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Whom she completed her studies as a Performing Artist in 1982. Performance highlights, on both the concert hall stage and in the operatic repertoire, include inaugural performances at the Tokyo Opera House and Arts Centre of Ortrud and performances of Mahler’s Symphony 2 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic, conducted by Mariss Jansons.įinnie is globally represented by James Hancock of Hancock InternationalĪrnhem, where Charlotte was more or less ‘discovered’ by Aafje Heynis, with

Recordings from Linda Finnie's extensive and diverse discography can frequently be heard on Radio 3 and Classical FM. Linda performed with Barenboim on numerous occasions, their musical collaboration on Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Israel Philharmonic being one of the more memorable highlights of their musical collaboration. She went on to appear in the late Wolfgang Wagner’s production of Lohengrin. Within only a few years from the start of her career, Linda Finnie had made her debut at a number of major international opera companies including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, the Frankfurt Opera and Nice, where she sang Waltraute in Die Götterdämmerung, a performance that established her as a new star in the Wagnerian repertory.ĭuring her distinguished career, Linda Finnie made her first appearance at Bayreuth under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, singing Fricka, Siegrune, and the Second Norn in a new production of the Ring cycle, performances which were issued as award-winning recordings on both CD and DVD.

She has performed in all the major opera houses in Great Britain, significantly with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and English National Opera, London, and with all the leading British orchestras and conductor in concert, recordings and at the BBC Proms.

Scottish mezzo soprano Linda Finnie came to full international recognition after her studies in her home country by winning the Kathleen Ferrier Prize at the IVC in 1977 and the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Award London, (jury included, Dame Janet Baker and Gerald Moore).