Photo: Ben Durrant
Catherine Hooper
Primary Skill:
Soprano
Nationality:
British, New Zealander, Irish
Country:
United Kingdom
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Languages (fluent):
English
Experience
Opera
Senta
Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner)
OperaUpClose
2023
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Royal College of Music
2022
Queen of the Night
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Royal College of Music Opera Studio
2021
Countess
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Royal College of Music
2021
Alcina
Alcina (Handel)
Royal College of Music
2020
La Musique
Les arts florrissants (Charpentier)
Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble
2019
Dido
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Dorian Chamber Orchestra
2019
Xerxes
Xerxes (Handel)
Byre Opera
2018
Vixen Sharp Ears
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Byre Opera
2017
Belinda
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2017
Miss Jessell
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
Byre Opera
2016
Judit
Bluebeard's Castle (Dvorák)
Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra
2016
Operetta/G&S
Phyllis
Iolanthe (Sullivan)
Royal College of Music
2021
Rose Maybud
Ruddigore (Sullivan)
St Andrews G&S
2015
Lady Ella
Patience (Sullivan)
St Andrews G&S
2015
Early Music
Nymphe 2
Céphale et Procris (Prologue) (de la Guerre)
Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble
2019
Chorus
Chorus
The Wreckers (Ethel Smyth)
Glyndebourne
2022
Chorus
La bohème (Puccini)
Glyndebourne
2022
Chorus
Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
Glyndebourne
2022
Chorus
Les mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc)
Glyndebourne
2022
Chorus
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Glyndebourne
2022
Oratorio/Concerts
Soloist
Petite messe solennelle (Rossini)
Intimate Engagements, Cambridge
2022
Soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Random Opera
2020
Soloist and ensemble
St Matthew Passion (Bach)
Hampstead Parish Church
2019
Soloist
Mass in D Minor (Dvorák)
St Andrews Chorus
2019
Soloist
Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)
St Andrews Chorus
2019
Liesgen
Coffee Cantata (Bach)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2018
Soloist
Conversation (Emily Doolittle)
St Andrews New Music Ensemble
2018
Soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Heisenberg Ensemble
2017
Soloist
Bachianas Brasilerias No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)
St Andrews Music Centre
2017
Soloist
Requiem (Fauré)
Emmanuel College Chapel and St Andrews Chorus
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Jessie Sumner Scholarship (RCM) (2021)
Sylvia Harris Award (RCM) (2019)
Cedric Thorpe-Davie Memorial Prize, University of St Andrews (2018)
Education
Masters in Vocal Performance
Royal College of Music
2020–2022
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Studies
Royal College of Music
2019–2020
MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
University of Cambridge
2018–2019
MA (Hons) in Classics and English
University of St Andrews
2014–2018