Patricia Hay Suggest updates
Born Ayr.
Scottish soprano.
Patricia Hay studied in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, where roles in student productions included Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai). She joined Scottish Opera in 1967. With the company's Opera For All group, her repertoire in the 1967/68 tour included Cio-Cio-San and Donna Anna. The following year she added Violetta and Rosina. Her debut with the main company in the Spring 1968 season was as Cherubino, followed by Woglinde and Kate Pinkerton. She also appeared at the 1968 Edinburgh Festival. Further training in Italy included visits to Mantua to work with Ettore Campogalliani.
She spent most of her subsequent career with Scottish Opera. Her Mozart repertoire included The Marriage of Figaro (both Cherubino and Susanna), Don Giovanni (Zerlina, Donna Elvira), Così fan tutte (Despina) and The Magic Flute (First Lady, Pamina). She also gave many performances of two operetta roles, Valencienne in The Merry Widow and Adele in Die Fledermaus. Other appearances included the 1971 Ring cycle, The Trojans, Fidelio, The Barber of Seville, La bohème, Un ballo in maschera, Don Pasquale, Falstaff, The Two Widows and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She created the roles of Marie in The Undertaker (Purser 1969) and Danielle in Hedda Gabler (Harper 1985).
She maintained an extensive concert career, singing with the SNO and many choral societies around Scotland. Appearances abroad included Oscar with the Netherlands Opera and a visit to the Bergen Festival with the SNO. She later taught for many years in Glasgow at the RSAMD/RCS. Recordings include extracts from the Scottish Opera productions of Un ballo in maschera and The Merry Widow. She can be seen on DVD, in the Warner Video Gilbert and Sullivan series, as Lady Ella in the John Cox staging of Patience.
Roles in Scotland
- Countess of Dunmow
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Dinner Engagement 1966
- First 'Niece'
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Peter Grimes 1968
- Maiden
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Alfonso and Estrella 1968
- Kate Pinkerton
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Madam Butterfly 1968
- Woglinde a Rhinemaiden
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Götterdämmerung 1968
Götterdämmerung 1971
- Cherubino the Count's page
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Nozze di Figaro 1968
- Morgana Alcina's sister and Oronte's lover
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Alcina 1969
- Ascanius son of Aeneas (Ascagne)
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Trojans 1969
Trojans 1972
- Gianetta a Contadina
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Gondoliers 1969
- Marie
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Undertaker 1969
- Flora Bervoix Violetta's friend
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Traviata 1970
Traviata 1971
- First Lady in attendance on the Queen
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Zauberflöte 1970
Zauberflöte 1971
Zauberflöte 1983
Zauberflöte 1985
- Zerlina a peasant girl
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Don Giovanni 1970
Don Giovanni 1971
- Rosina Bartolo's ward
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Barbiere di Siviglia 1971
Barbiere di Siviglia 1972
Barbiere di Siviglia 1975
Barbiere di Siviglia 1980
- First Noble Orphan
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Rosenkavalier 1971
- Helmwige a Valkyrie
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Valkyrie 1971
Valkyrie 1972
- Gabriel an archangel
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Creation 1971
- Woglinde a Rhinemaiden
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Rheingold 1971
- Despina maidservant to the sisters
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Così fan tutte 1972
Così fan tutte 1975
- Seraph Angel
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Christ on the Mount of Olives 1972
- Susanna the Countess's maid
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Nozze di Figaro 1972
Nozze di Figaro 1973
Nozze di Figaro 1977
- Valencienne Zeta's wife
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Lustige Witwe 1973
Lustige Witwe 1974
Lustige Witwe 1976
Lustige Witwe 1977
- Norina a young widow
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Don Pasquale 1973
Don Pasquale 1976
Don Pasquale 1977
- Israelitish Woman
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Judas Maccabaeus 1973
- Marzelline Rocco's daughter
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Fidelio 1974
Fidelio 1977
- Pamina daughter of the Queen of Night
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Zauberflöte 1974
Zauberflöte 1974
- Musetta a grisette
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Bohème 1974
Bohème 1979
Bohème 1981
- Adele the Eisensteins' maid
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Fledermaus 1975
Fledermaus 1976
Fledermaus 1979
Fledermaus 1981
- Soprano
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Messiah 1975
- Oscar page to Gustavus (Edgar)
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Masked Ball 1975
- Voice of the Cockerel
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Golden Cockerel 1975
Golden Cockerel 1976
- Donna Elvira a lady from Burgos
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Don Giovanni 1976
- Nannetta daughter of the Fords
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Falstaff 1977
- Karolina Zaleská a wealthy widow
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Two Widows 1979
Two Widows 1980
- Helena in love with Demetrius
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Midsummer Night's Dream 1979
Midsummer Night's Dream 1980
Midsummer Night's Dream 1982
- Hodel Tevye's second daughter
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Fiddler on the Roof 1979
Fiddler on the Roof 1986
- Lucy Lockit Lockit's daughter
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Beggar's Opera 1981
- Mademoiselle Danielle
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Hedda Gabler 1985