Patricia Bardon

On the opera stage, recent highlights include her house debut at Teatro Colon playing Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress, Fricka in Die Walküre at Zurich Opera House, Suzuki Madama Butterfly for The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Cornelia Giulio Cesare for Theater an der Wien, Ragonde Le Comte Ory for Garsington Opera, her debut for Opéra national du Rhin as Jezibaba Rusalka, her role debut as Kabanicha Káťa Kabanová for Scottish Opera, a return to Glyndebourne for Jezibaba Rusalka, Ulrica Un ballo in maschera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and for Opera North,  Cornelia Giulio Cesare for Glyndebourne, the title role Agrippina at the Theater an der Wien, Arsace Partenope for English National Opera, and Principessa Suor Angelica for Opera North.

On the concert platform, recent highlights include L'enfant et les sortilèges with Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Angel The Dream of Gerontius with Simone Young at the Royal Festival Hall, Mahler Symphony No.2 with the Maggio Musicale Orchestra and Fabio Luisi, Mahler Symphony No.8 with the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski, and Erda Das Rheingold with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons.

Bardon’s diverse career has embraced roles from Baroque through to bel canto and Wagner. Baroque highlights include the title role Giulio Cesare at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Cornelia Giulio Cesare Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Metropolitan Opera, title role Orlando Opéra National de Paris (CD/Erato), Rosmira Partenope Lyric Opera of Chicago, Theater an der Wien and ENO (earning her a Olivier nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Opera), Penelope Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Dutch National Opera, Maggio Musicale Florence, Berlin Staatsoper, and Amastras Xerxes Semperoper Dresden and Bayerische Staatsoper (DVD Opus Arte). Bel canto highlights include Tancredi and Arsace Semiramide La Fenice, Calbo Il Maometto Secondo Santa Fe Opera, Smeaton Anna Bolena for San Francisco Opera, title role La Cenerentola La Monnaie, and Malcolm La donna del Lago for the Edinburgh International Festival (CD/Opera Rara). Other notable highlights include Lady Penelope Gloriana, Edwige Guillaume Tell and Baba the Turk The Rake’s Progress (the latter earning her an Olivier nomination) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as well as Erda in the Grammy-award-winning production of Der Ring des Nibelungen The Metropolitan Opera (DVD/Deutsche Grammophone). Performances of the title role in Saariaho's Adriana Mater for Opera national de Paris, the title role in the staged world premiere of John Adams The Gospel according to the other Mary at ENO, and Maurya Riders to the Sea at ENO (which won an Laurence Olivier Nomination) are all testament to an exceptional artistic versatility.

2023/24 season / 507 words. Not to be altered without permission.