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Emily Van Evera
soprano
Born in Minnesota, soprano Emily Van Evera lives in England and has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe and North America with ensembles including the Taverner Consort, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Philharmonia Baroque, the Hilliard Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Tragicomedia, Circa 1500, Musicians of Swanne Alley, Sequentia, Teatro Lirico, Gothic Voices and Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Conductors for whom she has sung include Andrew Parrott, Frans Brueggen, Joshua Rifkin and Gustav Leonhardt.
Amongst her numerous recordings are award-winning discs of music by Monteverdi, Bach, Vivaldi and Handel with the Taverner Players (EMI, Virgin), by Luigi Rossi with Tragicomedia (Teldec), Cavalli with Concerto Palatino (Harmonia Mundi France) and Elizabethan song and ballads with Musicians of Swanne Alley (Virgin).
Most recently, she sang the role of Dido in a Taverner Players/Sony recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas ('given a simple choice [among all recordings of the work]...I'd walk away with this one' BBC Music Magazine) and featured on The Promise of Ages ('which Sony might safely have named "Quite Simply the Best Christmas Album Ever" had not that title already been nabbed' BBC Music Magazine).
Her unaccompanied singing of music by Hildegard of Bingen was used by Angel Records as the basis of their best-selling Vision, awarded Best Classical Crossover CD of 1995 (Billboard). Stage and television appearances have included leading roles in operas by Monteverdi, Handel, Charpentier and Lully.
Recent engagements include a live broadcast of songs by Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles for the BBC Proms and of dramatic solo works by Rameau and Hasse for CBC, recitals of lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn and performances of Handel's Messiah for American National Public Radio.
