Photo: Clemens Manser Portraiture
Marrianne Town Smith
Primary Skill:
Soprano
Nationality:
British
Country:
United Kingdom
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Languages (fluent):
English, Italian, German
Experience
Opera
Elisabetta de Valois
Don Carlo 4 act (Giuseppe Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2024
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Verdi)
Uncovered Opera Company
2023
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos - abridged (Richard Strauss)
Uncovered Opera Company
2023
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Uncovered Opera Company
2022
Abigaille
Nabucco (Verdi)
Uncovered Opera Company
2022
Abigaille
Nabucco (Verdi)
St Paul's Opera workshop organised by Edwin Kaye
2021
Madeleine Lidoine
Les Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Midsummer Opera
2019
Maddalena
Andrea Chenier (Giordano)
Midsummer Opera
2019
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Mediterranean Opera Studio Festival
2019
The Witch
Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Opera in the Meantime
2019
Gertrude
Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Opera in the Meantime
2019
Witch
Hansel and Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Opera in the Meantime
2018
Gossip
Noyye's Fludde (Benjamin Britten)
Blackheath Halls Community Opera with Multistory
2018
Ariadne
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2017
Lady Billows
Albert Herring (Benjamin Britten)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2017
Mrs Herring
Albert Herring (Benjamin Britten)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2017
Gossip
Noyye's Fludde (Benjamin Britten)
Blackheath Halls Community Opera
2016
Mere Marie
Les Dialogues des Carmelites (Francis Poulenc)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2016
Die Hexe
Hansel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2016
Chorus
Brundibar (Hans Krása)
Blackheath Halls Community Opera
2015
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire Postgraduate Opera
2015
1st Soprano
Le Conte d'Ory (Rossini)
Blackheath Halls Community Opera
2014
Fiordiligi
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
City Lit Opera Group
2014
Venere
L'Egisto (Cavalli)
City Lit Opera Group
2014
Chorus
Macbeth (Verdi)
Blackheath Halls Community Opera
2013
Madeleine Lidoine
Les Dialogues des Carmelites (Francis Poulenc)
City Lit Opera Group
2013
Lady Billows
Albert Herring (Britten)
AIMS Singing Summer School Scenes
2013
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
AIMS Singing Summer School Scenes
2012
Gertrude
Hansel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
AIMS Singing Summer School Scenes
2012
Ellen Orford
Peter Grimes (Britten)
AIMS Singing Summer School Scenes
2011
Contemporary Opera
Margaret
Lovely to see you darling (Michalina Katarzyna Sobaszek)
Trinity Laban Master of Composition Final
2016
Chorus
Oratorio/Concerts
Soprano Soloist
Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi)
BAFCO
2024
Soprano Soloist
Messiah (Handel)
BAFCO
2023
Soprano solo
Ninth Symphony (Beeethoven)
Angel Orchestra
2023
Soprano - soloist
Te Deum (Bizet)
BAFCO
2023
Soprano Solo
Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini)
BAFCO
2022
Soprano - soloist
Four Last Songs (Richard Strauss)
BAFCO
2022
Soprano - soloist
La Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (Chausson)
St Paul's Sinfonia
2022
Soprano - soloist
Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms)
The Great Hall St Barts Hospital - BAFCO
2021
Messiah Solo Soprano
Messiah (Handel)
BAFCO
2021
Soprano Solo
The Verdi Requim (Giuseppe Verdi)
The Angel Orchestra
2020
Soprano Solo
Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms)
St John's Church Waterloo
2020
Soprano solo
La Poeme de l'amour et de la mer - postponed (Chausson)
St Paul's Sinfonia
2020
Classical
Soprano
Royal Greenwich Together 21 Festival (Various)
Charlton Park
2021
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Winner Classical Duet Class Blackheath Music Festival (2012)
Competitions
Semi-Finalist Soloist Competition Trinity Laban (2017)
Winner Opera Aria Class Blackheath Music Festival (2012)
Winner Opera Aria Class Bromley Music Festival (2012)
Education
Short Course - Reimagining Auditions - July 2018
National Opera Studio
2018
Preparing a role with Phillip Thomas
Jackdaws
2017
Summer Singing Course
Welsh International Academy of Voice
2017
Postgraduate Advanced Diploma
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and dance
2016–2017
Grade 5 music theory
ABRSM
2016
Licentiate Trinity College London Singing Diploma
Trinity College London
2016
Independent Study Programme Advanced
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2015–2016
Lingua e Lyrica with Sheila Barnes and Melofonetica
Mondavio singing school Le Marche Italy
2015
Prefessional singers performance class
City Lit
2014–2015
Opera roles with Mary Plazas
Jackdaws
2014
The Singing Technician with Joy Mammen
Jackdaws
2014
City Lit Opera Group
City Lit
2013–2014
Audition Preparation with Audrey Hyland and Saffron Van Zwanenberg
Jackdaws
2013