caption birth_place label article_title background instrument genre origin
patricia rozario bombay , india hyperion patricia rozario
 solo_singer voice classical , opera india
patricia rozario

patricia rozario , obe is a bombay-born british soprano .
born and educated in bombay , india , she went on to study at the guildhall school of music and drama in london .
she has performed at the english national opera , opera north , glyndebourne festival opera , and the garsington opera in england , and has performed on stage across europe in aix-en-provence , brussels , frankfurt , ghent , innsbruck , lyon and stuttgart .
one of her most notable appearances was across europe in `` the marriage of figaro '' , conducted by sir georg solti .
she has also given concerts in the royal opera house , covent garden , and as part of the proms in england , and abroad in amsterdam , athens , berlin , halle , helsinki , hong kong , cologne , leipzig , madrid , new york city , paris , riga , rouen , strasbourg , vienna , winterthur and zürich .
she performed in a production of elvis costello 's `` meltdown '' .
rozario has made numerous recordings of the works of composer john tavener .
she was awarded the order of the british empire in 2001 .
rozario is currently a professor at the royal college of music , where she is a member of the vocal faculty .
