Rosemary Joshua (born 16 October 1964) is a Welsh soprano, particularly known for her performances in Handel's operas.Joshua was born in Cardiff and studied at the Royal College of Music.
After completing her studies there, she made her debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Angelica in Handel's Orlando.
Other early operatic appearances were Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Scottish Opera, and both Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, norina in Don Pasquale for English National Opera.
Her many recordings include Handel’s Partenope, Esther, Semele, Romilda (Serse), Emilia ([[Flavio), Michal (Saul) and Angelica (Orlando); as well as Venus and Adonis, Blow, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Mahler’s Symphony No.
4, Manfred Tojahns Orest and a solo recording of Purcell’s Harmonia Sacra.
She has also released two duo recitals with Sarah Connolly of Handel Duets and a Purcell duets live from the Wigmore Hall.
Rosemary Joshua has been appointed as the Artistic Director of the Dutch National Opera Studio, the new Young Artists programme at the Dutch National Opera house which launched in September 2018.