Rosemary Joshua (born 16 October 1964[1]) is a Welsh soprano, particularly known for her performances in Handel's operas.
After completing her studies there, she made her debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Angelica in Handel's Orlando.
She has gone on to sing major soprano roles in many of the world's leading opera houses and festivals, including Adèle in Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen and Titania in Midsummer Nights Dream at La Scala, Milan and Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam;[3] Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress at the Glyndebourne Festival and Zerlina, Anne Truelove, Angelica, Orlando, Despina at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
She took the title role in Ken Russell's production of Princess Ida for ENO at the Coliseum Theatre in 1992.
Her many recordings include Handel’s Partenope, Esther, Semele, Romilda (Serse), Emilia (Flavio), Nitocris (Belshazzar), Michal (Saul) and Angelica (Orlando); as well as Venus and Adonis, Blow, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Mahler’s Symphony No.