Judith Howarth
Judith Howarth studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama with Patricia
McMahon, before joining The Royal Opera as a Principal at the age of twenty one. During nine
seasons there roles included
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera,
Iris
Semele,
Musetta
La Bohème,
Liù
Turandot,
Gilda
Rigoletto,
Morgana
Alcina,
Norina
Don Pasquale
Cressida
Troilus and Cressida and
Marguerite de Valois
Les Huguenots. Amongst many career highlights at ROH, Judith also performed Elisir D’Amore
along-side Luciano Pavarotti and the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus in a tribute to Joan
Sutherland with Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne and Joan Sutherland.
Subsequent engagements include;
Ellen Orford
Peter Grimes (Toulouse; Santiago de Chile);
Christine
Intermezzo (Santa Fe),
Nedda
Pagliacci, four soprano roles
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Florida Grand Opera);
Olga
Fedora with Placido Domingo & Mirella Freni (Washington Grand Opera);
Violetta
La Traviata (Minnesota; ENO; Glyndebourne);
Marzelline
Fidelio,
Liù
Turandot (Staatsoper, Berlin);
Marie
La Fille du Régiment (Geneva),
Cio Cio San
Madama Butterfly (Minnesota);
Elvira
I Puritani,
Madame Mao
Nixon in China (Athens). For English National Opera;
Leïla
The Pearl Fishers,
Fiorilla
The Turk in Italy,
Madame Mao
Nixon in China,
Gilda
Rigoletto, title role in Anthony Minghella’s
Madama Butterfly.
On the Concert platform Judith has toured with Plàcido Domingo to Seattle,
Australasia, Brussels & Amsterdam and starred with Jose Carreras at the Birmingham
International Arena. She has performed Strauss
Four Last Songs in Vienna with Sir Simon Rattle and performed world-wide with leading
conductors including Solti, Sinopoli, Sir Charles Mckerras, Geoffrey Tate, John Elliot Gardner,
Zubin Mehta, Haitink, Ozawa, Pretre & Sir Edward Downes to name but a few.
Recent engagements include Marguerite Faust (Minnesota Opera); Cio Cio San Madama Butterfly (English National Opera & Welsh National Opera); Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Amsterdam & Helsinki); Future Engagements include Cio Cio San Madama Butterfly (Finnish National Opera) title role Maria Stuarda (Minnesota Opera).
Judith has a discography of over thirty recordings including Cressida in Walton’s Troilus and
Cressida which won the ‘Gramaphone’ Opera Recording of the Year and a new release of I Normanni A
Parigi by Mercadante due out in November 2010. She also has many TV and video recordings including
Der Schauspieldirektor from Buckingham Palace, Philidor’s Tom Jones from Drottningholm and various
ROH Opera recordings.
