at the Wigmore Hall. Forthcoming engagements include performances as Sierva Maria in Love and Other Demons at the Opéra National du Rhin under Eötvös in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, the UK premiere of Giya Kancheli's Exil with Jurowski/LPO and Berio's Chamber Music with Ades/ London Sinfonietta, together with continuing film and music collaborations with celebrated film makers the Quay Brothers. For all her concerts Allison is dressed courtesy of Comme des Garçons. She also ackowledges the generous support of the Richard Carne Trust. This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography please email info@ingpen.co.uk Contact Details: Territories: |
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