Madeleine Shaw
Mezzo-soprano
Madeleine Shaw includes among her current engagements her debut at the Komische Oper, Berlin as Osipovna/Bubliki/Social Commentator in The Nose, directed by Barrie Kosky, and her debut at the Opéra national de Paris as Aufseherin in Robert Carsen’s production of Elektra, conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
She returned to ENO as Rita in a new production of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2022 and in 2023 as Fricka in The Rhinegold and in future seasons will return to WNO and to Glyndebourne.
Career Highlights
Recent operatic appearances include: title role in the world premiere of Elena Langer’s Rhondda Rips It Up!, Annina Der Rosenkavalier (WNO); Forester’s Wife The Cunning Little Vixen, Roßweise Die Walküre (ROH); Maddalena Rigoletto (Glyndebourne).
She recently made her role debut as Fricka Das Rheingold (Longborough Festival); she returned to this role in Die Walküre in June 2021, and will return again for complete Ring cycles in 2024.
Last updated: 21st November 2022