Joan Rodgers is one of Britain s best loved singers, and is equally established in opera, concert, and as a recitalist. After graduating from the University of Liverpool with an Honours degree in Russian she entered the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and in 1981 she won the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship.

Joan Rodgers made her professional debut in 1982 as Pamina in a new production of Die Zauberfl鰐e at the Festival of Aix en Provence, following which she rapidly established herself throughout Europe. International operatic engagements have included Paris (Pamina and Zerlina with Barenboim and Ponnelle, M闸isande, Susanna, and Donna Elvira with Solti); Munich (Ginevra in Ariodante); Florence (Susanna with Mehta); Vienna (Mitridate with Harnoncourt), Zurich, Lyon, Turin, Brussels (Fiordiligi, and Hero in Beatrice et Benedict), Amsterdam (Countess in Figaro), Vancouver, The Metropolitan Opera New York, where she made her debut as Pamina, and Blanche (Dialogues des Carm闸ities) for Netherlands Opera.