Rebecca Caine

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Rebecca Caine
Rebecca Caine Headshot 2020 by Jennie Scott.jpg
Rebecca Caine in 2020
Born (1959-11-25) November 25, 1959 (age 64)
Toronto, Canada
Alma mater Guildhall School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active1980–present
Spouse
Tim Richards
(m. 1993)
Website www.rebeccacaine.com

Rebecca Caine (born 25 November 1959) is a Canadian light lyric soprano, and musical theatre performer.

Contents

Life and career

Caine was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is the daughter of Australian statistician Geoffrey Watson and the granddaughter of British constitutional law scholar Sir William Ivor Jennings. [1] Caine currently resides in London.

Caine's career has been divided between opera and musical theatre. She made her West End debut at the age of 19 in the role of Laurey in Oklahoma! . She then sang the role of Eliza in My Fair Lady on a national tour. [2] While making her debut at Glyndebourne as Amor in L'incoronazione di Poppea , she was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company where she created the role of Cosette in Les Misérables . [3]

After a successful West End run, she joined the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera to play Christine opposite Michael Crawford as alternate (performing 2 shows a week) when original Christine Sarah Brightman left the show and was replaced by the original alternate, Claire Moore. [4]

When the rights to a Canadian production of Phantom were secured, producer Garth Drabinsky aggressively pursued Caine to reprise the role in Toronto. [5] Andrew Lloyd Webber, who greatly admired Caine's portrayal of Christine in the London production, also strongly suggested she take the role. At the time, Caine was very close to signing a contract to star in another West End show. [6] Ultimately, she chose Phantom and relocated to Toronto and also spent time in New York in early 1989 for principal cast rehearsals with director Hal Prince.

The Canadian production of The Phantom of the Opera premiered on September 20, 1989, at the restored Pantages Theatre, with Susan Cuthbert playing Christine two performances per week as Caine's alternate. The show broke then box office records for advance ticket sales, and ran for just over ten years. During her run in Toronto, she joined the Canadian Opera Company to make her North American operatic debut in the title role of Alban Berg's Lulu . This led to offers from numerous international opera companies ranging from Claudio Monteverdi to Peter Maxwell Davies, including Pamina, Despina, Susanna, Aminta ( Il re pastore ), Vixen, Michaela, Musetta, Ophelie, Leila, Marguerite, Violetta, Julietta (Bohuslav Martinů) and Adina for companies such as the Canadian Opera Company, Scottish Opera, English National Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Spoleto Festival, Opéra de Nice, Vlaamse Opera, New Zealand Opera, National Theatre of Prague, and Opera North. In 2006 she performed as Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow for Opera Holland Park in London in 2006. [7]

In 1996, Caine made a guest appearance on The Future Sound of London's album Dead Cities , performing operatic vocals on the song "Everyone in the World Is Doing Something Without Me". [8]

On October 7, 2006, Caine reunited with her former cast colleagues from the original London production of Les Misérables to sing "One Day More" after a performance in celebration of the show's 21st anniversary making it the longest running musical in the world. The original cast reunited again in 2010 to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary at the O2 Arena in London.

In May 2009, Caine made her Chicago debut in the Chicago Opera Theater's production of Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave . [9]

In December 2010, Caine returned to the musical theatre stage as Lady Raeburn in Salad Days produced by Tête à Tête. [10]

In May 2011, Caine played Ottavia in a jazz adaptation of The Coronation of Poppea directed by Mark Ravenhill. [11]

In the summer of 2012, Caine played Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the Sound of Music at the Kilworth House Theatre in Leicestershire. The production also featured Helena Blackman as Maria and Jan Hartley as Mother Abbess. [12]

In March 2013, Caine played Lady Vale in Darling of the Day at the Union Theatre, London, marking the show's UK premiere after an initial 31-performance run on Broadway over four decades previously in 1968. [13]

From November 2014-January 2015, Caine played Katisha in The Mikado at London's Charing Cross Theatre. [14]

In December 2015-February 2016, Caine joined the Asolo Repertory Theatre Company in Sarasota, Florida making her straight acting debut as Raquel De Angellis in Living On Love. [15]

In April 2015, Caine appeared as the Mother Abbess in a production of The Sound of Music in Lebanon. [16] The following year she performed the role in a UK tour of the show from July–September 2016. [17]

Caine appeared at the Sheffield Crucible in the world premiere of the new musical Flowers for Mrs Harris in the role of Lady Dant/Mme. Colbert from May to June 2016. [18]

In addition to her work with opera and theatre companies, Caine continues to perform concerts and solo cabaret performances throughout Britain and North America. Caine has also taught for multiple years at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich.

Caine made her second appearance in a play from February–March 2018 as Mrs Chasen in Harold and Maude, alongside Sheila Hancock and later Linda Marlowe as Maude, at Charing Cross Theatre. [19]

Caine returned to the role of Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music between December 2018-January 2019 at the Pattihio Theatre and Strovolos Municipal Theatre in Cyprus. [20]

From September–October 2019, Caine appeared in the UK premiere of Preludes by Dave Malloy as hypnotherapist Nikolai Dahl at Southwark Playhouse. [21] The cast later reunited in May 2021 for two livestreamed concert performances of the production from the same venue. [22]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Caine taught independently and also appeared in standalone concerts such as A Merry Little Christmas Celebration at Chichester Festival Theatre in December 2020. [23]

In November 2021, Caine appeared in the 10th Anniversary Concert of Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark's musical Love Story alongside the show's original performers, Michael D Xavier and Emma Williams. [24]

From November 2018, Caine has been involved in the development of Conor Mitchell's opera Abomination: A DUP Opera with the Belfast Ensemble as British politician, Iris Robinson. [25] A full staging of the show was mounted in November 2019 at Outburst Queer Arts Festival at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, [26] where it was filmed and subsequently streamed to worldwide audiences in April 2020. [27] Caine reunited with the ensemble from March–April 2022 to perform the opera at Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey Theatre, and then again at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. [28]

Caine performed the role of Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza at Central City Opera in Colorado from 2–28 July in 2022. [29]

Between 8 October-5 November, Caine premiered the role of Magda in Propaganda: A New Musical at the Lyric Theatre as part of the 2022 Belfast International Arts Festival. The new work, devised and directed by Conor Mitchell in a co-production between the Lyric Theatre and the Belfast Ensemble, is set during the Cold War in 1949 in East Berlin and described as a “Soviet love story…embroiled in the chaos of circumstance, art, love and American jazz”. [30] Earlier initial development of the piece included a concert reading in April 2019 at the Lyric, under the title ‘The Young Pornographers’. [31] [32]

Leading Ladies

In May 2007, Caine released Leading Ladies, a collection of songs paying tribute to past "Leading Ladies of the British Musical Theatre Stage", from Gertrude Lawrence to Julie Andrews, with her then-collaborator and vocal coach Gerald Martin Moore on piano and vocals, playing a selection of their leading men, including Noël Coward. [33]

They created two cabaret shows based on their Leading Ladies concept (the second show is entitled Leading Ladies of Hollywood) and have performed for sold-out crowds throughout the United Kingdom in venues such as the Jermyn Street Theatre in London and the Newbury Festival in Sydmonton. [7]

World premieres

Caine's world premieres have included: Jezebel, presented by the Toronto Symphony (title role; oratorio by Robertson Davies and Derek Holman); Playing Away, presented by Opera North (role: L.A. Lola; by Howard Brenton and Benedict Mason); The Golden Ass , presented by the Canadian Opera Company (role: Fotis; by Robertson Davies and Randolph Peters); Mr Emmet Takes a Walk , presented by Psappha (6 female roles; by David Pountney and Peter Maxwell Davies); Mathilde, a musical by Conor Mitchell directed by Simon Callow (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Intolerance, a one-woman opera by Mark Ravenhill and Conor Mitchell presented by Tête-à-Tête. [7]

Performance Credits

Musicals

ShowRoleDateCompany, theatre, city, notesRef
Oklahoma! LaureyAugust–September 1981 The Palace Theatre, London [2]
My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle December 1981-February 1982

April 1982

UK National Tour

Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto (North American Musical Debut)

[2]

[34]

Perchance to Dream Melinda, Melanie and MelodyWinter 1983UK Tour [35]
Les Misérables Cosette October–December 1985

December 1985 – 1987

Royal Shakespeare Company, The Barbican, London

The Palace Theatre, London

[36]

[37]

The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daaé

(alternate)

(principal)

April 1987-March 1988

September 1989-February 1992

Her Majesty's Theatre, London

The Pantages Theatre, Toronto

[38] [39]

[40] [41]

Of Thee I Sing Mary TurnerJuly 1996 Atlanta Opera, Atlanta [42]
Salad Days Lady RaeburnJanuary–February 2011 Riverside Studios, London [10]
Darling of the Day Lady ValeMarch–April 2012 Union Theatre, London [13]
The Sound of Music Elsa SchraederAugust–September 2012Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire [12]
The Sound of MusicMother AbbessApril 2015

July–September 2016

December 2018-January 2019

Beirut, Lebanon

UK Tour

Cyprus

[16]

[43] [44] [17] [20]

Flowers for Mrs Harris Lady Dant / Madame ColbertMay–June 2016 Sheffield Crucible Theatre, Sheffield [45] [46]
Preludes DahlSeptember–October 2019

May 2021

Southwark Playhouse, London

Streamed performances from Southwark Playhouse, London

[21]

[22]

Love Story Mrs Barrett28 November 202110th Anniversary concert, Cadogan Hall, London [24]
The Light in the Piazza Margaret JohnsonJune–July 2022 Central City Opera, Colorado [47]
Propaganda: A New MusicalMagdaOct–Nov 2022 Lyric Theatre, Belfast – world premiere by Conor Mitchell [30]
Carousel Nettie FowlerJuly 2024 Royal Festival Hall [48]

Opera

ShowRoleDateCompany, theatre, city, notesRef
Lulu LuluApril 1991 Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto [49]
The Magic Flute PaminaJuly 1992

September–December 1993

October–November 1994

April 1995

Glimmerglass Opera, New York – American operatic debut

Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto

English National Opera (ENO), London – English operatic debut

Madison Opera, Wisconsin

[50]

[51]

[52] [53]

[54]

Così fan tutte DespinaNovember 1992

November 2001-May 2002

December 2002

Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto

Scottish Opera Company, Scotland and Brighton Festival

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp

[55]

[56] [57] [58]

Fidelio MarzellineFebruary–March 1993 Tulsa Opera, Oklahoma [59]
The Barber of Seville RosinaMay 1993Tulsa Opera, Oklahoma [60]
JezebelJezebelJune 1993The Joy of Singing Festival, Toronto – world premiere by Robertson Davies and Derek Holman [61]
Carmen MicaelaSeptember–October 1993Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto [62]
Playing AwayLA LolaJune–July 1994 Opera North, Leeds then North UK Tour – world premiere by Howard Brenton and Benedict Mason [63]
Rigoletto GildaSeptember 1994 Opera Lyra Ottawa (OLO), Ottawa [64]
L'incontro improvviso BalkisJune 1995 Opéra de Nice, Nice [65]
Hamlet OpheliaSeptember 1995 - February 1996Opera North, Leeds then North UK Tour [66]
La Boheme MusettaJune 1996

June–July 2001

English National Opera (ENO), London

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp

[67]

[68]

La Traviata ViolettaJuly–September 1996 Opera Northern Ireland (ONI), Belfast [69]
The Marriage of Figaro SusannaFebruary 1997English National Opera (ENO), London [70]
Faust MargueriteJune 1997New Jersey Opera Festival, New Jersey [71]
Julietta JuliettaOctober–November 1997

March 2000

March–April 2003

July 2005

Opera North, Leeds and North UK Tour

Národní Divadlo Prague Opera, Prague

Opera North, Leeds and North UK Tour

Ravenna Festival, Italy

[72] [73]

[74] [75]

[76]

Cunning Little Vixen Sharp-Ears, the VixenJanuary–February 1998

June–July 1998

Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto

Spoleto Festival, Italy

[1]

[77]

Il re pastore AmintaSeptember–October 1998Opera North, Leeds then North UK Tour [78]
The Golden AssFotisApril 1999Canadian Opera Company (COC), Toronto – world premiere by Robertson Davies & Randolph Peters [79]
Figaro’s Wedding SusannaOctober 1999English National Opera (ENO), London [80]
Mr. Emmet Takes a Walk 6 Female Roles with Psappha June–July 2000 St Magnus Festival, Orkney, Scotland [81]
The Pearlfishers Princess LeilaJune 2002 Minnesota Opera, Atlanta [82]
The Elixir of Love AdinaMarch 2004 NBR New Zealand Opera, New Zealand [83]
The Seven Deadly Sins Anna 1May–June 2004Opera North, Leeds then UK Tour [84]
The Merry Widow Hanna GlawariJuly 2006 Opera Holland Park, London [85]
Owen Wingrave Mrs CoyleMay 2009 Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago [9]
IntoleranceHelenAugust 2010 Tête à Tête opera festival, London – world premiere by Conor Mitchell [86]
The Coronation of Poppea OttaviaApril–May 2011 King's Head Theatre, London [11]
The Mikado KatishaDecember 2014-January 2015 Charing Cross Theatre, London [87]
Abomination: A DUP Opera Iris Robinson 17 November 2018

November 2019

April 2020

March–April 2022

Concert with the Belfast Ensemble, Belfast – world premiere by Conor Mitchell

The Belfast Ensemble, Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Streamed proshot from the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

The Belfast Ensemble, Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Lyric Theatre, Belfast

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

Plays

ShowRoleDateCompany, theatre, city and notesRef
Living on LoveLa Diva/Raquel DeAngelisJanuary–February 2016 Asolo Repertory Theatre, Florida – straight acting debut [15]
Harold and MaudeMrs ChasenFebruary–March 2018 Charing Cross Theatre, London [19]

Recordings

Caine can be heard on numerous recordings including:

Broadcasts

Caine's BBC broadcasts include:

BroadcastDateNotesRef
Imeneo 29 Apr 1984 BBCR3. Broadcast of Handel's Imeneo by the Handel Opera Society from Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, sung in an English translation by Robert Farncombe, conducted by Charles Farncombe. Cast members included: Penelope Walker, Neil Jansen, Richard Jackson, Rebecca Caine, and Marilyn Hill Smith. [88]
Playing Away14 Jun 1994BBCR3. The first broadcast performance of a new opera with music by Benedict Mason and text by Howard Brenton, given by Opera North at the Grand Theatre, Leeds. [89]
One Touch of Venus 3 Apr 1995BBCR3. As a prelude to Radio 3's Kurt Weill Weekend, John McGlinn conducts the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a production of Weill's 1943 musical One Touch of Venus, a humorous indictment of the suburban American Dream. The production features previously neglected numbers. [90]
Candide 27 Mar 1996BBCR3. Concert version of Leonard Bernstein's theatre-piece based on Hugh Wheeler's adaptation of Voltaire's satirical work, recorded at The Hippodrome, Golders Green. [91]
Trouble in Tahiti and The Telephone 30 Apr 1997BBCR3. A double bill of American opera from the forties and fifties with works by Bernstein and Menotti, recorded in the BBC Broadcasting House Radio Theatre with the BBC Concert Orchestra. [92]
Side by Side by... Leonard Bernstein 3 Jun 1998BBCR3. A celebration of the stage works of Leonard Bernstein, presented from the stage of The Palace Theatre, London, featuring excerpts from Candide , On The Town , Trouble in Tahiti, West Side Story , Wonderful Town and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue . [93]
Side by Side by... Cole Porter 10 Jun 1998BBCR3. A celebration of the stage works of Cole Porter with the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by John McGlinn, with music including: Let's Do It ( Paris ), Night and Day ( Gay Divorce ), Miss Otis Regrets (Hi Diddle Diddle), Blow, Gabriel, Blow ( Anything Goes ), Begin the Beguine ( Jubilee ), Where Is the Life That Late I Led? ( Kiss Me Kate ) and I Love Paris ( Can-Can ). [94]
Side by Side by... Jerome Kern 23 Dec 1999BBCR3. A celebration of the musicals of Jerome Kern with the Maida Vale Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra at the Peacock Theatre in London as part of the BOC Covent Garden Festival, featuring music including: Bill ( Oh, Lady, Lady ), Look For The Silver Lining ( Sally ), The Bullfrog Patrol (She’s a Good Fellow), Make Believe ( Show Boat ), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ( Roberta ), The Way You Look Tonight ( Swing Time ) and All the Things You Are ( Very Warm for May ). [95]
Julietta 26 Apr 2003BBCR3. Martinu's surrealist opera Julietta (The Book of Dreams) in David Pountney's new English translation and production for Opera North, from the Grand Theatre, Leeds. [96]
The Seven Deadly Sins 30 May 2004BBCR3. The last two of Opera North's ‘Eight Little Greats’ from the company's festival of one act operas put on to celebrate their 25th anniversary, at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. [97]
Friday Night Is Music Night 28 Dec 2007

8 Aug 2008

BBCR2. Jerry Herman Gala. Aled Jones recalls the best live performances of the past year, including Juan Diego Florez, Andrea Bocelli, the Band of the Grenadire Guards, Nancy Griffith, Joe Stilgoe, Rebecca Caine, Jonathan Gunthorpe, David Childs and Ailish Tynan.

BBCR2. Ken Bruce introduces Barry Wordsworth conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra at Watford Colosseum, with guest singers soprano Rebecca Caine and baritone Graeme Danby.

[98]

[99]

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