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AMANDA ROOCROFT

Amanda Roocroft
Amanda Roocroft has secured an international reputation as one of Britain's most exciting singers in opera, concert and recital. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and studies with Barbara Robotham.
In concert she has appeared with leading orchestras and conductors throughout Europe and North America. She has sung and recorded, with sir John Eliot Gardiner, the part of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte on compact disc and video and has also recorded Vaughan Williams' Pastoral Symphony with Bernard Haitink. She has appeared at the BBC Proms, including the 2001 season and the Edinburgh International Festival and she regularly sings at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Glyndebourne Festival.
Recently she has toured Japan with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Zubin Mehta and Europe with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

The Amanda Roocroft Theatre
In June 2006, Mandy opened the newly refurbished theatre at Runshaw College which has been named, as the following images show, The Amanda Roocroft Theatre.

Amanda Roocroft opens the newly refurbished theatre at Runshaw College

Laurence Olivier Awards
The winners of the 31st Laurence Olivier Awards were announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera was awarded to:
Amanda Roocroft!!

Future Engagements Oct 06 - April 07
2006

October

October 2nd Radio Broadcast “ Start the Day” 9.00 am Radio 4 with Andrew Marr

9th , 12th, 14th. 18th, 20th, 26th, 28th English National Opera Company, Colliseum London Performances of Jenufa – Janacek This is the opera that Amanda first performed in at Glyndebourne several years ago, to huge personal acclaim. She has since performed it worldwide.

January 2007

January 7th 9th War Requiem Benjamen Britten Tenerife

15th Rehearsals begin for Madame Butterfly – Puccini, Welsh National Opera Company

February 2007

February 3rd, 10th, 16th Welsh Millenium Centre Cardiff Performances Madame Butterfly

March 2007

March 1st, 3rd Welsh Millenium Centre Cardiff. Performances Madame Butterfly This is the date that Amanda made her professional debut singing Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavelier, also with the Welsh National Opera Company in 1990.

March 6th, 8th Performances Madame Butterfly Southampton

12th – 26th Performances La Boheme – Puccini, Welsh National Opera Company Hong Kong

27th, 29th Performances Madame Butterfly Milton Keynes

April 2007

April 3rd, 5th Performances Madame Butterfly Swansea

10th, 12th Performances Madame Butterfly Birmingham

18th, 20th Performances Madame Butterfly Plymouth

Amanda will be singing the role of Cio-Cio- San. She sang this role first at The Royal Opera House London, again to much critical acclaim.

Reviews

And then there is Jenufa - and I have never seen Amanda Roocroft better. From her precocious beginnings, and more or less instant stardom, few singers in my experience have grown as she has. The voice has certainly grown, and on this showing it's found a new focus, true and blade-like. But most of all the artistry has grown. As Jenufa, her whole body shakes with conviction, at once vulnerable and resilient. And when the terrible news of her child's death is broken to her she appears poleaxed by something she already knows, something only a mother can know.The way she fills the huge silence here speaks volumes of her emptiness. This isn't just a great operatic performance, it's a great performance - period. Take the music away and you'd still be moved.
Edward Seckerson ( The Independent )

The American soprano Renee Fleming was due to sing Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Royal Opera House London in June and July. She had to withdraw for family reasons. Amanda, at very short notice was asked to sing the first two performances on Tuesday 28th June and Friday 1st July.
“ she sang with her customary lustre and dominated the great Act III ensemble with her ringing high notes”
“ in her death scene, she sang the Willow Song and the Ave Maria with purity of tone and expressive phrasing. Not even Miss Fleming’s biggest fans should have felt short-changed”
Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 3rd July
“the audience could hardly claim to have suffered, for in her place we got a deeply affecting performance from Amanda Roocroft”
“she uses the colour of her voice to glowing effect in the ActIII ensemble”
John Allison The Times 3oth June

Reviews For Eugene Onegin Cardiff Feb 2004
“…… an unforgettable Tatyana…..” Stephen Walsh Independent 20th Feb. 2004
“…….Has rarely seemed so complete an artist…….an ecstatic letter scene…..” Richard Morrison The Times 16th Feb.2004
“…….touching in the role…..warm, well judged lyrical tone…..” Barry Millington Evening Standard 16th Feb.2004
“…….again showed that her voice and outstanding ability as an actress are ideally suited to the role…..” Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 22nd Feb. 2004
“…….delivers the performance of her career” “…….her heart rendingly acted and gloriously sung Tatyana…..” Hugh Canning Sunday Times 22nd Feb. 2004
“…….is the focal point of James Macdonald’s new production…..” “…….pure of voice,……emotionally agile…..” Anthony Holden Observer 22nd Feb.2004
“…… an unforgettable Tatyana…..” Stephen Walsh Independent 20th Feb. 2004
“…….Has rarely seemed so complete an artist…….an ecstatic letter scene…..” Richard Morrison The Times 16th Feb.2004
“…….touching in the role…..warm, well judged lyrical tone…..” Barry Millington Evening Standard 16th Feb.2004
“…….again showed that her voice and outstanding ability as an actress are ideally suited to the role…..” Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 22nd Feb. 2004
“…….delivers the performance of her career” “…….her heart rendingly acted and gloriously sung Tatyana…..” Hugh Canning Sunday Times 22nd Feb. 2004
“…….is the focal point of James Macdonald’s new production…..” “…….pure of voice,……emotionally agile…..” Anthony Holden Observer 22nd Feb.2004

Reviews for Madame Butterfly
Amanda’s portrayal of Butterfly, the tragic heroine of Puccini’s opera, is to date her finest hour. This is her debut in this role, and there is no doubt that it will be counted amongst the great performances.
“a superb actress, she conveyed every aspect of Butterfly’s personality.”
“there is an exciting vulnerability in Miss Roocroft’s singing.”.
“risks will be taken, and nine times out of ten they will end in triumph.”
“Miss Roocroft’s musical responses to the drama are all instinctive.”
“an ecstatic “Un bel di”
“I have heard several unforgettable performances of this role. This was up there with them.”
Michel Kennedy Sunday Telegraph
“ a change of cast brings renewed intensity to Covent Garden’s Butterfly.”
“the evening is a great personal triumph for her.”
“her purity of tone and flawless intonation move even the hardest of old hearts to tears.”
“she carries off her arias and duets with a thrilling combination of dramatic intensity and vocal assurance.”
“she alone is worth the price of admission.”
Anthony Holden The Observer
“I have never cried as much, since I saw Bambi’s mother get shot.”
An unknown lady leaving the theatre.

Reviews of Turandot 10th March 2003
" And it fell to Amanda Roocroft’s tragic Luit to warm hearts, the thrill of the voice in altissima acheived through the feeling that carries it there. Berio could learn from that"
Edward Seckerson.
The Independent 13th March 2003
"Amanda Roocroft made a touching Lui."
Matthew Rye.
The Daily Telegraph 12th March 3003
Amanda can be contacted through v3rrr@tiscali.co.uk
www.coppull.com is the only Coppull web site that is personally authorised to carry Amanda J. Roocroft's photograph and career details.The reproduction of the whole, or of any part thereof by any other Coppull website is expressly forbidden. Amanda Roocroft's career details and photographs are protected by Copyright Legislation.
Any person, or persons, who knowingly or unknowingly, reproduce any photographic or written part of Amanda J. Roocroft's career details, past present or future, will be subject to any action that Amanda J. Roocroft and www.coppull.com deem appropriate.

	Amanda Roocroft has secured an international reputation as one of Britain's most exciting singers in opera, concert and recital. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and studies with Barbara Robotham. In concert she has appeared with leading orchestras and conductors throughout Europe and North America. She has sung and recorded, with sir John Eliot Gardiner, the part of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte on compact disc and video and has also recorded Vaughan Williams' Pastoral Symphony with Bernard Haitink. She has appeared at the BBC Proms, including the 2001 season and the Edinburgh International Festival and she regularly sings at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Glyndebourne Festival. Recently she has toured Japan with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Zubin Mehta and Europe with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
The Amanda Roocroft Theatre In June 2006, Mandy opened the newly refurbished theatre at Runshaw College which has been named, as the following images show, The Amanda Roocroft Theatre. Laurence Olivier Awards The winners of the 31st Laurence Olivier Awards were announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel. The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera was awarded to: Amanda Roocroft!!
Future Engagements Oct 06 - April 07 2006 October October 2nd Radio Broadcast “ Start the Day” 9.00 am Radio 4 with Andrew Marr 9th , 12th, 14th. 18th, 20th, 26th, 28th English National Opera Company, Colliseum London Performances of Jenufa – Janacek This is the opera that Amanda first performed in at Glyndebourne several years ago, to huge personal acclaim. She has since performed it worldwide. January 2007 January 7th 9th War Requiem Benjamen Britten Tenerife 15th Rehearsals begin for Madame Butterfly – Puccini, Welsh National Opera Company February 2007 February 3rd, 10th, 16th Welsh Millenium Centre Cardiff Performances Madame Butterfly March 2007 March 1st, 3rd Welsh Millenium Centre Cardiff. Performances Madame Butterfly This is the date that Amanda made her professional debut singing Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavelier, also with the Welsh National Opera Company in 1990. March 6th, 8th Performances Madame Butterfly Southampton 12th – 26th Performances La Boheme – Puccini, Welsh National Opera Company Hong Kong 27th, 29th Performances Madame Butterfly Milton Keynes April 2007 April 3rd, 5th Performances Madame Butterfly Swansea 10th, 12th Performances Madame Butterfly Birmingham 18th, 20th Performances Madame Butterfly Plymouth Amanda will be singing the role of Cio-Cio- San. She sang this role first at The Royal Opera House London, again to much critical acclaim. Reviews And then there is Jenufa - and I have never seen Amanda Roocroft better. From her precocious beginnings, and more or less instant stardom, few singers in my experience have grown as she has. The voice has certainly grown, and on this showing it's found a new focus, true and blade-like. But most of all the artistry has grown. As Jenufa, her whole body shakes with conviction, at once vulnerable and resilient. And when the terrible news of her child's death is broken to her she appears poleaxed by something she already knows, something only a mother can know.The way she fills the huge silence here speaks volumes of her emptiness. This isn't just a great operatic performance, it's a great performance - period. Take the music away and you'd still be moved. Edward Seckerson ( The Independent ) The American soprano Renee Fleming was due to sing Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Royal Opera House London in June and July. She had to withdraw for family reasons. Amanda, at very short notice was asked to sing the first two performances on Tuesday 28th June and Friday 1st July. “ she sang with her customary lustre and dominated the great Act III ensemble with her ringing high notes” “ in her death scene, she sang the Willow Song and the Ave Maria with purity of tone and expressive phrasing. Not even Miss Fleming’s biggest fans should have felt short-changed” Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 3rd July “the audience could hardly claim to have suffered, for in her place we got a deeply affecting performance from Amanda Roocroft” “she uses the colour of her voice to glowing effect in the ActIII ensemble” John Allison The Times 3oth June Reviews For Eugene Onegin Cardiff Feb 2004 “…… an unforgettable Tatyana…..” Stephen Walsh Independent 20th Feb. 2004 “…….Has rarely seemed so complete an artist…….an ecstatic letter scene…..” Richard Morrison The Times 16th Feb.2004 “…….touching in the role…..warm, well judged lyrical tone…..” Barry Millington Evening Standard 16th Feb.2004 “…….again showed that her voice and outstanding ability as an actress are ideally suited to the role…..” Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 22nd Feb. 2004 “…….delivers the performance of her career” “…….her heart rendingly acted and gloriously sung Tatyana…..” Hugh Canning Sunday Times 22nd Feb. 2004 “…….is the focal point of James Macdonald’s new production…..” “…….pure of voice,……emotionally agile…..” Anthony Holden Observer 22nd Feb.2004 “…… an unforgettable Tatyana…..” Stephen Walsh Independent 20th Feb. 2004 “…….Has rarely seemed so complete an artist…….an ecstatic letter scene…..” Richard Morrison The Times 16th Feb.2004 “…….touching in the role…..warm, well judged lyrical tone…..” Barry Millington Evening Standard 16th Feb.2004 “…….again showed that her voice and outstanding ability as an actress are ideally suited to the role…..” Michael Kennedy Sunday Telegraph 22nd Feb. 2004 “…….delivers the performance of her career” “…….her heart rendingly acted and gloriously sung Tatyana…..” Hugh Canning Sunday Times 22nd Feb. 2004 “…….is the focal point of James Macdonald’s new production…..” “…….pure of voice,……emotionally agile…..” Anthony Holden Observer 22nd Feb.2004 Reviews for Madame Butterfly Amanda’s portrayal of Butterfly, the tragic heroine of Puccini’s opera, is to date her finest hour. This is her debut in this role, and there is no doubt that it will be counted amongst the great performances. “a superb actress, she conveyed every aspect of Butterfly’s personality.” “there is an exciting vulnerability in Miss Roocroft’s singing.”. “risks will be taken, and nine times out of ten they will end in triumph.” “Miss Roocroft’s musical responses to the drama are all instinctive.” “an ecstatic “Un bel di” “I have heard several unforgettable performances of this role. This was up there with them.” Michel Kennedy Sunday Telegraph “ a change of cast brings renewed intensity to Covent Garden’s Butterfly.” “the evening is a great personal triumph for her.” “her purity of tone and flawless intonation move even the hardest of old hearts to tears.” “she carries off her arias and duets with a thrilling combination of dramatic intensity and vocal assurance.” “she alone is worth the price of admission.” Anthony Holden The Observer “I have never cried as much, since I saw Bambi’s mother get shot.” An unknown lady leaving the theatre.
Reviews of Turandot 10th March 2003 " And it fell to Amanda Roocroft’s tragic Luit to warm hearts, the thrill of the voice in altissima acheived through the feeling that carries it there. Berio could learn from that" Edward Seckerson. The Independent 13th March 2003 "Amanda Roocroft made a touching Lui." Matthew Rye. The Daily Telegraph 12th March 3003 Amanda can be contacted through v3rrr@tiscali.co.uk www.coppull.com is the only Coppull web site that is personally authorised to carry Amanda J. Roocroft's photograph and career details.The reproduction of the whole, or of any part thereof by any other Coppull website is expressly forbidden. Amanda Roocroft's career details and photographs are protected by Copyright Legislation. Any person, or persons, who knowingly or unknowingly, reproduce any photographic or written part of Amanda J. Roocroft's career details, past present or future, will be subject to any action that Amanda J. Roocroft and www.coppull.com deem appropriate.