Allison Cook
Performed as a soloist for Magdala both in production and concert and has been part of the Opera Start Workshop team for a complete year project at Kirkby College and other shorter Opera Start ventures.
One of the new generation of British Mezzo-Sopranos, Allison Cook is beginning to develop an impressive
international reputation, with recent highlights including repertoire as
diverse as a critically-acclaimed world premiere of Michael Berkeley's For You
with Music Theatre Wales, the title role in "L'incoronazione di Poppea"
in Aix en Provence, Baba The Turk "The Rake's Progress" in
Portugal, and the title role in Bizet's Carmen for Glyndebourne. More recently
she sang the role of Amastre in Handel's "XERXES" for Opera
TheatER Company, Ireland,
and covered the roles of Geschwitz for the Royal Opera's 2009 production
of "Lulu". She has just returned from a gala of ZARZUELA with the
Münchner Symphoniker this summer.
Her European success has been built on performances such as the world premiere
of Peter Eötvös' "Le Balcon" at Aix-en-Provence,
Soeur Mathilde Les dialogues des Carmélites in Opéra National du Rhin, and
appearances at the Savonnlinna Festival and BBC Proms. She sang the role of
Orlofsky "Die Fledermaus" for Glyndebourne, and the title role in John
Browne's "Babette's Feast" and Kate Julian "Owen Wingrave"
for the Linbury Studio of the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden.
Her international appearances have included KNAPPE and BLUMENMÄDCHEN
(Parsifal), and Garcias "Don Quichotte", both at L'Opéra de la Bastille,
Paris, conducted by James Conlon, Der Komponist "Ariadne auf Naxos"
for Opéra National du Rhin, as well as the roles of Valetto and Fortuna
in Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea" in Aix-en-Provence,
conducted by Marc Minkowski. Other appearances have included Vienna,
Amsterdam, Toulouse,
Opéra National de Paris, and Opéra de Nancy, where she appeared as Der
Trommeler "Der Kaiser von Atlantis". She made a welcome return
to the podium of the BBC Proms this year, as part of the Vaughan-Williams 50th
Anniversary celebrations, in his Serenade to Music with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
FUTURE PROJECTS INCLUDE A RETURN TO THE ROLE OF BABA THE TURK IN PARIS AND A FURTHER WORLD PREMIERE AT COVENT GARDEN IN 2011.
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