Rodgers, Joan (1956– )

English soprano. After study at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester she made her debut at Aix in 1982, as Pamina. The following year she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as the Princess in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, returning as Zerlina and Servilia (1988–89). She made her Glyndebourne debut in 1989, as Susanna in an ‘authentic’ Figaro and her Salzburg debut in 1991, in a Mozart concert. During the 1991–92 season she appeared as Mozart's Countess for the English National Opera ensemble, Handel's Cleopatra for Scottish Opera, and Tchaikovsky's Iolanta for Opera North. Her charm and vitality are also admired on the concert platform.