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Her concert repertoire ranges from Handel to James
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Already highly accomplished on the operatic stage, her engagements include her first Sophie in Der
Rosenkavalier for English National Opera; the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen for Welsh National Opera; her first Susana Le Nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera; Michal Saul for Glyndebourne
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