Rosemary Joshua

Rosemary Joshua is a Welsh soprano born October 16, 1964 in Cardiff, Wales. She trained at the Royal College of Music and made her operatic debut playing Angelica in Handel's Orlando at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Joshua subsequently performed as Zerlina at Scottish Opera and sang roles including Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at English National Opera. Her international career includes playing Adèle in Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera and portraying the lead character in The Cunning Little Vixen at La Scala. Joshua's recordings feature Handel operatic works such as Partenope, Esther, and Semele, Mahler's Symphony No. 4, a solo release of Purcell's Harmonia Sacra, and duet recordings with Sarah Connolly. In September 2018, she was appointed Artistic Director of the Dutch National Opera Studio.