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Yvette Bonner - Soprano

AGENT: Helen Sykes Artists' Management
100 Feisham Road, Putney, London SW15 1DQ.
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“YVETTE BONNER! … this young English songbird had the whole Wigmore Hall audience mesmerised … classical music could not sound much more alive than this…”The Times

Lyric Soprano Yvette Bonner’s career has already taken her to many major opera houses and festivals in Europe and the United States. She is admired for her warm bright voice and fine qualities as a communicator of honesty and conviction. A trained dancer, she has distinguished herself in productions requiring a particularly physical interpretation.

Yvette Bonner studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 1998 with the Dip. RAM, the Academy’s highest award for performance and the Blyth–Buesst Operatic Prize. She was the winner of the Emmy Destinn Award for Young Singers 2000 for Czech opera and song.

She made her début with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden as Hermione in Strauss’ Die Aegyptische Helena under the baton of Christian Thielemann, followed by EsmeraldaThe Bartered Bride under Bernard Haitink, a role that she repeated in 2001 under Sir Charles Mackerras and recorded for Chandos Records in 2005.

Other roles include the title–role in Rusalka for Iford Festival,GretelHansel & Gretel for Cork Opera, VixenThe Cunning Little Vixen for the Aix–en–Provence Festival, El TrujamanEl Retablo De Maese Pedro at the BBC Proms, TinaFlight for Vlaamse Opera, role of Alice in the world première of Alice in Wonderland with the Netherlands Opera, SemeleDie Liebe der Danae and First MaidDie Aegyptische Helena for Garsington Opera, SusannaThe Marriage of Figaro for Savoy Opera, FloraTurn of the Screw for Welsh National Opera, Shepherd BoyTannhäuser for Opera North, YnioldPelléas & Mélisande for English National Opera, Jennie Hildebrand in Francesca Zambello’s production of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene for English National Opera and Houston Grand Opera and on film, ZerlinaDon Giovanni in concert under Sir Colin Davis, GenevieveSirius on Earth for Almeida Opera and PhilippaBabette’s Feast for The Royal Opera at the Linbury Studio.

Yvette Bonner received outstanding critical acclaim for her Wigmore Hall début, singing Britten’s Les Illuminations with The Academy of St Martin–in–the–Fields. She has also performed Carmina Burana in Symphony Hall, Birmingham , Bach Magnificat and Vivaldi Gloria for The English Chamber Orchestra, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, for Scottish Opera Orchestra and Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and most recently Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with Michael Collins for the OSJ at St John’s , Smith Square . She is a regular soloist at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Proms.

Her recordings include Strauss Die Liebe der Danae under Elgar Howarth, Albert Herring under Richard Hickox and The Marriage of Figaro under David Parry.

Engagements in 2005/6 include a return to the Royal Opera with EsmeraldaThe Bartered Bride, the role of Sarah in the world premiere of Michel van der Aa’s After Life for Netherlands Opera and St Matthew Passion, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Live on Radio 3. In 2006/7 Yvette will make her debut for Rome Opera as Sophie in Werther.

Future Performances:

Royal Opera House. The Bartered Bride. Esmeralda — 2005/6
Athens. Rameau’s Platee. La Folie — 2006
Rome Opera. Yvette will make her debut as Sophie in Werther — 2006/7
Netherlands Opera. After Life, Sarah - 2006

Productions:

Cork Opera. Hansel & Gretel Gretel — May 2005
Iford Festival. Rusalka Title Role — July/August 2005
Royal Opera. Babette’s Feast. Philippa, 2004/5.
RPO Promenade Concert. Lead Soloist, 2004.
Chandos Records. The Bartered Bride. Royal Opera Cast under Sir Charles Mackerras, 2004.
Savoy Opera. The Marriage of Figaro. Barbarina/Susanna, 2004.
Chandos Records. The Marriage of Figaro, 2003.
RPO Promenade Concert. Lead Soloist, 2003.
Wigmore Hall. Recital of Britten’s Les Illuminations 2003.
Almeida Opera. Sirius on Earth. Genevieve, 2003.
Aix–en–Provence Festival. The Cunning Little Vixen. Title role, July 2002, European tour, 2002/03.
BBC Promenade Concert. El Retablo de Maese Pedro. El Trujamán, August 2002.
Flanders Opera. Flight. Tina, 2002 (producer Richard Jones).
Royal Opera. The Bartered Bride. Esmeralda, 2001 (conductor Sir Charles Mackerras).
Chandos records. Albert Herring. Emmie, October 2001.( Conductor Richard Hickox).
Netherlands Opera. Alice in Wonderland. Title role, September 2001.
Welsh National Opera. Turn of the Screw. Flora, 2000.
Don Giovanni. Zerlina (conductor Sir Colin Davis). Concert performance, June 2000.
Garsington Opera. Die Liebe der Danae. Semele, 1999 (also recording).
Royal Opera. The Bartered Bride. Esmeralda, 1998-99.
Royal Opera. Die Agyptische Helena. Hermione, 1998.
Garsington Opera. Die Agyptische Helena. First Maid, 1997.
Opera North. Tannhauser. Shepherd Boy, 1997.
Collins Classics Recording. Albert Herring. Emmie, 1996.
Harrogate International Music Festival. Albert Herring. Emmie, 1996.
Garsington Opera. Albert Herring. Emmie, 1996.
Louisa Lasdun, Zurich . In Rego’s Nursery. Recording with counter tenor Christopher Robson, 1995.
Buxton Opera Festival. Turn of the Screw. Flora, 1995.
Houston Grand Opera. Street Scene. Jennie Hildebrand. German tour (also film), 1994-95.
Pimlico Opera. Cheryomushki. Shostakovich. Sylvia, (also televised), 1994.
English National Opera. Street Scene. Jennie Hildebrand, (also televised), 1992 & 1993.
BBC Television. Growing Pains. Nicola, 1992.
Women’s Playhouse Theatre London . Blood Wedding. Young Girl, 1992.
Theatre Centre. The Secret Garden . Mary , UK tour, 1991.
National Youth Theatre. The Tempest. Ariel, 1991.
English National Opera. Pelleas & Melisande. Yniold, 1990.
English National Opera Baylis Programme. The Green Children. Erha. King’s Lynn Festival, 1990.
English National Opera. Macbeth. Apparition II, 1990.
Song of Norway . Recording, 1990.
English National Opera. Street Scene. Joan. Also TER recording and tour to Germany , 1989.
English National Opera Baylis Programme. Turn of the Screw. Flora. Knebworth House, 1989.
English National Opera. The Cunning Little Vixen. Young Vixen, 1988.
English National Opera. Carmen. Street Urchin, 1988.
English National Opera. Werther. Gretel, 1987.
English National Opera. Osud. Schoolgirl, 1986.

Future Concert Dates:

1st April - Bach St John Passion, London
14th April - Bach St Matthew Passion Birmingham Symphony Hall & Radio 3
8th July - Monteverdi vespers, Highgate Choral Society

Concert Highlights:

Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with Michael Collins Clarinet for OSJ 2005.
Mozart Requiem OSJ 2005.
Carmina Burana Reading with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2005.
Regular PROM soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2004 & 2005.
Britten’s Les Illuminations for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Wigmore Hall, 2003.
Recital of Songs, Arias and Duets with Christopher Maltman baritone and Michael Pollock piano. Samling Foundation , Cumbria , 2002.
Emmy Destinn Gala Concert, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House and Prague with Lada Valesova piano, 2001.
Italian Songs and Arias, Tostian Institute, Italy with Jonathan Papp piano, 2000
Poulenc Centenary Recital with Jonathan Papp piano, London , 1999.

REVIEWS:

Carmina Burana / Oxford Philomusica / Sheldonian Theatre

“Soprano Yvette Bonner contributed a lovely Silvery tone that floated effortlessly into the rafters. Her solos were among the highlights of the evening…”
Oxford Times

The Vixen / The Cunning Little Vixen / Académie européene de musique

“Yvette Bonner is more than a charming Cunning Little Vixen. She sings with a full and stirring voice.”
La Canard Enchaine

“…a Vixen brimming with vitality, her voice easy and valiant and full of youthful charm.”
Les Echos

“The Academy has already got the makings of a star. Yvette Bonner is a Vixen as cunning as she is vocally and dramatically luminous.”
France Bleu Provence

“The cast is excellent throughout with Yvette Bonner a moving and irrepressible Vixen…”
L’Humanité

“…the soprano Yvette Bonner is a spell–binding blonde Vixen.”
Liberation

“…the freshness of the voices and the perfection of the expression, especially of Yvette Bonner, who acted in the title role with playful innocence and mischievous cunning.”
Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Emmie / Albert Herring / City of London Sinfonia

“Soprano Yvette Bonner’s Emmie is definitely the star pupil.”
The Times