Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (born 28 November 1955) is a British soprano, specialising in the recital and oratorio repertoire, who is a member of the

Rothschild banking family of England The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in (1798) by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777–1836) who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London (at the time in the Kingdom of Great Britain). Nathan was sent there from his ...

Biography

The second daughter of the four children of

Edmund Leopold de Rothschild Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (2 January 1916 – 17 January 2009) was an English financier, a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England, and a recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH), given by the Royal Hortic ...

(1916–2009) and Elizabeth Edith Rothschild ''née'' Lentner (1923–1980), she is a

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to David Lionel de Rothschild. In 1990 she married Nigel S. Brown.The Peerage.com
/ref> Her grandfather built the world-famous

Exbury Gardens Exbury Gardens is a informal woodland garden in Hampshire, England with large collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, and is often considered the finest garden of its type in the United Kingdom. Exbury holds the national collectio ...

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where she was raised. Noted for its cultivation of rhododendrons, a pink "Charlotte de Rothschild" was named for her.

Education

Charlotte de Rothschild studied in Austria at the

Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Moz ...

, and at the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...

in London where her uncle

Leopold David de Rothschild Leopold David de Rothschild, CBE, FRCM (12 May 1927 – 19 April 2012) was a British financier, musician, and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England. Leopold David was the fourth and youngest child and second son of Lionel N ...

has served as a Council Chairman. A global performer known for her works in Japan, she created a recital called "Family Connections" in which all the songs were composed by friends or teachers of her family during the past two centuries. The programme also includes compositions by her own ancestor,

Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild Hannah Mathilde von Rothschild (5 March 1832 – 8 March 1924) was a German-Jewish baroness, composer and patron. Life and career Mathilde von Rothschild was born in Frankfurt, the second oldest daughter of Charlotte and Anselm von Rothschild, a ...

(1832–1924).

Career

Charlotte de Rothschild is currently signed to classical record label

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. She has recorded works by Robert Schumann,

Roger Quilter Roger Cuthbert Quilter (1 November 1877 – 21 September 1953) was a British composer, known particularly for his art songs. His songs, which number over a hundred, often set music to text by William Shakespeare and are a mainstay of the E ...

and Gabriel Fauré with accompanist Adrian Farmer.

have also issued two previously released albums by Charlotte de Rothschild; ''A Japanese Journey'' and ''Fairy Songs''. A recital of songs of

Norman Peterkin George Norman Peterkin (Liverpool, 21 December 1886 - Guildford, 15 December 1982) was an English composer and music publisher. He is perhaps best known today for his brief song “I heard a piper piping”. Peterkin was born in Liverpool and wa ...

was released on Lyrita, and works by Gary Higginson on Regent. In 2021 until 2022, Rothschild volunteered to work at a COVID-19 Vaccination centre in Hampshire.

References

External links

Charlotte de Rothschild web site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rothschild, Charlotte Henriette de 1955 births Living people English sopranos Jewish English musicians English people of German-Jewish descent Charlotte Henriette Alumni of the Royal College of Music Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni Lieder singers English classical singers 20th-century English women singers 20th-century English singers 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers