'She interrogates the material with real flair, but her integrity and inner spirit keeps her work very alive, living, penetrating, and theatrical. A superbly textured voice with a wonderful rich core throughout her range, supported by a sure technique.' - Keith Warner
Rosalind is a coloratura soprano based between Zurich and London.
This season, Rosalind covered the role of Mette in Festen for the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden 2025. She worked with Garsington Opera on their community opera A Trip to the Moon. Rosalind also returned to Opera North this year, covering the Soprano role in The Big Opera Adventure, where she performed arias including: ‘Spiel’ ich die Unshuld vom Lande’ (Die Fledermaus), The Cricket’s Aria (Pinocchio, Jonathan Dove) and ‘Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille (Les Contes d’Hoffman).
She read English Literature at Magdalene College Cambridge, before completing her vocal masters at the Royal College of Music in London. She then went on to study at the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, in Glasgow.
Rosalind is a recent graduate of the National Opera Studio, where she was a 2023/4 Young Artist on their Global Talent scheme. She worked with renowned directors and conductors including Keith Warner, Karen Kamensek, Adele Thomas and Emma Jenkins. She also studied under internationally regarded coaches Brindley Sherratt, Rachel Nicholls, Martin Pacey, Tobias Truniger and Susan Bullock. During this year, she participated in residencies at the biggest UK companies, ENO, Glyndebourne, WNO, Scottish Opera and Opera North, where she appeared in scenes as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Sophie (Werther), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Norina (Don Pasquale) and Fiorilla (Il Turco in Italia).
Rosalind was a Garsington 2023 Alvarez Young Artist, covering Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos as well as singing in their OperaFirst production of The Bartered Bride as Esmeralda.
Operatic roles include: Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Controller (Flight), Laoula (L’Etoile), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Gretel/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), Cunegonde (Candide), Despina (Cosi fan Tutte) and Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos).
Rosalind is also an experienced oratorio singer and recitalist, performing at venues including St Martin in the fields, St John Smith Sloane Square, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Sheldonian Oxford and The Carnegie Hall. She has sung works including The John Passion, Bach Magnificat, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart Mass in C Minor and Hayn’s Nelson Mass.
As well as singing the standard repertoire, Rosalind also loves and specialises in contemporary music. She has a long-standing relationship with the Tete-a-Tete Opera festival in London, creating roles for them in collaboration with composers; Lady of the Lake (King Arthur, Hans Vercauteren), Soprano (A Guide to the Lakes, Hans Vercauteren and Lente Verelst), Arianna (The Burning Question, Ed Lambert) and Leading Lady (Buster’s Trip, Ed Lambert). Rosalind has also performed contemporary works including Stimmung (Stockhausen), Cantata (Birtwistle), King Harald’s Saga (Judith Weir) and The Monstrous Child (Gavin Higgins). Rosalind was also selected for a Britten Pears Residency, workshopping a new opera by Ben Lunn. Rosalind has performed a number of works for composer Nino Russell, including Vesuvius and Zodiac, and most recently has completed the libretto of his newest work, a short opera called Medusa.
During the Covid Pandemic, Rosalind coordinated the Open University’s REVE: An online exhibition, bringing together composers and objects to create soundscapes for the OU’s online exhibition of author’s artefacts.
Rosalind was the 2021 winner of the Ye Cronies Opera Award, and has also received other prizes including the Sybil Tutton Opera Award, the Royal College of Music ‘Rising Star Award’ and grants from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and Kathleen Trust. During her studies at the National Opera Studio, she was generously sponsored by the Carne Trust and Help Musicians UK.