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British-American mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker is renowned for her distinctive voice, intense artistry, and passion. Her much heralded interpretations range from Amneris in Aida, Fricka in Die Walküre and the title role in Carmen to Mescalina in Le Grand Macabre. Her debut in the role of Die Amme in Die Frau Ohne Schatten was hailed as an extraordinary success, she was described as “born to sing and act the music of Richard Strauss” (Opernetz). In addition to her celebrated work on the opera stage, she is the creator of the award-winning, one woman show Sing Sistah Sing! which has toured to sold out audiences internationally and embarks on a Black History Month to tour of the UK in 2019.

Highlights of recent seasons include a return to the Edinburgh International Festival as Anita in West Side Story conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, her debut as Ulrica in Verdi’s A Masked Ball and Auntie in Britten’s Peter Grimes and a return to the role of Herodias in a new production of Salome all three productions for the State Theatre of Hessen.

Further international appearances include the title role in Carmen for Opera Australia, Finnish National Opera, Opera Leipzig, Serena in Porgy and Bess for The Edinburgh International Festival, Berlin Philharmonic (Rattle), Opera Lyon and Houston Grand Opera, Amneris in Aida for State Theatre Hessen, State Theatre Nuremberg, State Theatre Dortmund, National Theater Mannheim, Ortrud in Lohengrin German National Theatre Weimar, Daegu Festival (Korea), State Theatre Hessen, Theatre Kassel, Venus in Tannhäuser for the Teatro G. Verdi in Trieste, 1st Norn in Götterdämmerung 麻豆约拍 Proms (Runnicles), National Theatre Munich (Mehta), Fricka, Waltraute, 2nd Norn Wagner’s Ring Cycle, The Peking Festival (Auguin), The International May Festival (Piollet), National Theatre Mannheim (Fischer), State Theatre Nuremberg (Auguin), Stolzius’ Mother in Die Soldaten for the State Theatre Hessen, The Pilgrim’s Progress with The London Philharmonia (Hickox), Herodias in Salome with the London Symphony Orchestra (Hickox), State Theatre Hessen (Lange), State Theatre Hannover, Schwertleite in Die Walküre at the Salzburg Easter Festival and Aix en Provence Festival (Rattle), Edinburgh International Festival (Davis), San Francisco Opera (Runnicles), Mrs. Grose in Turn of the Screw for the Festival de Ópera de Tenerife, Ismene in the world premiere of Dominique LeGendre’s opera The Burial at Thebes at London’s Globe Theatre with a libretto by Nobel Prize Lauriat Seamus Heaney and directed by Nobel Prize Lauriat Derek Walcott (Manning), Waltraute (cover) in Wagner’s Ring Cycle for The Metropolitan Opera, New York (Levine).

Ms Baker’s collaborations with conductors include, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Donald Runnicles, Richard Hickox, Antonio Pappano, Philippe Auguin, Valery Gergiev, Marin Alsop, Ádám Fischer, and Sir Charles Mackerras. Concert engagements have led her to many of the world’s greatest concert halls they include: Cité de la Musique, Paris, Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall, London, Orchestra Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Konzerthaus, Berlin, The Barbican, London, and Tokyo Opera City.

Ms. Baker studied singing at the Aspen Music Festival and the Eastman School of Music with Jan Degaetani, and privately in San Francisco with Blanche Thebom. She was a Metropolitan Opera Competition National finalist and began her stage career with the San Francisco Opera.