女高音／艾瑪‧貝爾
Soprano: Emma Bell

獲知名「凱瑟琳費瑞爾獎」肯定的女高音艾瑪．貝爾，在最近幾季裡發展出自己的曲目，從為她奠定生涯地位的莫札特女主角，轉戰華格納與貝多芬的關鍵戲劇少女角色。她近期的表現亮眼：在巴伐利亞國家歌劇院首次登台，於基里爾·佩特連科指揮的《紐倫堡的名歌手》中演出伊娃；在艾爾德爵士與哈勒管弦樂團合作的《萊茵的黃金》演出芙萊雅；在漢堡國立歌劇院演出長野健指揮的《斷頭台上的修女》演出新院長，以及在科隆歌劇院與亞歷山大．朗夫合作的《費黛里奧》演出蕾奧諾拉。

在2019/20，她參加葛萊德伯恩音樂節，演出新製作的《費黛里奧》（羅賓．提奇亞蒂），並於巴塞爾劇院演出《彼得葛萊姆》的艾倫霍福特（波斯卡），以及在愛丁堡國際藝術節與巴黎管弦樂團和指揮丹尼爾．哈丁合作演出《戰爭安魂曲》。

貝爾固定在科芬園英國皇家歌劇院登台，最近在此演出的角色包括伊娃、新院長，以及她獲《時代雜誌》盛讚的《唐懷瑟》的伊莉莎白：「貝爾的音色向來獨特，但她在這個角色的表現更上層樓：完美的音準，柔美的呈現，微妙的變化，逼真的演技。」上一季，她於柏林德意志歌劇團（賽巴斯汀．韋格爾）與巴伐利亞國家歌劇院（西蒙娜．揚）再度回歸伊莉莎白一角。

貝爾出道早期多方嘗試不同演出，曾於斯卡拉大劇院飾演安楚蘿（《浪子的歷程》）、伊萊特拉（《伊多曼尼奧》）和愛薇拉（《唐．喬望尼》）；在馬德里皇家歌劇院演出家庭女教師（《碧廬冤孽》）與伊萊特拉；於大都會歌劇院演出伯爵夫人（《費加洛的婚禮》）和愛薇拉；還曾於葛萊德伯恩音樂節飾演潔索小姐（《碧廬冤孽》）。最近幾季，貝爾則於漢堡國立歌劇院演出《羅安格林》的艾爾莎（西蒙娜．揚），在科隆歌劇院演出史特勞斯的《阿拉貝拉》（史提芬．史托爾泰茲），在蘇黎世歌劇院演出伊娃（賽巴斯汀．韋格爾），以及柏林國立歌劇院演出家庭女教師（伊沃．波爾頓）。她在2018年重回英國格林德布恩藝術節，在瓦爾納知名的《凡妮莎》中擔綱主角。她的精彩表現大受好評，《衛報》力讚：「這是貝爾迄今最出色的演出之一，演技美好，聲線悠揚，時而歡快，時而悲痛。」

艾瑪·貝爾也相當投入音樂會的演出，她與帕帕諾爵士合作密切，包括與倫敦愛樂樂團演出史特勞斯的《最後四首歌》，與英國皇家歌劇院管弦樂團合作布瑞頓的《戰爭安魂曲》，以及與羅馬國立聖西西里亞學院管弦樂團合作羅西尼的《聖母悼歌》及貝多芬的《莊嚴彌撒》。她最近則將馬勒雄偉的第八交響曲中的女高音一，列入她與水藍領導的國立臺灣交響樂團的演出曲目。貝爾的曲目包括貝多芬第9號交響曲和《魏森東克歌曲集》的核心作品，曾與哥特堡交響樂團及長野健、尤洛夫斯基領導的倫敦愛樂樂團，以及迦南德里亞．諾謝達帶領的BBC愛樂樂團等同台演出。

A former winner of the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award, soprano Emma Bell has in recent seasons developed her repertoire, moving from the Mozart heroines, with which she established her career, to the key jugendlich-dramatisch roles of Wagner and Beethoven.  Recent highlights include her house debut at Bayerische Staatsoper as Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) under Kirill Petrenko, performances as Freia (Das Rheingold) with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder, as Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des Carmélites) at Staatsoper Hamburg under Kent Nagano and as Leonore (Fidelio) at Oper Köln under Alexander Rumpf.

In 2019/20 appearances include a new production of Fidelio at the Glyndebourne Festival (Robin Ticciati), Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) at Theater Basel (Kristiina Poska) and War Requiem with Orchestre de Paris at the Edinburgh International Festival under the baton of Daniel Harding.

A regular presence on the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bell's most recent appearances there have included Eva, Madame Lidoine and her highly acclaimed Elisabeth in Tannhäuser of which The Times wrote "her timbre has always been unique but now Bell shows so much more: perfect intonation, tenderness, subtle variation, compelling acting".  She returned to the role of Elisabeth last season at both the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Sebastian Weigle) and at the Bayerische Staatsoper (Simone Young).

A wide and varied early career has taken Bell to Teatro alla Scala as Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress), Elettra (Idomeneo) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni); to Teatro Real Madrid as the Governess (Turn of the Screw) and Elettra; to the Metropolitan Opera as Contessa Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Elvira; and to Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw). In more recent seasons, Bell has appeared as as Elsa (Lohengrin) for Staatsoper Hamburg (Simone Young), as Strauss’ Arabella at Oper Köln (Stefan Soltesz), as Eva for Opernhaus Zürich (Sebastian Weigle), and as the Governess for Staatsoper Berlin (Ivor Bolton). Her return to Glyndebourne in 2018 for the title role in Keith Warner’s celebrated production of Vanessa was met with critical acclaim, the Guardian writing “Bell gives one of her finest performances to date, beautifully acted, her voice soaring with elation and anguish”.

An engaging concert performer, Emma Bell has enjoyed a close collaboration with Sir Antonio Pappano on works such as Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten’s War Requiem with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, and both Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. She has recently added soprano I in Mahler’s mighty Symphony No.8 to her repertoire in performance with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra under Lan Shui. In repertoire including the core works of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 and Wesendonck Lieder, Bell has appeared with the Gothenburg Symphony and Kent Nagano, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda to name but a few.