Lisa Milne

Scottish soprano Lisa Milne studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

She has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, New York as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). At the Glyndebourne Festival, her roles have included Pamina, the title roles of ‘Rodelinda’ and ‘Theodora’, Marzelline (Fidelio) and Micäela (Carmen).

At the English National Opera she has sung Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in ‘Alcina’, Ännchen (Die Freischutz) and Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress). At the Welsh National Opera she has sung Servilia (La clemenza di Tito) and she created the role of Sian in the world premiere of James MacMillan’s opera ‘The Sacrifice’. For Scottish Opera she has sung the title role in ‘Semele’, Adèle (Die Fledermaus), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Susanna, Ilia (Idomeno) and Despina (Così fan tutte). Other appearances have included Marzelline on tour with the Salzburg Festival, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) for Stuttgart Opera, Ilia at the Royal Danish Opera, Marzelline in Dallas and Atalanta (Serse) at the Göttingen Handel Festival.

In concert, recent engagements have included Marzelline with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and James Levine; Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 and ‘The Creation’ with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the CBSO and Sakari Oramo. She is a frequent guest at both the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms and she appears regularly with such orchestras as the CBSO, LSO, RNSO, RPO and SCO.

Concert highlights this season include 'The Creation' with the Dresden Staatskapelle and Robin Ticciati and also with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Daniel Harding; Mendelssohn's 'Paulus' with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Marek Janowski; 'Elijah' with the Ensemble orchestral de Paris and John Nelson and Handel's 'Arianna' on tour with the Academy of Ancient Music and Christopher Hogwood.

A renowned recitalist, she has appeared at the Aix-en-Provence and City of London Festivals; the Usher Hall in Edinburgh; the Oxford Lieder Festival; the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels and at the Schumannfeste in Dusseldorf. She is a regular guest at London’s Wigmore Hall.

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