YVONNE PATRICK All the Christmas Shows - A Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan
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Musical Memoirs of Ivor Novello -
Caruso - Viennese
Born in South Derbyshire, Yvonne studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and began her professional career with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company performing numerous roles including Elsie Yeomen of the Guard and Josephine HMS Pinafore. She
joined Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1994 and made her Festival
debut in 1998.
Subsequently, Yvonne has performed and understudied many roles
for this and other companies. She made her Glyndebourne
Touring Opera debut in the role of Despina Cosi
fan tutte and in their
production of The
Bartered Brideshe sang the role of Esmeralda which
included training to be a trapeze artist! She sang Musetta
La Boheme for Opera North in Spring 2002 and has since returned
to under study Violetta La Traviata
and
Fiordiligi Cosi
fan tutte. She
has also worked for Welsh National Opera and Garsington Opera.
For Kentish Opera, she has performed the roles of Micaela
Carmen and PaminaThe Magic Flute. She sang the role of Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni for
Garden Opera last year that included a tour of Kenya and during
their 2005 summer tour, sang Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
As a well-known performer of Gilbert and Sullivan, Yvonne was
invited to appear as soprano soloist in the Centenary Gala Concert
of the Philadelphia Savoy Company, the oldest Gilbert and Sullivan
society in America. Yvonne is a regular guest performer
on cruises and has also appeared on BBC Radio 2's
Friday Night
is Music Night.