Clare Wilkinson, contralto
Clare Wilkinson read Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge and continued to postgraduate study at Trinity College of Music, London. Now enjoying a busy career as a soloist specializing in Renaissance and Baroque music, Clare is in demand with many distinguished conductors and ensembles: John Eliot Gardiner/the English Baroque Soloists, Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques, Nicholas Kraemer/Manchester Camerata, Harry Bicket/the English Concert, the Purcell Quartet, the Swedish Baroque Orchestra, Fretwork and the Rose Consort of Viols amongst many others.
Clare also enjoys stage work; she is a member of I Fagiolini, and with them has been part of the ground-breaking secret theatre project The Full Monteverdi, as well as the newly commissioned opera The Birds by Ed Hughes and the group's trademark staged madrigal comedies. With Gardiner she has sung Third Lady in The Magic Flute and Zinnia in Chabrier’s L’Etoile. She looks forward to singing Galatea in the London Handel Festival’s production of Aci, Galatea e Polifemo in 2008. Clare was recently named in Opera Now's ‘Who's Hot’ listing.
Clare features on numerous CD recordings, including The Dunedin Consort’s Messiah, for which she won wide critical acclaim. For a full discography, a schedule of future concerts, contact details and plenty more, please visit www.clarewilkinsonmezzo.co.uk