Yvonne Howard
Mezzo-soprano
Yvonne Howard studied at the RNCM.
Previously for ENO: Marcellina The Marriage of Figaro, Katisha The Mikado, Queen of the Fairies Iolanthe, Berta The Barber of Seville, Katisha The Mikado, Caesonia Caligula, Third Norn Twilight of the Gods, Larina Eugene Onegin, Third Lady The Magic Flute, Marcellina Marriage of Figaro, Innkeeper Boris Godunov.
Career Highlights
Notable engagements elsewhere: Leonore Fidelio, Larina, Cornelia Giulio Cesare, Ludmilla Bartered Bride, Third Lady, Second Norn Ring, Mother Hänsel und Gretel (ROH); Sieglinde (Hallé); Azucena (Denmark); Spring Beauty Snow Maiden, Lady Macbeth Macbeth, Fricka/Second Norn Ring, Nettie Carousel, Mother Swanhunter, Auntie Peter Grimes, Hippolyta (Opera North); Mrs Grose Turn of the Screw (Opera North and NI Opera); Lady Billows Albert Herring(Buxton Festival Opera); Mother Hänsel und Gretel, Mistress Quickly Falstaff (Garsington); Caesonia (Buenos Aires, Hannover); title role Norma (OHP, ETO); Rosa Mamai L’Arlesiana; title role Medée, Irene Belisario (Chelsea Opera Group); Estelle/Emerance Veronique(Buxton Festival) and the title role in Holst’s Savitri with Choros Chamber Choir.
Recordings: Marilyn Klinghoffer The Death of Klinghoffer (C4 DVD); Sweet Swan of Avon (Meridian); Messiah (Arte Nova Classics); Troilus and Cressida‚ Boris Godunov, The Bartered Bride (Chandos).
Forthcoming: Mrs Grose (ROH Linbury).
Last updated: 19th June 2024