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Kate Valentine was born in Inverness and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio. A Samling Alumna, her numerous awards include the Glyndebourne Anne Wood/Joanna Peters Award, a Sybil Tutton Award, a Susan Chilcott Scholarship, and Scottish Opera’s John Scott Award. Her recent performance of Donna Anna Don Giovanni for Samling Opera at The Sage, Gateshead, was described by The Guardian as “an outstanding debut... one of the evening’s real discoveries…” Other operatic roles include Rosalinde Die Fledermaus for Scottish Opera on Tour and Scottish Opera Go Round, and Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro with Glyndebourne on Tour. She made her Edinburgh International Festival debut last year in Vaughan Williams’ ‘Serenade to Music’ under David Jones with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and appeared again this year as Second Women (Dido & Aeneas) under Nicholas McGegan. Her concert repertory also includes Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Willcocks, Dixit Dominus and Solomon; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Haydn’s Nelson Mass; Poulenc’s Gloria; Rossini’s Petit Messe Solennelle; Rutter’s Magnificat and Requiem; Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, Solemn Vespers and C Minor Mass. Plans include cover Konstanze Il Seraglio for Scottish Opera, and Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte for Opera Holland Park.
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