Rowan Pierce

Rowan Pierce is a former Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and English National Opera Harewood Artist, and current Samling Artist. She appears regularly with ensembles including Academy of Ancient Music, Gabrieli Consort, Scottish Chamber Opera, BBC Scottish Symphony, OAE, City of Birmingham Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Les Arts Florissants and Florilegium and at the Wigmore Hall and Milton Court. Roles include Oberto in Alcina (Glyndebourne, Stuttgart), Tiny in Paul Bunyan and Papagena in The Magic Flute (ENO, ROH), Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (Nevill Holt Opera, Grange Festival, ENO), Papiria in Lucio Papirio Dittatore (Buxton) and Quivera and Orazia in The Indian Queen (Opéras de Lille, Luxembourg and Caen; Antwerp Opera). Festival appearances include at the Ryedale, Oxford Lieder, Bath, Cheltenham, BBC Proms, Lammermuir, Edinburgh, Leeds Lieder and Chiltern Arts festivals. Recordings include a solo disc of Purcell songs, Vaughan Williams’ Ninth Symphony with the RLPO and King Arthur and The Fairy Queen with the Gabrieli Consort.