JANES, FIONA The Australian mezzo-soprano Fiona Janes was a Joan Sutherland scholarship holder and since 1988 has been a soloist with Australian Opera in her native Sydney, undertaking there major mezzo-soprano rôles. Her repertoire includes rôles such as those of Adalgisa in Norma, Cherubino, Annio, Siebel, Dorabella, Zerlina, Mercedès, Lola, Idamante, Marguerite, Rosina, Nero in Agrippina, Sesto in Giulio Cesare and in La clemenza di Tito, Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri, the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos and Angelina in La Cenerentola. She has made guest appearances at Victoria State Opera, English and Welsh National Operas, Scottish Opera, Opera New Zealand, the Buxton Festival, Dresden Semper Opera and Covent Garden in London. Her concert appearances include collaboration with the Flemish Philharmonic in Amsterdam and Brussels, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Spanish National Orchestra in Madrid, and, under Colin Davis, with the London Symphony Orchestra in Les troyens. In addition to her concert repertoire, her recordings include Pulcinella for Naxos and video recordings for Australian Opera.
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