Mezzo-Soprano
Biography
Blessed with “a lustrous voice, full of expression” (The Guardian), British Mezzo Soprano Angela
Simkin, is a unique and thrilling artist with a burnished tone and arresting vocal quality.
Ms Simkin is praised for establishing herself as ‘outstanding’ Handelien, and is especially adept
to coloratura and light lyric roles. She was a Young Artist with the Royal Opera House’s
prestigious Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, from 2016-2018.
For the The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, her roles have included Mlle Dangeville Adriana
Lecouvreur, the title role in Handel’s Oreste (at Wilton’s Music Hall), Zweite Dame Die
Zauberflöte, Annina Der Rosenkavalier (conducted by Andris Nelsons), Tebaldo Don Carlo
(conducted by Bertrand de Billy) Flora Bervoix La Traviata, Mercédès Carmen, Flosshilde Das
Rheingold / Götterdämmerung (conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano), and The Herdswoman,
Jenufa.
She joined the Ensemble of the Landestheater Linz in 2022, where her roles will included the title
role in Rinaldo and Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro (conducted by Markus Poschner).
Angela made her debut with Grange Festival Opera in 2021 where she sang Hermia A
Midsummer Night’s Dream and in 2022 returned to sing Phoebe Meryll (Yeoman of the Guard).
Concert engagements have included Siegrune Die Walküre with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra with Vladamir Jurowski, Lucilla Il vologeso and Messiah for The Mozartists, Messiah for
Raymond Gubbay Ltd at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Nelson Mass at both the Music Hall,
Aberdeen, and Snape Maltings, and Mozart Requiem with the Orion Orchestra.
Further engagements have included included Second Witness Lessons in Love and Violence at
the Stars of the White Nights Festival, St Petersburg, Mercédès Carmen for Welsh National
Opera, The Angel in Rubensteins’s The Demon for Chelsea Opera Group, Meg Page Falstaff for
The Grange Festival, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Orion Orchestra at London’s Cadogan
Hall, Berlioz Les Nuits d’Été and Mahler Kindertotenlieder with Lucy Colquhoun for a Crush Room
Recital at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and St John’s, Smith Square, and Messiah
with the London Handel Orchestra.
Her recordings include Dorcas Haddon Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Dutton Epoch
SACD, selected as Critic’s Choice by Opera News, Herdswoman Jenůfa for Opus Arte Arte DVD /
Blu-Ray, Lucilla Il Vologeso with The Mozartists on Signum CD and Second Lady Die Zauberflöte
for Opus Arte DVD / Blu-Ray (selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone for February 2022).
Angela began her training at the Royal Northern College of Music, furthering her studies at the
Royal College of Music, where she frequently sang with the London Handel Festival. Her
Handelien roles there included Teseo (Arianna in Creta) and Iside (Giove in Argo)
This season, Angela will sing Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus) and Lola
(Cavalleria Rusticana) for Linz Musiktheater.
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Announcements
Calendar
Landestheater, Linz, Austria with the Bruckner Orchester
Performance Dates season 23-24
December 2023
3rd – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni – 7.30pm
7th – Cavalleria Rusticana,Mascagni 7.30pm
12th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
26th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
January 2024
9th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
20th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
25th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
February 2024
3rd – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
4th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 3pm
6th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
8th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
11th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 5pm
12th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
16th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
17th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
March 2024
3rd – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
4th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 3pm
6th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
8th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
11th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 5pm
12th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
16th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
17th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
April 2024
3rd – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
6th – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
9th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
11th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
13th – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
16th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
18th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
20th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
23rd– Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
26th – Die Fledermuas, J. Strauss 7.30pm
28th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
30th – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
May 2024
5th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
7th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
9th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
11th – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
15th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
16th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
20th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
24th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
26th – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
30th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
June 2024
1st – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
3rd – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
5th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
6th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
9th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 3pm
12th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini 7.30pm
22nd – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
27th – Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss 7.30pm
28th – Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini 7.30pm
July 2024
1st – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7.30pm
5th – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni 7.30pm
Media
Britten "Puppet! Why so?" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Händel "Venti turbini" from Rinaldo
Flosshilde (Das Rheingold, Wagner)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Britten "Puppet! Why so?" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
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