Photo: Ben McKee
Joanna Harries
Primary Skill:
Mezzo-Soprano
Nationality:
British, New Zealander
Country:
United Kingdom
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Languages (fluent):
English, German
Agent:
Steven Swales Artist Management
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Experience
Opera
Medoro
Orlando (Handel)
Buxton International Festival
2023
Countess Ceprano
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Opera Holland Park
2023
Lucinda
La forza dell'amor paterno (Stradella)
The Barber Opera
2023
Lady Deborah
Robinson Crusoe (Offenbach)
West Green House Opera
2023
Finocchini
La Princesse de Trebizonde (Offenbach)
Opera Rara
2022
Laura
Violet (Tom Coult)
Aldeburgh Festival / Music Theatre Wales
2022
Cenerentola
Cenerentola (Rossini)
National Opera Studio & English National Opera
2022
Le Prince Charmant
Cendrillon (Massenet)
National Opera Studio & English National Opera
2022
Ruggiero
Alcina (Handel)
National Opera Studio & Welsh National Opera
2022
Cherubino
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
National Opera Studio & Opera North
2022
Idamante
Idomeneo (Mozart)
National Opera Studio & Opera North
2022
Innkeeper's Wife
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Longborough Festival Opera
2021
Savitri
Savitri (Holst)
Hampstead Garden Opera
2020
Zerlina
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Merry Opera Company
2020
Drummer
The Emperor of Atlantis (Ullmann)
Loud Crowd & CHROMA Ensemble
2019
Tartine
Scoring a Century (David Blake)
British Youth Opera
2019
Varvara
Kat'a Kabanova (Janacek)
Regents Opera
2019
Prometheus
The Fire of Olympus (Tim Benjamin)
Radius Opera @ Royal Northern College of Music
2019
Jenny Hildebrand
Street Scene (Kurt Weill)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2018
Der Trommler
Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Viktor Ullmann)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2018
Girl/Psychiatrist
Fever Pitch (Scott Stroman)
Highbury Opera Theatre
2017
Nun
The Fiery Angel (Prokofiev)
Scottish Opera
2017
Ottone
Agrippina (Handel)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2017
Le Loup
Les Malheurs D'Orphee (Milhaud)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2017
Mezzo-soprano
Le Vin Herbe (Frank Martin)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2017
Dido
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Dartington Arts
2016
Awen
Gair ar Gnawd (Pwyll ap Sion)
Welsh National Opera
2015
Oratorio/Concerts
Mezzo soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @Cadogan Hall
2023
Mezzo soloist
'Through the Looking Glass' (Wonderland suites) (Paul Rissmann)
London Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican Concert Hall
2022
Mezzo Soloist
Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
2019
Mezzo Soloist
Requiem (Durufle)
Temple Church, London
2019
Mezzo Soloist
Matthew Passion (Bach)
Skipton Camerata
2019
Mezzo Soloist
B Minor Mass (Bach)
St James, Piccadilly
2019
Mezzo Soloist
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Sheffield Cathedral
2019
Mezzo Soloist
Nelson Mass (Haydn)
Voices of London Festival
2018
Mezzo soloist
Easter Oratorio (J.S. Bach)
Swidnica Bach Festival, Poland
2018
Mezzo Soloist
Mass in D (Dvorak)
Perth Choral Society
2019
Mezzo soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Lincoln Cathedral
2017
Mezzo Soloist
Spring Symphony (Britten)
City Halls, Glasgow
2017
1st Mezzo solo
Seven Last Words from the Cross (James MacMillan)
BBC Philharmonic & Huddersfield Choral Society
2016
Mezzo Soloist
Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams)
CBSO - Symphony Hall, Birmingham
2016
Mezzo soloist
Great Mass in in C Minor (Mozart)
Orchestra of the North & Salford Choral Society
2016
Mezzo soloist
Magnificat (C.P.E Bach)
Chester Bach Singers
2016
Mezzo soloist
Maria Theresa Mass (Haydn)
Chester Cathedral
2016
Other
Opera Prelude Young Artist
various (various)
Opera Prelude
2021
Britten-Pears Young Artist
Mörike Lieder (Wolf)
Britten-Pears, Snape Maltings
2018
Handel House Talent young artist
various (Handel)
Handel House, London
2018
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Award (2021)
Sybil Tutton Opera Award (2021)
Tait Trust Award (2021)
Edith Brass Prize for Lieder (RCS) (2018)
Tillett Trust (2018)
Hope Scott Trust (2017)
Brian Fletcher Award (Simon Fletcher Charitable Trust) (2016)
Dartington Hall Trust Bursary (2016)
Mario Lanza Foundation Award (2016)
RCS Trust Scholarship (2016)
Ryan Davies Memorial Fund (2016)
Gwilym Gwalchmai Jones Award (RNCM) (2015)
Manchester Welsh Society Prize (RNCM) (2015)
Education
Young Artist
National Opera Studio
2021–2022
Alexander Gibson Opera School
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2016–2018
MMus Vocal & Opera Studies
Royal Northern College of Music
2014–2016