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Alexandra Cassidy MEZZO SOPRANO Originally from Nottingham Alexandra Cassidy trained at the RSAMD, at the National Opera Studio and the Solti Accademia di Bel Canto with Leo Nucci. Operatic work include Zulma L'italiana in Algeri for Scottish Opera; Amando (cover) Le Grand Macabre for English National Opera; Mercury & Second Witch Dido & Aeneas (Old Vic Tunnels); Zita Gianni Schicchi (Wexford Festival Opera) Lehrebuben Meistersinger (Glyndebourne); Trio Spilt Milk and Trouble in Tahiti (Grimeborne); La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi (Scottish Opera/RSAMD); Minkswoman Flight, Mrs Herring Albert Herring and Dorabella Così fan tutte (RSAMD). Alexandra has performed as a soloist with a wide range of ensembles, notably BBC SSO, Scottish Opera Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, The Hebrides Ensemble and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. higlights include the Vietnamese première of the Verdi Requiem at the Hanoi Opera House for the British Council and Concordia Foundation; a recital of Mahler Lieder at the Glasgow City Halls; Elijah at Colston Hall, Bristol; |
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"Thereafter, the heart stopped in a beautiful, tender and rapt performance of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, to which mezzo Alexandra Cassidy brought a lustrous tone with real contralto quality." |
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