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Myrna Tennant

Primary Skill:

Mezzo-Soprano

Nationality:

Dutch, British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English, Dutch

Opera

Una conversa
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Grange Park Opera
2023
Dido
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Eden Valley Opera Company
Galatea
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
Eden Valley Opera Company
Sandman
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Venus
Venus and Adonis (John Blow)
Eden Valley Opera Company
Cendrillon
Cendrillon (Massenet)
Fife Opera

Chorus

2nd Soprano - Chorus
Full season (Various)
Grange Park Opera
2023
2nd Soprano Chorus
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2nd Soprano Chorus/Soloist
Street Scene (Kurt Weill)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Gounod - Que fais-tu

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"The shining star (...) was the sweet-toned Venus (Myrna Tennant) whose outpouring of grief in her aria sung to the dying Adonis was powerful and moving." (2017)

"Myrna Tennant (Dido, Queen of Carthage) sang beautifully and with excellent stage presence. Her voice has a purity of tone most appropriate to the role." (2016)

MPerf Vocal Performance (Distinction)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2020–2022
BMus(hons) Vocal Performance - First Class
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2014–2018
Junior
Royal Northern College of Music
2010–2014

Originally from the Netherlands, Myrna is now based in Greenwich, London. She graduated with Distinction from the Artist Masters programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Yvonne Kenny and previously studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating with BMus Hons First Class, under the tutelage of Helen Lawson and Wilma MacDougall.

Having initially trained and worked as a soprano, Myrna made the shift to Zwischenfach mezzo-soprano in 2023, and as a result has performed a wide and varied range of repertoire. Opera highlights include the title role in Massenet's Cendrillon, Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and Dido (Dido and Aeneas). Recently, Myrna performed the small role of ‘Employee’ alongside being a chorus member for Gods of the Game, a newly commissioned work for Sky Arts with Grange Park Opera. Myrna’s next opera engagement is the title role in Hampstead Garden Opera’s production of La Cenerentola, with performances in April.

Myrna is a Britten Pears Young Artist for their 2023-24 programme, where she joined their English Song course under the coaching of highly esteemed artists, Gweneth Ann Rand, Julia Faulkner, Julius Drake, and Audrey Hyland. She is also a BYO Serena Fenwick Young Artist for 2024, where she has the privilege of working with industry leading professionals including Nicky Spence, Nelly Miricioiu, Allyson Devenish, and David Gowland.
She has been a finalist and prize winner in competitions including the Bampton Classical Opera ‘Young Singers Competition’, Hurn Court Opera’s ‘Singer of the Year’, the London Choral Sinfonia ‘Leach Award for Singing’, and Bath Opera’s ‘Isobel Buchanan Award’.

During her studies, Myrna was enormously grateful to be generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Kathleen Trust, the Mario Lanza Educational Foundation, the Clemence Charitable Trust, and the Dewar Arts Awards, as well as a Guildhall School Financial Award scholarship.

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