Lisa Milne
Scottish soprano Lisa Milne studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
She has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, New York as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). At the Glyndebourne Festival, her roles have included Pamina, the title roles of ‘Rodelinda’ and ‘Theodora’, Marzelline (Fidelio) and Micäela (Carmen).
At the English National Opera she has sung Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), the title role in ‘Alcina’, Ännchen (Die Freischütz) and Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress). At the Welsh National Opera she has sung Servilia (La clemenza di Tito) and she created the role of Sian in the world premiere of James MacMillan’s opera ‘The Sacrifice’. For Scottish Opera she has sung the title role in ‘Semele’, Adèle (Die Fledermaus), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Susanna, Ilia (Idomeno) and Despina (Così fan tutte). Other appearances have included Marzelline on tour with the Salzburg Festival, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) for Stuttgart Opera, Ilia at the Royal Danish Opera, Marzelline in Dallas and Atalanta (Serse) at the Göttingen Handel Festival.
>In concert, recent engagements have included Marzelline with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and James Levine; Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 and ‘The Creation’ with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle and Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ as part of the Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. She is a frequent guest at both the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms and she appears regularly with such orchestras as the CBSO, LSO, RNSO, RPO and SCO.
A renowned recitalist, she has appeared at the Aix-en-Provence and City of London Festivals; the Usher Hall in Edinburgh; the Oxford Lieder Festival; the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels and at the Schumannfeste in Dusseldorf. She is a regular guest at London’s Wigmore Hall.
Her many recordings include Ilia with Mackerras (EMI); Servilia, also with Mackerras (DG); Atalanta with McGegan (BMG); the role of The Governess for the BBC TV film of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ (Opus Arte); Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 with Ivan Fischer - winner of a Gramophone Award (Channel Classics); songs by John Ireland and a solo album of Hebridean Folk Songs (Hyperion); songs by Roger Quilter (Collins Classics); songs by Francis George Scott (Signum) and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Serenade to Music’ with Norrington (Decca).
Awards include the Maggie Teyte Prize, the John Christie Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award, as well as Honorary Doctorates of Music from the University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University. She was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2005.
Photograph courtesy of Clive Barda
