Rebecca Bottone studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Her extensive work with the Classical Opera Company includes Melia (Apollo et Hyacinthus) and Despina (Così fan tutte), and further roles include the Maid (Powder Her Face) and First Innocent (The Minotaur) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Cricket and Parrott in Jonathan Dove’s Pinocchio for Opera North, Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) for the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Casilda (The Gondoliers) for English National Opera, Charmeuse (Thaïs) at the Théâtre du Châtelet and Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Garsington Opera. In concert she has worked with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the King’s Consort and the Gabrieli Consort, and her previous recordings include The A-Z of Mozart Opera with the Classical Opera Company.