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Born 30.8.79 Tertiary education
Royal College of Music, London: Adv. PG Diploma (Opera) Benjamin Britten International Opera School
University of Auckland: Bachelor of Arts (English, Philosophy)
Vocal training
Teacher: Russell Smythe Past tuition: Margaret Kingsley, Dame Malvina Major
Performance experience
Royal College of Music Junius, The Rape of Lucretia, Britten Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte, Mozart Falke, Die Fledermaus, Strauss
New Zealand Opera Malatesta, Don Pasquale, Donizetti (National Tour) Guglielmo, Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart (National Tour) Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Rossini (National Tour) Mityukha, Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky
Grange Park Opera / Neville Holt / Pimlico Opera Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, Rossini (England Tour)
Dartington Opera John Shears, Ben Benny, Paul Bunyan, Britten
Member of the New Zealand Opera Young Artist Programme 2001, 2002 Roles: L’Hotelier, Manon Footman, Der Rosenkavalier Understudies: Count, The Marriage of Figaro De Bretigny, Manon Zurga, The Pearl Fishers Nikitich, Boris Godunov
Other Engagements
Soloist at Blenheim Palace with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Don Giovanni, excerpts, The London Mozart Players
Solomon, Handel, Auckland Choral Society Requiem, Mozart, ACS Requie, Faure, ACS. Missa in C (Weisenhaus), Mozart, ACS Soloist, Auckland Sky City Starlight Symphony Alinghi and Prada concerts at Government House, Auckland
New Zealand Opera Chorus member 1998 - 2001 Member of opera chorus in La Cenerentola, Macbeth, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Aida, Die Fledermaus, La Clemenza di Tito, La Traviata, Carmen, Manon, Falstaff, Der Rosenkavalier, La Nozze di Figaro, The Pearl Fishers and Verdi’s Requiem.
Competition experience England: Semi-Finalist, Kathleen Ferrier Singing Competition 2006
New Zealand / Australia: Finalist 2002 Mobil Song Quest Semi-finalist 2000 Mobil Song Quest, 2001 Sydney McDonald’s Aria First Place, 2001 Wellington Evening Post Aria, 2001 Auckland North Shore Aria, 2002 Christchurch Aria Second place 2001 Sister Mary Leo Scholarship, 2002 Napier Aria Third place 2001, 2002 Rotorua Lockwood Aria
Scholarships
Aotea Centre Performing Arts Trust Scholar Stephen Catto Memorial Award (RCM) Jack McGill (Creative NZ) Scholar Patricia Pratt Foundation Scholar Auckland Grammar School Eric Redshaw Award Link Foundation / British Airways Fellowship TOWER Scholar Auckland Opera Guild Scholar NBR NZ Opera “Emerging Artist”
Masterclasses
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Rodney Gilfrey, Sir Thomas Allen, Phillip Langridge, Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Sherill Milnes, Dominique Wheeler, Martin Andre, Michael Lloyd, Richard Miller, Wyn Davies, Mark Pedrotti, Dame Malvina Major, Madame Virginia Zeani, Rosalynd Plowright.
Contact details Claire@hayeswalkermanagement.co.uk
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