Rosa Sparks

Rosa Sparks
Soprano
She regularly performs with professional consorts
Rosa is a soprano currently studying for her Masters of Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ritchie.
Rosa most recently made her debut with Opera North, as Emmie in their production of Albert Herring. Her other operatic experience to date includes the roles of Lucilla (La Scala di Seta, RNCM Opera), Yum-Yum (The Mikado, Opera Anywhere), First Lady and Papagena (The Magic Flute, Opera Anywhere), and Miss Havisham (Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night, RNCM Student Opera), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas, Opera Sparks). She created the leading role of ‘The Soprano’ in ‘Interrupted’, a modern comedic opera which premiered at the 2022 Atmospheres Festival. She has also performed with Welsh National Opera in their Young Company production of Cherry Town Moscow, and was part of the street chorus in the RNCM’s 50th Anniversary production of Bernstein’s Mass.
Rosa is an accomplished choral and consort singer, and she regularly performs with professional consorts; Kantos, The Swan Consort and Exodus, and has worked under the baton of Harry Christophers, as part of Genesis Sixteen. Recent solo oratorio work includes Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate.