Rosa Mannion (born 1962) is a British operatic soprano who has sung leading roles both in the opera houses of the UK and Europe and in the recording studio.
The contract with Scottish Opera gave her three years there during which she sang Pamina, Sophie in Werther and Barbarina as well as understudying Susanna.
[3] Towards the end of this period Peter Jonas from English National Opera noticed her in The Magic Flute, and invited her to audition Sophie for a revival of Rosenkavalier at the London-based company, where she went on to appear alongside Jean Rigby (Octavian), Valerie Masterson (the Marschallin) and John Tomlinson (Ochs).
[3] In May 1988 Mannion had a telephone call from Glyndebourne asking her to replace someone who had cancelled as Constanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail; she had five hours before the curtain up.
She joined the ENO company, and also gained rave reviews for her Magnolia in the production of Show Boat by Opera North and the RSC.