Bianca Andrew

Bianca Andrew
Bianca Andrew
Born	1989; Wellington, New Zealand
Education	New Zealand School of Music; Guildhall School of Music and Drama;
Occupation	Operatic mezzo-soprano;
Organization	Oper Frankfurt
Website	www.biancaandrew.com/bio

Bianca Andrew is an operatic mezzo-soprano from New Zealand who has appeared in internationally, based at the Oper Frankfurt.

Life and career

Andrew was born in Wellington.^[1] She attended Marsden School, graduating in 2007.^[2] She studied at the New Zealand School of Music with Margaret Medlyn, where she graduated in 2011 with distinction.^[2] She became an emerging artist at the New Zealand Opera in 2013. Supported by a grant from the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation in 2014, she studied further at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Yvonne Kenny where she graduated with a master's degree in 2017.^[2] She won the Song Prize of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards at Wigmore Hall in 2016.^[2] Andrew appeared as Bernardo in Goldschmidt's Beatrice Cenci at the Bregenzer Festspiele, and as Flamel in Offenbach's Fantasio at the Garsington Opera.^[1]

Andrew became a member of the ensemble of the Oper Frankfurt, where her roles included a title role in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Mercédès in Bizet's Carmen.^[1] In 2023, she created the leading role of Aurelia von Tümmler in the world premiere of Blühen, a chamber opera by Vito Žuraj based on a short story by Thomas Mann, molded into a libretto by Händl Klaus. It was given by Oper Frankfurt at the Bockenheimer Depot, directed by Brigitte Fassbaender.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bianca Andrew / Mezzo Soprano". Marsden School. 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Brachmann, Jan (23 January 2023). "Ein Tod wird angekündigt". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "Vito Žurajs "Blühen" an Oper Frankfurt uraufgeführt". musik-heute.de (in German). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ "Bianca Andrew / Mezzo-soprano". Oper Frankfurt. 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.