Few singers in recent years have beguiled San Francisco audiences as instantly as Alice Coote. The English mezzo-soprano bowed brilliantly at the San Francisco Opera in 2002 as Ruggiero in "Alcina" ...

Acclaimed British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote's résumé may not be long -- she is young -- but it is astonishingly deep and encompassing. Slim and attractive, she has made a specialty of what are called ...

Since then she has become a global star of opera, albeit one for whom concert recitals are equally important. She was forced to take a year off in 2003 when she suffered a haemorrhage of the right ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The opera stars Sophie Koch (Feb. 8-20) and Alice Coote (Mar. 4-13) in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The rap on Jules Massenet’s “Werther” is that it’s an implausible tragedy: Young poet falls for a terrific woman who’s already engaged to another man. Poet kills himself. Done. It’s ...

The English Concert with Harry Bicket and Alice Coote at The Wigmore Hall. Two years ago The English Concert, under Harry Bicket alongside soprano Rosemary Joshua and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, ...

Coote was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the daughter of the painter Mark Coote. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not complete her course), the Royal ...

It's a strenuous business being Alice Coote. Even a short conversation with the brilliant English mezzo-soprano is enough to make you grateful that she's taken on the job - if only so you don't have ...

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