"Evelyn Tubb is a singing actress with graceful
presence, alert eyes, distinct and communicative
words, pure pitch, a timbre that can swell and sparkle
without loosing steadiness, definite notes and fluent
divisions, bold graces and adornments that ring
out freely." (Opera Magazine, July 1996)
Evelyn
Tubb, soprano, has been hailed by critics
as “one of the few truly outstanding sopranos
of her generation”, and has attracted world-wide
admiration for innovative and adventurous performances
which breathe life and character into both familiar
and forgotten songs. After spending her formative
years on the Isle of Wight, Evelyn studied at
the Guildhall School of Music in London. A background
in dance as well as singing, plus eclectic musical
tastes, has given rise to her own expressive style,
which is equally at home in jazz as in medieval
music. As a member of the Consort of Musicke,
and in her duo partnerships with Michael Fields
and Anthony Rooley, Evelyn has made dozens of
recordings and given concerts and broadcasts in
the USA, Japan, Australia, Israel and East &
West Europe. Evelyn has a great love for music
mixed with drama, and has performed works ranging
from medieval music-drama, through baroque opera,
to modern music-theatre pieces by Peter Maxwell-Davies
and David Bedford. As well as having a busy calendar
of international concerts and recitals, Evelyn
has often appeared in programmes for English,
Dutch, Swiss and Italian television. Her inspiring
teaching is widely recognised, and she is much
in demand for courses world-wide, as well as being
Professor of Singing at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis
in Basel, Switzerland. When not flying around
the world, she is passionate about creative cooking.
"...a
voice of extraordinary sensitivity both in nuance
and colour, and an artist with no less remarkable
mimetic and terpsichorean gifts." (The Musical
Times, September 1995)