Victoria Simmonds
Victoria Simmonds studied at GSMD and in 2000 made her professional debut as Nancy T’ang Nixon in China for ENO where she went on to become a company principal. She has sung numerous roles for all of the major UK opera companies including the highly acclaimed Pinocchio/The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North) and Angel 2 / Written on Skin for Covent Garden. Engagements abroad include appearances at the Aix en Provence Festival, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Opernhaus Halle and the Netherlands Opera.
Recent and future commitments include Fox The Cunning Little Vixen and Meg Page / Falstaff (Garsington), Luke Bedford’s Through His Teeth (ROH), Boy Way Back Home (ENO), Marcellina / Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni and Watkins / Itch (Opera Holland Park), Angel 2/Marie Written on Skin (Netherlands Opera, Toulouse, Lisbon, Opéra Comique Paris, La Scala Milan, Lincoln Centre New York, Wiener Festwochen, Bavarian State Opera Munich and a European Tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra) Angelina Cenerentola (Opera Holland Park and Danish National Opera), Minsk Woman / Flight (Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park), Hippolyta / A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scottish Opera) as well as concerts with the Nash Ensemble and performances at the Beijing Music Festival.