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Rachael Lloyd
Rachael Lloyd is a talented Mezzo-Soprano who has sung with Glyndebourne Festival Opera since her debut with Glyndebourne on Tour singing the role of Shelley in Tangier Tattoo in 2005. Rachael understudied the roles of Orlofsky in Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2006) and more recently the role of Ottavia in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione Di Poppea (Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2008).
In 2007, Rachael understudied both the role of Suzuki in Raymond Gubbay’s production of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, and the role of Sara in Buxton Festival Opera’s production of Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux. During the same season at Buxton Festival Opera, Rachael performed the role of Blanche in Offenbach’s Bluebeard.
Rachael sang the Mezzo-soprano solos in the premiere of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man—A Mass for Peace in the Royal Albert Hall in 2000 and made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 singing the role of the Queen in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, conducted by Kurt Masur.
As a recitalist, Rachael was recently invited to give a recital at the Lille Opera House, France, where she performed Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben and Elgar’s Sea Pictures. Rachael features on a recording of works by Claudio Monteverdi, Giulio Caccini and John Dowland with La Nuova Musica.
Earlier this year, Rachael understudied the role of Martina Laborde in Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s Summer 2008 production of Love and Other Demons by Peter Eotvos. Currently Rachael is understudying the role of Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Glyndebourne Touring Opera.
In 2009 Rachael will be singing the role of Meg Page in Glyndebourne Touring Opera’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff.
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