Allison Cook

An artist increasingly in demand for her extraordinary versatility, Allison Cook's current highlights include her critically-acclaimed debut at Teatro alla Scala as the Marquise de Merteuil in the world premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Quartett as well as Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) at the Prague State Opera and Adalgisa (Norma) on tour in the Netherlands. She also featured in two other recent world premieres: Mark Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole (in the role of Blossom) and Michael Berkeley/Ian McEwan’s For You, both at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Upcoming engagements include further performances of Quartett at the Wiener Festwochen, Cité de la Musique and the Holland Festival as well as Margret (Wozzeck) at Covent Garden.

Her concert performances range from the BBC Proms (Les Dialogues des Carmelites and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music) to Schoenberg’s Das Buch der hängenden Gärten at the Louvre, with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Münchner Symphoniker. Conductors and stage directors she has worked with include Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Louis Langree, Stéphane Denève, Mark Minkowski, Susanna Mälkki, Robin Ticciati, Richard Jones, Stephen Langridge, Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus), Stephen Lawless, Marthe Keller and Irina Brook.