Coote was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, the daughter of the painter Mark Coote. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (though she did not complete her course), the Royal ...

Some fantastic singing, shame about a staging that traps Alice Coote in conceptual silliness This was a five-star concert in a one-star stagingPlaying not only the man but also the woman (Cleopatra, ...

No one wants to see general director Anthony Freud on the stage of Lyric Opera before the curtain rises, but on opening night of Ariodante last Saturday, there he was again, bringing the news that ...