After postgraduate study at the National Opera Studio in London under Vera Rozsa, she undertook further studies in München under Hans Hotter and in Paris under Pierre Bernac.
On the operatic stage in Great Britain, Patricia Rozario has appeared with English National Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne Touring Opera and at the Garsington Festival in operas by Beethoven, Belisa, Gluck, Haydn, Massenet, Monteverdi, Mozart and Purcell and at the Aldeburgh and Almeida Festivals in operas by Casken and Tavener. On the operatic stage abroad, she has appeared in Aix-en-Provence, Brussels, Frankfurt, Ghent, Innsbrück, Lyons and Stuttgart in operas by Cimarosa, Gluck, Handel and Mozart.
With the late Sir Georg Solti, Patricia Rozario toured the major European capital cities in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.
On the concert platform, Patricia Rozario is an outstanding figure. In Great Britain, she has made regular appearances with the Songmakers Almanac from its inception and has appeared in recital and concert at the Aldeburgh, Bath, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Harrogate and City of London Festivals. She was part of Hermann Prey’s Schubertiade on London’s South Bank, where she appeared in Elvis Costello’s Meltdown. Patricia Rozario has appeared in recital at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and has appeared many times at the BBC Promenade Concerts.
Abroad, Patricia Rozario has made numerous concert appearances in, amongst other cities, Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Halle, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Köln, Leipzig, Madrid, New York, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg, Vienna, Winterthur and Zürich.
Her recordings include major works by Britten, Canteloube, Casken, Haydn, Respighi, Satie, Tavener and Vaughan Williams.
Future engagements include concerts with the Beethoven Academie in Belgium and Soundstreams Canada in Toronto, a Wigmore Hall recital with Graham Johnson and a performance of a new Tavener Commission with the Minnesota Orchestra, USA.
Patricia Rozario was awarded the OBE in 2001 for her services to music.