YVONNE PATRICK
All the Christmas Shows -  A Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan 1-5
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 Bride she 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 Pamina The 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.