Artists

Biography:

Rebecca von Lipinski was born in Mansfield and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, supported by the Peter Moores Foundation, and at the National Opera Studio. Awards include the Clonter Opera Prize and the Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award.

European engagements include the title role in Micha Hamel’s Snow White, Ursula in Klaas de Vries’s Wake, Oscar/Un Ballo in Maschera (Nationale Reisopera) and LA Lola in Benedict Mason’s Playing Away (Bregenz and St Pölten Festivals). Operatic engagements in the UK include Leonore/Fidelio and First Lady/The Magic Flute (Garsington Opera), Musetta (Scottish Opera), Karin/The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (English National Opera), Berthe/Euryanthe (Glyndeboume Festival Opera), Countess and First Lady/Die Zauberflöte (Grange Park Opera), Mimi (Mid Wales Opera), Mabel / The Pirates of Penzance (Carl Rosa Opera Company) and Sophie / Flashmob for BBC Television.

Concert highlights include Sibelius’ Luonnotar (Thomas Adés) and Harrison Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong (Martyn Brabbins) both with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra), Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Mass in C, Coronation Mass, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Mahler’s Symphony No 2. Recordings include Fanny / Il Prigoniero d’Edimburgo and Odetta / Emma d’Antiochia for Opera Rara.