Kai Rüütel studied at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn and then at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and the Dutch National Opera Academy, graduating from the Masters programme with Special Honours.
[1] In 2009 Rüütel became a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, making her ROH debut as Venerable Lady in The Gambler and covering the role of Blanche.
In the 09/10 season she sang Rosette in Manon and Flora in La Traviata[2] and also performed these roles with the company when it toured to Japan with Antonio Pappano in September 2010.
Her other roles at the ROH in the 2010/11 season included Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and Dorothée in Cendrillon.
[4] She also returned to the Royal Opera House as Meg Page in Falstaff, and Wellgunde in Keith Warner's productions of Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung.