Lorna Windsor

LORNA WINDSOR
The eclectic career of soprano Lorna Windsor is a journey into the exploration of vocal repertoire from the period of ancient, trobador and medieval song, baroque music and 18thC Neapolitan opera through to contemporary operas.

She has also given première performances in Italy's major theatres.
As a child, already a pianist and violist, she sang in major orchestral works, then majored in vocal studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London). Winner of various Lieder prizes, she studied further in Vienna and Paris. She made her opera début as Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Euridice (Théâtre du Châtelet), Donna Anna (Glyndebourne), Despina (Piccolo Teatro di Milano, China, Russia), M. Laurencin in The Banquet (Genoa, Rome, Florence, San Carlo), The Merry Widow (Marseilles), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) and performed Offenbach operettas in Paris with J. Savary, but also Monteverdi, Bach cantatas (with Gustav Leonhardt), Salieri (with Frans Bruggen), Così fan tutte (with Claudio Abbado), Rossini (with Sir Andrew Davies), Trouble in Tahiti and West Side Story at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (with G. Gelmetti) in Paris. Her concert career covers repertoire from Lieder and Song recitals to performances of works by many of today’s composers, such as Bussotti, Kagel, Kurtág, De Pablo, Andriessen, Berio, Crumb, Battiato, Adams. She also adores giving recitals of songs by Weill and Porter, and recently added to her engagements Walton’s Façade. Her recordings include Four Walls (John Cage), Debussy Mélodies (double album), Vox Sola, contemporary works for solo voice, plus recordings of Casella, Respighi, Ghedini, Togni, Pizzetti, song repertoire by Cuban and Spanish composers, and songs by Amy Beach. For many years she has sung in duo with the famed Italian pianist, Antonio Ballista, as well as with other musical partners Mario Brunello, Elena Casoli, Bruno Canino. Lorna lives in Italy, where she teaches and gives masterclasses.