Rebecca Caine was born in Toronto and studied at the
Guildhall School of Music, London. She studies with Gerald
Martin Moore.
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Uniquely, her career has been divided between Opera and Musical
Theatre, making her West End debut at 19 in the role of Laurey
in Oklahoma! She then sang the role of Eliza in My Fair Lady on
the National tour. While making her debut at Glyndebourne as
Amor in L’incoronazione di Poppea, she was asked to join the
Royal Shakespeare Company where she created the role of Cosette
in Les Miserables. After a successful West End run she joined
the original cast of Phantom of the Opera to play Christine
opposite Michael Crawford. She then returned to Toronto to
repeat the role in the Canadian premiere of Phantom. During her
run in Toronto she joined the Canadian Opera Company to make
her highly praised North American debut in the title role of
Lulu.
Other work with the Canadian Opera Company includes:
Vixen, Pamina, Despina, Micaëla. Elsewhere, roles include
Pamina (Glimmerglass); Pamina, Musetta, Susanna (English
National Opera); Ophelia Hamlet, Aminta Il re pastore, Anna 1
Seven Deadly Sins (Opera North), Balkis L’incontro improvviso
(Nice); Vixen (Spoleto); Violetta (Opera Northern Ireland),
Mary Turner Of Thee I Sing, Leila The Pearlfishers (Atlanta
Opera) Marguerite Faust(Opera Festival of New Jersey), Musetta
( De Vlaamse Opera) Hanna The Merry Widow (Opera Holland
Park).
Susanna (Scottish Opera), Despina (De Vlaamse Opera, Scottish
Opera) Julietta (National Theatre of Prague), Adina (New
Zealand Opera).
World premieres include; Toronto Symphony Jezebel, title role,
an Oratorio by Robertson Davies and Derek Holman, Opera North
Playing Away, L.A. Lola by Howard Brenton and Benedict Mason,
Canadian Opera Company The Golden Ass , Fotis, by Robertsonn
Davies and Randolph Peters, Psappha Mr Emmett Takes a Walk, 6
female roles, by David Pountney and Peter Maxwell Davies.
Miss Caine’s broadcasts for Radio 3 include Candide, One Touch
of Venus, Trouble in Tahiti, The Telephone and concerts of
Bernstein, Porter and Kern.
Her recordings are Les Miserables , The Phantom of The Opera
(Canadian album), Anything Goes EMI, Babes in Toyland and Mr
Emmett Takes A Walk.
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