Judith Howarth-Soprano (UK)

Judith Howarth is one of the most sought-after sopranos in Europe,who has consolidated a strong public following and critical appraisal for her work. She first came to public attention when she joined the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as a Principal aged twenty-one. There she sang many roles including Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Musetta (La bohème), Liù (Turandot), Gilda (Rigoletto), Morgana (Alcina), Norina (Don Pasquale), Cressida (Troilus and Cressida) and Marguerite (Les Huguenots).

Subsequent engagements included Elisabetta (Don Carlo) for Finnish National Opera, Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) at Deutsche Oper Berlin and in Strasbourg, Toulouse, Santiago de Chile, Ovideo and at ENO. Other roles include Christine (Intermezzo), Helena (Die ägyptische Helena) in Santa Fe, Nedda (Pagliacci), all four soprano roles in Les contes d’Hoffmann for Florida Grand Opera, Olga (Fedora) for Washington National Opera, Violetta (La traviata) for the Minnesota Opera, ENO and Glyndebourne, Liù (Turandot) at the Staatsoper Berlin, Dalila in Handel’s Samson for the Netherlands Opera, Marie (La fille du régiment) in Geneva and Madame Mao (Nixon in China) for ENO and in Athens and New York. Judith has also sung the title roles of Maria Stuarda in Minnesota and Madama Butterfly in Helsinki, Minnesota and at both ENO and WNO. Other notable engagements include Elgar’s Caractacus at the Three Choirs Festival with Sir Andrew Davis, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and Dvořák’s Te Deum with the CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall. 

On the concert platform, Judith has toured with Plácido Domingo to Seattle, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Brussels and Amsterdam, going on to sing Strauss’ Four Last Songs in Vienna under Sir Simon Rattle. Her festival appearances include Aix-en-Provence, BBC Proms, Tanglewood, Edinburgh and Salzburg. She has worked with many distinguished conductors including Georges Prêtre, Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Georg Solti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Claudio Abbado, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Charles Mackerras, and Seiji Ozawa

Judith has appeared on television worldwide and has a discography of more than thirty recordings including: Troilus and Cressida conducted by Richard Hickox (winner of Gramophone Magazine’s Opera of the Year), Il segreto di Susanna with the Oviedo Filarmonia under Friedrich Haider, the title role in Mercadante’s Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia for Opera Rara and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 under LPO’s own recording label.