Background
BURROWES, Norma was born in Bangor, Company Down. Daughter of Henry and Caroline Burrowes.
BURROWES, Norma was born in Bangor, Company Down. Daughter of Henry and Caroline Burrowes.
Queen"s University, Belfast, Royal Academy, of Music.
Debut w-ith Glyndeboume Touring Opera singing Zerlina in Don Giovanni 1969, debut with Royal Opera House, Fiakermili in Arabella 1976. Roles include Blondchen in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Oscar (Ballo in Maschera), Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte), Woodbird (Siegfried), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Cunning Little Vixen, Manon (Massenet), Titania (Midsummer Night"s Dream), Nanetta (Falstaff), Gilda (Rigoletto), Marie (Daughter of the Regiment), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Adina (Elisir d’Amore), Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). Sings regularly with Glyndebourne Opera, Scottish Opera, Aldeburgh Festival, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera and others
Abroad: Salzburg, Paris, Munich, Aix-enProvence, Avignon, Ottawa, Montreal, New York, Vienna, Chicago, Buenos Aires.
Has sung with all the principle London orchestras and on British Broadcasting Corporation radio and television
Married 1st Steuart Bedford in 1969 (divorced in 1980). Married 2nd Emile Belcourt in 1987.