Kai Rüütel
(mezzo-soprano)
EDUCATION AND WORK
Rüütel studied at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn and then at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and the Dutch National Opera Academy, graduating from the Masters programme with Special Honours. Since her graduation from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in 2011, Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel has been engaged at Royal Opera House, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real, Vlaamse Opera, Gran Teatro del Liceu, Scottish Opera, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, and Dallas Opera.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rüütel won First Prize in the National Competition for Young Classical Singers in Estonia three years in a row in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
REPERTOIREZweite Dame (Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, Theater an der Wien)
Meg Page (Verdi’s “Falstaff”, Royal Opera London)
Emilia (Verdi’s “Otello”, Royal Opera London, Opera Vlaanderen)
Flora (Verdi’s “La traviata”, Royal Opera London)
Blanche and Venerable lady (Prokofiev’s “The Gambler”, Opera Vlaanderen, Dutch National Opera)
Olga (Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”, Dallas Opera)
Mary (Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer”, Teatro Real)
Wellgunde (Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen”, Royal Opera London)
Soprano part in Chaya Czernowin’s opera “Infinite Now” (world premiere in Opera Vlaanderen)
Siegrune, Fricka, Waltraute (Wagner’s “Die Walküre”)
Second Norn (Wagner’s “Die Götterdämmerung”)
Flower maiden and Esquire (Wagner’s “Parsifal”, Teatro Real)
Hänsel (Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”, Royal Opera London, Scottish Opera)
Dorothée (Massenet’s “Cendrillon”, Royal Opera London)
Madame Dangeville (Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvrer”, role cover, Royal Opera London)
Charlotte (Massenet’s “Werther”, role cover, Royal Opera London)
Dunyasha (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride”, role cover, Royal Opera London)
Lyubasha (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride”, Estonian National Opera)
Marchesa Malibea (Rossini’s “Viaggio a Reims” concet production, Royal Opera London)
Sonyetka (Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”, Vlaamse Opera)
Annina (Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”, Dutch National Opera)
Nefertiti (Glass’ “Akhnaten”, Opera Vlaanderen, Dutch National Opera)
Kate Julian (Britten’s “Owen Wingrave”, Théâtre du Capitole Tolouse)
Angel (Mendelssohn’s “Eliyah”)
Judith (Bartók’s “The Bluebeard’s Castle”)
Smee’s wife (Schreker’s “Der Schmied von Gent”)
Concerts:
Mozart’s Requiem (St. Luis Symphony Orchestra)
Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius” (The Three Choirs Festival)
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Residentie Orchestra of the Netherlands)
Beethoven Mass in C (City of Birmingham Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras)
Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder” (Cadogan Hall)
Zemlinsky’s “Sechz Gasange” (Philharmonie Berlin)