Photo: Olivia Da Costa
Elinor Popham
Languages (fluent):
English
Experience
Opera
Musetta
La Bohème (Puccini)
Aylesbury Opera, The Court Theatre
2024
Violetta
La Traviata (Verdi)
Instant Opera
2023
Pamina (Sung in English)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
St. Alban’s Chamber Opera - London
2023
Najade
Ariadne august Naxos (Strauss)
Uncovered Opera
2022
Lucia
Lucia Di Lamermoor (Donizetti)
Opera Integra
2022
Louise
Louise (Charpentier)
Royal Academy of Music
2022
Violetta
La Traviata (Verdi)
Royal Academy of Music
2021
Geraldine
A Hand Of Bridge (Barber)
Irrational Theatre, at Grimebourn
2019
Masterclass Artist
Masterclass with James Clutton (Masterclass)
Opera in the City Festival
2019
Masterclass Artist
Masterclass with Madelyn Renee (Masterclass)
Vox Integra
2018
Blanche de la Force
Dialogue des Carmelites (Poulenc)
Morley Opera, Bridewell theatre
2018
Lauretta
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Vox Integra
2018
Fiordiligi
Così fan Tutte (Mozart)
Vox Integra
2018
Elise
Louise (Charpentier)
Birley Centre, Eastbourne - Opera Coast
2017
Countess
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Warwick Art's Centre - Opera Warwick
2016
Street Singer / Chorus
La Rondine (Puccini)
Birley Centre, Eastbourne - Opera Coast
2016
Ballad Singer / Chorus
The Threepenny Opera (Weill)
Warwick Art's Centre - Opera Warwick
2016
Hero
Beatrice et Benedict (Berlioz)
Birley Centre, Eastbourne - AIMS
2016
Mercedes
Carmen (Bizet)
Warwick Art's Centre - Opera Warwick
2015
Arminda
La Finta Giardinera (Mozart)
Birley Centre, Eastbourne - AIMS
2014
Operetta/G&S
Rosalinda
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Warwick Art's Centre - Opera Warwick
2017
Valencienne
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Warwick Art's Centre - Opera Warwick
2015
1st soprano Chorus
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Winchester Theatre Royal -Winchester Opera Society
2012
Musical Theatre
Hera (Jazz Club Singer)
Good Business - premier (Chris Poon)
MTW (Musical Theatre Warwick)
2016
Maria
West Side Story (Bernstein)
Birley Centre - AIMS
2016
Lucinda
Into the Woods (Sondheim)
Birley Centre - AIMS
2015
Oratorio/Concerts
Soprano Soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Hampton Singers
2022
Featured Soprano Soloist and chorus
Charpentier Messe de Minuit and Bach Magnificat (Charpentier, Bach)
Holy Trinity, Sloane Square
2019
Featured Soprano Soloist and chorus
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Gaudeamus (independent)
2017
Featured Soprano Soloist
Beyond Your Elsewhere (Paul McGrath)
Warwick At's Centre - Butterworth Hall
2017
1st Soprano Soloist and Chorus.
Child of our Time (Tippett)
UWCC, Touring/Warwick Art's Centre
2016
Featured Soprano Soloist
Evidence Frontiers - premier (Paul McGrath)
Naples - Evidence Frontiers
2015
Featured Soprano Soloist
Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
UWCC
2015
Choral
Soprano, semi chorus and chorus
Belshazzar (Walton)
Warwick At's Centre - Butterworth Hall
2017
1st Soprano
Chichester Psalms (Bernstein)
UWCC
2016
1st Soprano
Verdi Requiem (Verdi)
Warwick Art's Centre - Warwick Chorus
2015
1st Soprano
Beethoven 9th Symphony (Beethoven)
Warwick Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
2015
1st Soprano
Song of Songs (Patrick Hawes)
Hampshire Consort Choir (conducted Patrick Hawes)
2014
1st Soprano
On Christmas Night (Bob Chilcott)
Hampshire Consort Choir (conducted Bob Chilcott)
2013
1st Soprano
Messiah (Handel)
Winchester Cathedral - HCC -Tom Seligman
2013
Theatre
Music Director/ Composer
Wuthering Heights (Elinor Popham and Warwick World Music)
Warwick Art's Centre - WUDS
2016
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Soprano Scholarship - Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (2019)
Trebarwith Scholarship (2015)
Competitions
Highly Commended: Chissell Stephens Lieder Prize - RAM (2022)
Semi-finalist: Somerset Song Prize (2022)
Winner (joint) Isabel Jay Memorial Prize - RAM (2020)
Semi-finalist: Mozart Competition (2019)
Runner Up: Isobel Buchanan Award (inaugural) - Bath Opera (2018)
Winner: John Miller, Young Recitalist Prize (2018)
Winner: Opera Unmasked, Aria Prize (2018)
Education
Master in Vocal Performance - Distinction
Royal Academy of Music
2020–2022
English Literature
Warwick University
2014–2017