Photo: Moonflower Photo - Anahita Paul
Sophie Sparrow
Languages (fluent):
English
Experience
Opera
First Witch
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Maulbronn Monastery Music Festival
2019
Gilda (Rigoletto) and Marie (La fille du régiment)
Opera Scenes (Verdi and Donizetti)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2019
Chorus
L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
New Zealand Opera
2018
Chorus
Carmen (Bizet)
New Zealand Opera
2017
Pamina (Sung in English)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Opera Otago, New Zealand
2015
Pamina (Sung in English)
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
The University of Otago, New Zealand
2014
Barbarina (sung in English)
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Opera Otago, New Zealand
2012
Chorus
Oratorio/Concerts
Soprano Soloist
Gloria (Vivaldi and Poulenc)
Kent Chorus, Tunbridge Wells, England
2019
Soprano Soloist
Gloria (Vivaldi)
East Grinstead Chorus, East Grinstead, England
2019
Soprano Soloist
Saint Saens Requiem (Saint Saens)
Bach Musica NZ, Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand
2018
2nd Soprano Soloist
Mass in C Minor (Mozart)
New Zealand Combined Choir, Nelson, New Zealand
2018
Soprano Soloist
Symphony No.2 (Hymn of Praise) (Mendelssohn)
Creative Journey Org., Holy Trinity Auckland, NZ
2017
Other
Soloist
Remembering the Future (Daniel Davis)
Wigmore Hall
2019
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Kiwi Music Trust Scholarship (2019)
The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award (2019)
Dame Malvina Major Foundation Auckland/Waikato Arts Excellence Award (2018)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama General Scholarship (2018)
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Istituto Italiano di Cultura Award (2018)
Education
Bachelor of Music in Honours with first class
University of Otago
2011–2014