Jean Rigby

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British mezzo-soprano & contralto vocalist, born 22 December 1954, in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.

ALBUMS

Lennox Berkeley - Roderick Williams (3), Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

A Dinner Engagement (Premiere Recording)

2014, CD, Album + Box, Sli, Chandos,

Lennox Berkeley - Jean Rigby · Mark Tucker (5) · Yvonne Kenny · Claire Rutter · Roderick Williams (3) · Joyful Company Of Singers* · City Of London Sinfonia · Richard Hickox

2005, CD, Album + Box, Sli, Chandos,

Britten*, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Jean Rigby, Derek Lee Ragin, Gerald Finley, Dame Judi Dench*

Canticles I-V, The Heart Of The Matter

Vivaldi* - Susan Gritton · Jean Rigby · Robin Blaze · Charles Daniels (2) · Neal Davies · The King's Consort · Robert King

2001, CD, Hyperion,

Arthur Sullivan*, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, Mark Wilde (4), New London Orchestra*, Ronald Corp, Jeffrey Black, The London Chorus

The Golden Legend

2001, CD, Album, Hyperion

Pauline Viardot, Sandrine Piau, Paul Austin Kelly, Elizabeth Vidal, Jean-Luc Viala, Andre Cognet, Susannah Waters, Jean Rigby, Nicholas Kok

2000, CD, Car, Opera Rara,

Bax*, Jean Rigby, Margaret Fingerhut, BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley

Concertante For Piano (Left Hand), The Bard Of Dimbovitza

1999, CD, Album, Chandos

Czeslaw Marek, Elzbieta Szmytka, Jean Rigby, William Dazeley, Iain Burnside

The Songs Vol.6

1999, CD, Koch Schwann

Louise Williams, David Owen Norris, Jean Rigby

The Music For Viola

1999, CD, Album, ASV Digital,

Vivaldi* - Susan Gritton · Jean Rigby · Robin Blaze · Charles Daniels (2) · Neal Davies · The King's Consort · Robert King

Sacred Music - 5

Vaughan Williams* - Jean Rigby, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Five Tudor Portraits / Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus

1998, CD, Album, Chandos,

Choral/Romantic

Beethoven*, Judith Holton, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José van Dam, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best

Cantata On The Death Of Emperor Joseph II / Cantata On The Accession Of Emperor Leopold II

Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Maria Ewing, Luis Lima, Leontina Vaduva, Gino Quilico, Judith Howarth, Jean Rigby, Roderick Earle, Christopher Booth-Jones, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Francis Egerton, Daniel Pageon, Jean Rosol, Juan Ortega

Georges Bizet Carmen

Beethoven*, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, Gwynne Howell, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best

Mass in C / Tremate, Empi, Tremate / Ne' Giorni Tuoi Felici / Ah! Perfido

Britten* - Jean Rigby, Nigel Hawthorne (2), Roger Chase, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

Phaedra • Lachrymae • The Sword In The Stone • Night Mail • Sinfonietta

Mahler* ∙ Schoenberg*, Jean Rigby, Robert Tear, The Premiere Ensemble, Mark Wigglesworth

Das Lied Von Der Erde

Romantic/Modern

Elgar* - Jean Rigby, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

The Music Makers

1994, CD, Teldec,

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, The Bach Choir, Judith Howarth, Jean Rigby, Philharmonia Orchestra, Francesco D'Avalos

A Midsummer Night's Dream/Overture 'The Fair Melusina'

1994, CD, Carlton Classics, IMP Classics

Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Thomas Randle, Willard White, The Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes, Handel*

The Messiah Complete

Baroque/Oratorio

Britten* - Jean Rigby • Donald Maxwell • Alan Opie • Catherine Pierard • Patricia Rozario • Ameral Gunson • Nigel Robson • Alastair Miles • City Of London Sinfonia • Richard Hickox

The Rape Of Lucretia

Francesco D'Avalos, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jean Rigby, Robert Tear, Richard Van Allan

Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 - Die Erste Walpurgisnacht

1993, CD, IMP Masters

Gilbert & Sullivan - Sylvia McNair · Jean Rigby · Kurt Streit · Thomas Allen · Academy* & Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields · Sir Neville Marriner

The Yeomen Of The Guard

Bruckner* - Juliet Booth · John Mark Ainsley · Gwynne Howell · Jean Rigby · Corydon Singers · Corydon Orchestra · Matthew Best

Mass In F Minor · Psalm 150

1992, CD, Album, Hyperion

J.S. Bach* / Vivaldi* - Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann, Jorma Hynninen, Academy Chorus Of St. Martin In The Fields*, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields*, Neville Marriner*

Magnificat / Gloria

Classical/Baroque/Choral

Georges Bizet, Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, Simon Estes, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Jean Rigby, Gérard Garino, François Le Roux, Chœur de Radio France, Orchestre National De France, Seiji Ozawa

George Frideric Handel* / Ann Murray, Lesley Garrett, Valerie Masterson*, Christopher Robson, Jean Rigby, Christopher Booth-Jones, Rodney McCann, Orchestra* And Chorus Of English National Opera* , Conducted By Charles Mackerras* , Directed For The Stage By Nicholas Hytner*

Verdi*, Rosalind Plowright, Renato Bruson, José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Paata Burchuladze, Jean Rigby, Richard Van Allan, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli

La Forza del Destino

Berlioz*, Alastair Miles, Jean Rigby, Gerald Finley, John Aler, Gwynne Howell, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best

L'Enfance Du Christ

APPEARANCES +

English Song Collection

2021, 25xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos,

Modern/Romantic/Contemporary

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*

The British Line: A Celebration Of British Music

2019, 16xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Warner Classics

Hyperion New Release Sampler – August 2014

2014, 23xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,

Benjamin Britten

Britten To America

2014, CD, Album, NMC (3)

Love And Other Demons

2013, 2xCD, Album, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd.,

Leoš Janáček

The Cunning Little Vixen

2013, DVD-V, NTSC, Opus Arte,

Songs & Choral Music

2011, 2xCD, Guild,

Lionel Bart's Oliver! - Original Studio Cast Recording

2009, CD, Jay Records (4)

Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins

The Mask Of Orpheus

2007, 3xCD, Album, NMC (3)

Glazbena Osmica - Glazbeni Primjeri

2007, 3xCD, Comp, Car, Profil International, Profil International, Profil International,

Ludwig van Beethoven

Mass in C major, Op. 86

Vivaldi* – Choir Of The King's Consort*, King's Consort*, Robert King

The Complete Sacred Music

Bach*, Vivaldi*, Hendricks*, Murray*, Sir Neville Marriner

Gloria / Magnificat

Berg* - Andrew Shore, Josephine Barstow, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Daniel

2003, 2xCD, Album + Box, Sli, Chandos

Dyson*, BBC National Chorus Of Wales, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox

2003, CD, Album, Chandos,

Choral/Oratorio

James MacMillan

2002, CD, Album, Black Box,

Granville Bantock

2002, CD, Dutton Epoch,

May 2001 Sampler

2001, CD, Promo, Smplr, Chandos,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Opera

Puccini*, Cheryl Barker, Yves Abel

Madam Butterfly

2001, 2xCD, Chandos

Verdi*, Mark Elder (2), English National Opera*

2000, 2xCD, Chandos

Say It With Music

1998, CD, Comp, Erato,

Opera/Classical/Operetta/Romantic/Modern

1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Classics,

Chandos Sampler - February 1997

1997, CD, Comp, Smplr, Chandos,

Delius* - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

A Mass Of Life - Requiem

Lionel Bart's Oliver!

1996, CD, Jay Records (4)

Benjamin Britten

Canticles; The Heart Of The Matter

Gilbert & Sullivan

The Best Of Gilbert & Sullivan. Arias & Duets

1995, CD, Comp, Showtime!, Jay Records (4)

Oliver! (Selected Highlights)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Francesco D'Avalos

Mendelssohn: Complete Incidental Music - A Midsummer Night's Dream/Overture "The Fair Melusina"

1994, CD, Album, IMP Masters

José Carreras · Verdi* · Ambrosian Opera Chorus* · Philharmonia Orchestra · Giuseppe Sinopoli

La Forza Del Destino

Mendelssohn* - Allen* • Rolfe Johnson* • Kenny* • Von Otter* • Academy* & Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields • Sir Neville Marriner

Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Rigoletto - Querschnitt - Highlights

Vaughan Williams*

Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

Bizet* - Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, Simon Estes, Orchestre National De France, Choeurs* Et Maîtrise De Radio France, Seiji Ozawa

Bizet* : Jessye Norman · Mirella Freni · Neil Shicoff · Simon Estes · Orchestre National De France · Seiji Ozawa

Carmen (Highlights · Grosser Querschnitt · Extraits)

Giuseppe Verdi / Rosalind Plowright • Agnes Baltsa • José Carreras • Renato Bruson • Paata Burchuladze • Juan Pons • John Tomlinson (2) • Ambrosian Opera Chorus* • Philharmonia Orchestra • Giuseppe Sinopoli

La Forza del Destino

Gilbert & Sullivan, The English National Opera Orchestra

The Mikado Highlights

Verdi* - Renato Bruson · Edita Gruberova · Neil Shicoff · Brigitte Fassbaender · Robert Lloyd (4) · Coro* E Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Sinopoli

1985, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Classical/Romantic/Opera

Verdi*, John Rawnsley, Helen Field (2), Arthur Davies, Mark Elder

Rigoletto In English

Vivaldi*, The King's Consort, Robert King

Juditha Triumphans - Sacred Music-4

2xCD, Album, Hyperion

Bruckner* — Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best

Masses • Te Deum • Psalm 150

3xCD, Comp, RE, Hyperion

Benjamin Britten

DVD-V, NTSC, Arthaus Musik,

The NMC Songbook

2009, 4xCD, Comp, NMC (3),

Contemporary/Baroque/Choral

The World's Greatest Voices

2003, 5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest,

Gospel/Opera/Soundtrack/Musical

Gilbert & Sullivan - Lesley Garrett, Eric Idle, Felicity Palmer, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan With The English National Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*

Showtime! (The Ultimate Musicals! Collection)

La Forza Del Destino