Susan Gritton "Turandot" (Covent Garden); Donna Anna "Don Giovanni" (Bolshoi & Opera de Montreal & Scottish Opera); Elettra "Idomeneo" (Netherlands Opera) and Konstanze "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (Deutsche Staatsoper & Bayerische Staatsoper). Title roles include Theodora (Glyndebourne); Rodelinda (Bayerische Staatsoper); The Bartered Bride (Covent Garden) and The Cunning Little Vixen (ENO). On the concert platform her work spans many periods and styles and includes Ravel's "Shéhérazade" (RLPO/Mackerras); Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem" (Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle & Philharmonia/von Dohnànyi); Berg's "Bruchstücke aus Wozzeck" (Swedish Radio Orchestra/Harding) and Honegger's "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher" (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Pappano). Other highlights include Handel's "Messiah" (ROH Orchestra/Pappano);
Boris Godunov and any offspring thereof, Dmitri (and his mother's family) had no claim to the throne. Still, taking no chances, shortly after Ivan's death the Council had both Dmitri and his mother Maria Nagaya moved to Uglich, some 120 miles north of Moscow. Dmitri died there in 1591 at the age of ten in suspicious circumstances . As Dmitri's death was announced by the church bell, the people of Uglich rose up in protest against what they suspected was an assassination commissioned by Boris Godunov. Troops were sent and the rebellion was swiftly quelled. Then Boris Godunov ordered the Uglich bell