Praised for her “warm mezzo” (The Telegraph) and “velvet-voice” (Daily Telegraph), British-Spanish mezzo soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons recently made critically acclaimed house and role debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Siébel in David McVicar's production of Faustand creating the role of Hel in the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ The Monstrous Childat the ROH Linbury Theatre. Looking forward to the 2022/23 season, Fontanals-Simmons performs Jack The Wreckers Ethel Smyth with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati; recitals with Iain Burnside at Wigmore Hall and the Lammermuir Festival; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Roman River Festival and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Worcester Festival Choral Society. Marta also reprises her rol
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Prague Symphony OrchestraAlto + 1 roles
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Hastings Philharmonic OrchestraEin Engel (An Angel)
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Oxford Bach SoloistsMezzosopran
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Hastings Philharmonic OrchestraEin Engel (An Angel)
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Madrid, SpainThree Choirs Festival: Stanford’s Stabat Mater, Mason, G.HolstStanford, C. V.
Philharmonia OrchestraVoice I + 1 roles
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View program, cast and crewPraised for her “warm mezzo” (The Telegraph) and “velvet-voice” (Daily Telegraph), British-Spanish mezzo soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons recently made critically acclaimed house and role debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Siébel in David McVicar's production of Faustand creating the role of Hel in the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ The Monstrous Childat the ROH Linbury Theatre. Looking forward to the 2022/23 season, Fontanals-Simmons performs Jack The Wreckers Ethel Smyth with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati; recitals with Iain Burnside at Wigmore Hall and the Lammermuir Festival; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Roman River Festival and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Worcester Festival Choral Society. Marta also reprises her rol