British-French mezzo-soprano Bernadette Johns was a studio artist at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and The Queen’s College, Oxford.
At the Opéra national du Rhin Bernadette sang Flora in La Traviata, La Mère in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, covered Mallika in Lakmé and created the role of Madame Hucklebee in a new French production of The Fantasticks. Roles in the UK include Carmen (Longborough Festival Opera), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Waterperry Opera Festival), the title role in Arminio (cover - Royal Ballet and Opera), Ludmila in The Bartered Bride (Garsington Opera), the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Concepcion in L’heure espagnole and Tirinto in Imeneo (Royal Academy Opera).
Concert highlights include Brahms Alto Rhapsody at Cadogan Hall, Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas with Bjarte Eike and the Academy Baroque Soloists, Les Noces by Stravinsky at Opéra national du Rhin, Second Herd-Girl in Peer Gynt with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Oxford and Leeds Song festivals. She was a Bach Scholar during her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, performing in concerts with conductors such as Trevor Pinnock, Philippe Herreweghe, Rachel Podger, Masaaki Suzuki and John Butt.