Rebecca Evans (singer)
Rebecca Evans is a Welsh operatic soprano.
Evans was born in the village of Pontrhydyfen near Neath, the same village as Hollywood actor Richard Burton.
She married businessman Stephen Jones in 1997, and they have one son, William, born 25 April 1999. The family live in Penarth, South Wales.
Evans studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, at the same time as Bryn Terfel.
She has since performed regularly at the Welsh National Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. She has established a major operatic career in America where she has sung Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) for the Santa Fe Opera; Adele (Die Fledermaus) for the Chicago Lyric Opera; Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ann Trulove (The Rake's Progress) and Adina (L'elisir d'amore) for San Francisco Opera; and both Susanna and Zerlina for the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
As a concert singer, she has appeared at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival; at a Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the Welsh Assembly in the presence of the Queen and the Prince of Wales; and in Bremen with Andrea Bocelli and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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