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Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Kai Rüütel-Pajula (mezzo-soprano) has appeared to critical acclaim on the stages of the Royal Ballet and Opera, Dutch National Opera, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Real, Opera Vlaanderen, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Opéra National de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Dallas Opera. A consummate singer and actress, she has collaborated with notable directors such as Robert Carsen, Laurent Pelly, Keith Warner and Calixto Beito.
Biography
From the Ondine artist archive. Appointments and season references reflect the original biography.
Her operatic roles include Judit in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle; Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen; Mezzosoprano in Czernowin’s Infinite Now; Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther; The Angel in Mendelssohn’s Elias; Blanche in Prokofiev’s The Gambler; Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly; Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride; Frau in Schreker’s Der Schmied von Gent; Polina in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades and Olga in Eugene Onegin; Fricka, Waltraute, 2nd Norn, and Wellgunde in Wagner’s Der Ring des Niebelungen and Mary in Der fliegende Holländer.
Her concert repertoire includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9; Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Symphony No. 2 and No. 8, Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder, Mozart’s Requiem; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
Rüütel-Pajula studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, the Dutch National Opera Academy, and was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme from 2009 to 2011.