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date = "2017-03-16T12:39:00+00:00"
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title = "Patricia Bardon"
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Irish mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon is the youngest ever prize-winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and is in demand for repertoire ranging from the
Baroque through to Rossini and Wagner. Her distinguished career has brought
numerous opportunities to collaborate in both opera and concert with a wide range of
conductors such as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Bernard Haitink, Sir Antonio
Pappano, Sir Mark Elder, Christophe Rousset, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alberto Zedda,
Fabio Luisi, Harry Bicket, Ivor Bolton, Christoph Eschenbach, William Christie,
Pinchas Zuckerman, Ingo Metzmacher, Sir Charles Mackerras, and Rene Jacobs.
Highlights of the 2016/17 season include Principessa in Puccini *Suor Angelica* for
Opera North, and Arsace in Handel Partenope at English National Opera. In concert
Bardon can be seen in a performance of Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, and Mahler *Kindertotenlieder* with
the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in her native Dublin.

Last season’s highlights included title role *Agrippina* at Theater an der Wien, title role
in Porporo *Germanico in Germania* at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Mary in
John Adams *Gospel according to the other Mary* with the Netherlands Radio
Philharmonic, Mendelssohn *Elijah* with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,
Mahler Symphony No.2 with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and Handel
*Messiah* with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Le Concert Spirituel, and RLPO.
Having studied in Dublin with Dr Veronica Dunne, Bardon’s career embraces an
impressive diversity of roles: Erda in the Grammy-award-winning production of *Der
Ring des Nibelungen* at The Metropolitan Opera (DVD/Deutsche Grammophon), La
Nourrice *Ariane et Barbe Bleu* for Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (DVD/Opus Arte),
her highly-acclaimed interpretation of Azucena *Il trovatore* at Welsh National Opera,
her creation of the title role in Saariaho's *Adriana Mater* for Opera national de Paris,
her glowing reviews last season for *Carmen* in Los Angeles, conducted by Placido
Domingo - a role she has recorded for Chandos - and her Laurence Olivier
Nomination for Maurya *Riders to the Sea* at ENO are all testament to an exceptional
artistic versatility.

An acclaimed Baroque and bel canto singer, highlights have included the title roles in 
*Giulio Cesare* at The Liceu Barcelona, Orlando for the Opéra National de Paris
(CD/Erato), *Rinaldo* for Oper Köln as well as Cornelia *Giulio Cesare* for Bayerische
Staatsoper, The Metropolitan Opera, ENO and Glyndebourne Festival Opera
(DVD/Opus Arte). She has sung Rosmira *Partenope* for Lyric Opera of Chicago,
Teater an der Wien and ENO (Olivier nomination for Outstanding Achievement in
Opera), Andronico Tamerlano in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Amsterdam and
Madrid; Bradamante Alcina in Drottingholm and Moscow, Penelope *Il ritorno d’Ulisse
in patria* for Maggio Musicale Florence, Amsterdam, Berlin Staatsoper and Athens;
Ruggiero *Alcina* for Trieste and Montpellier, Amastras *Xerxes* for Montpellier, Dresden
and Munich Staatsoper (DVD Opus Arte), Juno *Semele* for ENO and Innsbrook,
Ottavia *L'incoronazione di Poppea* in Oslo (DVD/EuroArts) and most recently Zenobia
*Radamisto* for Theater an der Wien and at Carnegie Hall.

Bel canto highlights include *Tancredi* and Arsace *Semiramide* for La Fenice, Calbo *Il
Maometto Secondo* for Santa Fe Opera, Smeaton *Anna Bolena* for San Francisco
Opera, title role *La Cenerentola* for La Monnaie, Andromache Ermione Festival Hall
(CD/Opera Rara), Malcolm *La donna del Lago* for the Edinburgh International Festival
(CD/Opera Rara).

Enjoying an ongoing relationship with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bardon
has appeared there in productions of *Guillaume Tell*, *Mefistofele*, *Rigoletto*, *Moise in
Egitto*, *The Rake’s Progress* (earning an Olivier nomination) and most recently in
Richard Jones’ acclaimed staging of Britten *Gloriana* (DVD).

Bardon has extensive concert experience and has performed with many of the world’s
leading Orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, St
Louis Symphony Orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Les Arts
Florissants, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Koln, Academy of Ancient Music,
Les Talens Lirique, The Halle Orchestra, Le Concert Spirituel, English Chamber
Orchestra, RTE Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, The English Concert,
Filarmonica della Scala, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de RAI, and
Orchestra de Paris, in repertoire including the Bach Passions, Schoenberg's
*Gurrelieder*, Verdi *Messa di Requiem*, Handel Oratorios, Wagner *Wiesendonk Lieder*
and the Mahler Symphonies.
