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Donizetti: Il Paria CD Release – Opera Rara
Opera Rara’s latest recording of Donizetti’s Il Paria was released internationally by Warner Classics on 15th January 2021. Conducted by former Opera Rara Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder, Il Paria was recorded in the studio prior to a performance at London’s Barbican...
Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Patron
"1 in 2 of us will develop cancer in our lifetime, and when Kathryn Rudge's Dad was diagnosed in 2005, her and her family's world was turned upside down. Now a Clatterbridge Patron, Kathryn tells us what it was like to experience the care and support Clatterbridge...
Momentum Artist Spotlight Chamber Concert
Spotlight Chamber Concerts Schubert song recital with baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allen. The concert took place on 7th December 2020 at St John's Church, Waterloo, London. Kathryn Rudge and Edward Hawkins performed as Momentum, Our Future, Now...
Richard Strauss Four Songs Op.27 BBCNOW
Strauss' Four Songs op.27 with BBC NOW, conducted by Thomas Kemp and mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge. *Please note: Social Distancing guidelines were adhered to at all times during the filming of this video. Any persons closer than 2m are from the same household. BBC...
Songs by Hamilton Harty – Somm Recordings
Songs by Hamilton Harty with Kathryn Rudge and Christopher Glynn on Somm Recordings is now available. Although best known today as a composer of orchestral music, Hamilton Harty was also one of the most accomplished accompanists of his generation. It prompted, in...
New Record: Elgar- RLPO, Vasily Petrenko
Elgar Sea Pictures and The Music Makers with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and choir conducted by Vasily Petrenko is released on Friday 24th April on the ONYX label and available to listen to here: Spotify...
Music in Hospitals
Over many years Kathryn and her family experienced firsthand the benefits of music and creativity as a vital supplement to healthcare. Alongside her parents, who were both Cancer patients, Kathryn has had the privilege of sharing music; singing and speaking to support...
BBC Proms – Mozart Requiem
Kathryn performed at the BBC Proms in Mozart’s Requiem which took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 7th August 2019 with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann. Mozart's Requiem will be televised at 7pm on BBC Four on...
BBC Proms: Royal Albert Hall 7th August 2019
Kathryn returns to sing at the BBC Proms in Prom 26: Mozart's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 7th August 2019. Prom 26: Mozart's Requiem 19:00 Wed 7 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall "Love and loss, life and death collide in an emotionally charged concert given...
New CD Release: Composer Gary Carpenter “SET” with RLPO *****
"SET" - a new CD of works by British composer Gary Carpenter has been released on the Nimbus record label during March 2019. Kathryn sings "Love's Eternity" with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Clark Rundell. CD Review ***** "These are all...
New CD Release: Songs by Eric Coates ****
Kathryn's new CD recordings of Songs by Eric Coates with pianist Christopher Glynn has been released on the Somm Recording Label. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MAY 2019 - ****Review "Once upon a time the songs of Eric Coates were sung and recorded by the world's most...
BBC NOW Sir Karl Jenkins – Lament For Syria (world premiere)
Kathryn will be performing the world premier of Sir Karl Jenkins brand new commission ‘Lament for Syria’ for this year’s Swansea International Festival. The lament is based on a poem by 13-year-old Betjeman Poetry Prize winner Amineh Abou Keresh, a refugee. The...
100 Days to Peace – Central Hall Westminster
Kathryn is honoured to be singing in a gala concert in aid of mental health charities in the presence of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Central Hall Westminster 7.30pm 6th September 7:30 pm The concert produced by Royal Armouries is entitled '100 Days of Peace' and...
CD Release – Hills of Dreamland, Elgar BBC Concert Orchestra
Somm Records is delighted to present a revelatory collection of orchestral songs by Sir Edward Elgar (on double slimline selling as a single disc), performed by two of today’s most exciting young singers – mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge and baritone Henk Neven –...
“Where to Britain?” C4 Series – Leeds Opera North
Kathryn is featured in a new Channel 4 series “Where to, Britain?” in which Uber drivers share candid chats with with passengers. Narrated by Dawn French. The series of shorts, which debut on Channel 4’s on-demand service All 4 is narrated by Dawn French. Each...
RLPO 2018/2019 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
Kathryn is delighted to be performing in a series of concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Vasily Petrenko and the RLP0 during 2019. Two concerts will take place on 21st and 22nd March 2019 entitled “The best of Petrenko’ and Kathryn...
CHANDOS RECORD RELEASE – ROUSSEL’S EVOCATIONS
Kathryn features on a new Chandos Records CD released on 4th May 2018 of ‘Roussel’s Evocations’ with performers Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Francois Le Roux (baritone) BBC Philharmonic. the CBSO choir and Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. “Maestro Yan Pascal Tortelier...
LIVE BROADCAST BBC RADIO 3 EASTER AT KINGS – ELGAR’S DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Kathryn performs in the role of the Angel in Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on 30th March 2018 (Good Friday) at 7.30 pm. from the magnificent Kings Chapel at Kings College Cambridge Kathryn Rudge (mezzo) Brenden Gunnell (tenor) Henry...
Role of Zerlina, Don Giovanni – Opera North 2018
Reviews of Kathryn’s critically acclaimed performance in the role of Zerlina in Opera North’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni March - April 2018. Directed by Alessandro Talevi and Conducted by Christoph Alstaedt and Matthew Kofi-Waldren. "Kathryn Rudge shines as...
Orchestra of Opera North – Distant Shores
Kathryn performs Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the Orchestra of Opera North and Conductor Ben Gernon in Huddersfield Town Hall. The programme will include Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D Major ‘Paris’ K.297/300a Elgar Sea Pictures Op. 37 Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G Major...
Opera North – Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Kathryn returns to Opera North in February 2018 to perform in the role of Zerlina in their production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The production is directed by Alessandro Talevi and Conducted by Christoph Alstaedt. Performances will take place at the Leeds Grand...
BBC Scottish Symphony Debut – Chausson
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DEBUT LIVE BBC RADIO 3 Kathryn made her debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ben Gernon in a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 14th December 2017 performing Chausson’s rapturous songs of love and nature "Poeme de...
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Charity
Kathryn performed in the historic Eaton Chapel on the Duke of Westminster’s Eaton Estate for the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity in a unique carol concert on the 19th December 2017. "Supporters and fundraisers enjoyed a festive evening featuring the renowned Sing Me...
RHEINGAU MUSIC FESTIVAL – ELGAR’S DREAM OF GERONTIUS
In September 2017 Kathryn performed Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at the Rheingau Music Festival with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus conducted by Paul McCreesh. The performance took place in the beautiful setting of the Eberbach Monastery a former...
RELEASE OF DONALD SWANN SONGS – HYPERION
Kathryn features in this collaborative recording of Donald Swann songs with distinguished singers Soprano Felicity Lott, Baritone Roderick Williams and Tenor John Mark Ainsley. The project was the brainchild of pianist Christopher Glynn who liaised with baritone Leon...
BRITTEN’S ALBERT HERRING BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
In July 2017 Kathryn performed to critical acclaim in the role of Nancy in Buxton International Festival’s production of Britten’s Albert Herring at Buxton Opera House. Britten's 1947 comic opera was directed by Francis Matthews, designed by Adrian Linford and...
Wigmore Hall Recital BBC Radio 3
Kathryn performed with pianist James Baillieu in a lunchtime recital at Wigmore Hall which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on 14th and repeated on 19th February 2017. The English song programme included repertoire by Howells, Quilter, Gurney and Browne. Kathryn and...
BRITTEN’S ALBERT HERRING AT BUXTON OPERA HOUSE
Kathryn will perform in the role of Nancy in the Buxton Festival production of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring in July 2017. About the show:- Libretto by Eric Crozier. First performed 20 June 1947 There’s a crisis in the Suffolk town of Loxford. The day of the...
Live Broadcast BBC Concert Orchestra and Conductor Bramwell Tovey
Kathryn performed with grammy award winning Conductor Bramwell Tovey and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a live broadcast on Radio 3 from the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London on 16th December 2016. The concert, presented by Ian Skelly, included the UK premier of...
Nyman Two Sonnets World Premier – Leeds
Kathryn performed the world premier of Michael Nyman’s Two Sonnets for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz on 20th November 2016 with pianist James Baillieu in BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Big Chamber weekend which was recorded live for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The...