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Fiona Finsbury
Primary Skill:
Soprano
Nationality:
Irish, British
Country:
United Kingdom
Links:
Languages (fluent):
English, Italian, French
Opera
Musical Theatre
Chorus
Film/TV
Theatre
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
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Leverhulme Arts Scholarship (2017)
Riga Heesom Award (2017)
Ann Ziegler Award (2016)
Richard Newitt Fund (2016)
John Thaw Bursary for Acting (2011)
Competitions
Bessie Cronshaw Song Cycle Competition (2017)
Eva Turner Competition (2017)
"Fiona Finsbury’s Tosca was a standout performance, extremely nuanced, and really quite powerful throughout Act II. The notes are there, her upper range entirely confident. She had no difficulty suggesting Tosca’s growing revulsion or despair." -Marc Bridle, Opera Today (2020)
Tosca is played by the mesmerising Fiona Finsbury who is a gutsy Tosca with power and clarity. -Maddy Lee, Upper Circle (2020)
"I must particularly praise Fiona Finsbury and Rebecca Barry in the lead roles. They sang beautifully, had completely mastered some complicated choreography and movement, and characterised and enunciated like seasoned troupers." Robert Beale, www.theartsdesk.com (2018)
Irish-British soprano Fiona Finsbury trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre arts and the RNCM School of Vocal Studies and Opera.
Recent work includes an R&D performance of Lambs at the Royal Opera House, Albina and cover Elena in La Donna Del Lago at Buxton International Festival, cover Prima Donna in Viva La Diva at Buxton International Festival, Miranda in The Dancing Master at the Buxton International Festival, The Witch in Hansel and Gretel at Opera Holland Park, Time in Ein Wintermärchen and Mavie in the world premiere of The 47th Saturday, both at Wexford Festival Opera. Upcoming work includes Clorinda in Cenerentola at Longhope Opera.
Prior to the first lockdown Fiona was rehearsing the role of Euridice in the World Premiere of Orfeus at the Young Vic.
During lockdown Fiona learnt a number of operatic roles in full including Tatyana, The Governess, Nedda and Elle (La Voix Humaine).
Fiona has a keen interest in contemporary opera; she created the role of Hanna in the world premiere of Adam Gorb's The Path To Heaven, and sang Sofia in the British premiere of The Orphans of Koombu at the Buxton Opera House. In 2022 she sang the soprano solo in Kate Whitely's Oratorio 'Our Future: In Your Hands'.
Other operatic roles performed include Mimì for Hampstead Garden Opera, Tosca and Musetta in Opera Undone at the Trafalgar Studios, Gretel, Cendrillon, Métella, First Niece (at the RNCM), and Elvira (L'italiana in Algeri) at the Mananan Opera Festival.
Fiona is a Serena Fenwick Young Artist, a Leverhulme Arts Scholar, an Iford New Generation Artist and a member of the world's only improvising opera company, Impropera.
Prior to training at the RNCM, Fiona was in the West End cast of The Phantom of the Opera, covering and playing Carlotta. She can be seen in the ITV series 'Victoria', playing the opera singer in the 2017 Christmas Day episode.
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