Amanda Roocroft

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amanda Roocroft
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1966(1966-02-09)
Age	58
Birthplace	Coppull
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Pisces

Amanda Roocroft Biography

Amanda Roocroft is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 9, 1966 in Coppull, United Kingdom. Amanda Jane Roocroft (born 9 February 1966) is an English operatic soprano, who in the course of a 25-year career has sung leading roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.

In 2003 she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Manchester, and in 2007 she received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for her performance in the English National Opera’s production of Jenůfa. Since the mid-2000s, she has also been a professor of vocal studies at the Royal College of Music in London.

In North America, Roocroft made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1997 as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and sang at Houston Grand Opera in 2010 as the Governess in Turn of the Screw. Roocroft’s other roles in the latter part of her career have included Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, the Duchess in Powder Her Face, Emilia Marty in The Makropulos Case, and the title roles in Janáček’s Jenůfa and Káťa Kabanová.

Amanda Roocroft Net Worth

Amanda Roocroft is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amanda Roocroft 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Roocroft was born in Coppull, a village in Lancashire, and was educated at Southlands High School and Runshaw College. She then attended the Royal Northern College of Music where she studied singing under Barbara Robotham. In 1988 while still a student, she won the Kathleen Ferrier Award. That same year she sang Fiordiligi in the college’s production of Così fan tutte and in 1989 the title role in the RNCM production of Handel’s Alcina—both to great praise from the British critic Michael Kennedy. He wrote of her performance in Alcina:

Roocroft made her professional recital debut in September 1989 at the Aix-en- Provence Festival and her professional operatic debut in 1990 as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier with Welsh National Opera. House debuts followed at London’s Royal Opera House (as Pamina) and Glyndebourne Festival Opera (as Fiordiligi) in 1991, and the Bavarian State Opera (as Fiordiligi) and the English National Opera (as Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante) in 1993. In 1994 she was the subject of a Granada Television documentary Amanda Roocroft: Opera’s Rising Star. The film, directed by Colin Bell, chronicled the first seven years of her career, beginning with her days as a student and ending with her solo recording debut for EMI Records.

She is also a voice professor at London’s Royal College of Music and a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where she herself had trained as a singer. She also became a visiting tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2018. Roocroft was the winner of the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for her performance in the title role of Jenůfa at the English National Opera.

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Amanda Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Amanda Roocroft celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Amanda Roocroft

1. Amanda Roocroft is an English operatic soprano born in 1966.
2. She won the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1987.
3. Roocroft made her debut at the Royal Opera House in 1994.
4. She has performed at major opera houses worldwide.
5. Roocroft has recorded extensively for major record labels.
6. Her repertoire includes Mozart, Verdi, and Britten operas.
7. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019.
8. Roocroft is also a respected voice teacher and mentor to young singers.
9. She retired from performing in 2016 but continues to teach and coach.
10. Roocroft’s performances have been praised for their emotional depth and musicality.