Claire Rutter

English operatic soprano

Claire Rutter (born 1972 in South Shields) is an English operatic soprano.^[1]

Biography

Claire Rutter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio. Her title role performances have included those in Norma and Tosca at Grange Park Opera, and in Lucrezia Borgia, La Traviata and Aida at English National Opera. She has also sung the role of Sieglinde in Die Walküre at Grange Park Opera. Her performances in the United States include those with Dallas Opera in 2003 (as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte) and Santa Fe Opera in 2008 (as Alice in Falstaff). Rutter has recorded extensively for Naxos and Chandos.

Selected discography

Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement - City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor). Chandos CHAN 10219
Lennox Berkeley: Ruth - City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor). Chandos CHAN 10301
Gustav Holst: The Planets / The Mystic Trumpeter Op.18 - Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor). Naxos 8.555776
Herbert Howells: Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Bach Choir, David Hill (conductor). Naxos 8.570352
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Marin Alsop (conductor). Naxos 8.570033
Arthur Sullivan: The Prodigal Son / Boer War Te Deum - New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor). Hyperion CDA67423
Arthur Sullivan: The Contrabandista / The Foresters - New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor). Hyperion CDA 67486

References

^ Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004). "Rutter, Claire". Großes Sängerlexikon (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 4070. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 359844088X (in German)

Changing tracks: Claire Rutter (interview), Scotland on Sunday, November 16, 2008. Accessed 10 January 2009.
"Claire Rutter: McDonald's, KFC? Or a nice glass of wine?" (interview), The Independent on Sunday, June 30, 2002. Accessed 10 January 2009.
Chism, Olin, "'Così' entices Dallas Opera's players", Dallas Morning News, November 23, 2003.
Thompson, Warwick, "Pharaonic Drag Queens Sparkle in Zandra Rhodes 'Aida' Costumes" (review of Aida at the English National Opera), Bloomberg News, November 9, 2007. Accessed 10 January 2009.