Alice Coote

[2] She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not complete her course), the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (where she came into contact with Janet Baker and Brigitte Fassbaender[citation needed]) and the National Opera Studio during 1995/96.

[8] Judith Weir has written a song cycle, The Voice of Desire, especially for her; it was premiered at a BBC Chamber Prom.

[9] In 2009, she appeared as Maffio Orsini in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at the Bavarian State Opera.

She also performed in 2011 as Prince Charming in Massenet's Cendrillon at the Royal Opera House.

In 2013, she played Sextus in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Handel's Giulio Cesare.