Claire Rutter

{{Short description|English operatic soprano}}

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Claire Rutter (born 1972 in South Shields) is an English operatic soprano.Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=PA4070 "Rutter, Claire"]. Großes Sängerlexikon (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 4070. Walter de Gruyter. {{ISBN|359844088X}} {{in lang|de}}

Biography

Claire Rutter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio, and trained with British Youth Opera. 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

References

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  • [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/albumreviews/Changing-tracks-Claire-Rutter-.4696809.jp Changing tracks: Claire Rutter] (interview), Scotland on Sunday, November 16, 2008. Accessed 10 January 2009.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081229070819/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/claire-rutter-mcdonalds-kfc-or-a-nice-glass-of-wine-646951.html "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, [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ajpxoYmLjQGQ&refer=muse "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.