Finalist for the Everybody Can! Robert Presley professional development award (2023)

THE INDEPENDENT 'The effect on Butterfly’s character is minimal (soprano Margaret Cooper conveyed fragility in hooker heels and hotpants as well as she might have done in an antique kimono), but the effect on everyone else is profound.’ Anna Picard

THE TIMES ‘Happily, the opening night Butterfly, Margaret Cooper, one of three sharing the role, is captivating. In her gaudily lit apartment, suggestive of a neon-lit, tawdry existence, she is naive and delicate, yet tough, touching and never cloying. Her eyes glitter with ardent hope and flood with pain; and she delivers the famous aria One Fine Day with searing power and passion. All the inconsistencies are worthwhile to see this Butterfly spread her wings.’ Sam Marlowe

WHATS ON STAGE ‘One conspicuously strong performance saves the production...Margaret Cooper could carry the role of Cio-Cio San in any opera house; she has a superb voice, magnetic eyes and stage presence to spare. I cannot vouch for Cooper’s fellow Butterflys but on this showing she, well supported by Elspeth Wilkes’s discreetly secure musical direction, earns the show a second star.’ ​ Mark Valencia

Maggie Cooper, Mezzo-Soprano, was awarded a scholarship to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has delighted in over fifteen years as a lyric soprano and as her range extended she transitioned to singing Mezzo. Most recently Maggie performed the role of Princess Diana for the premiere of Lisa Logan’s ‘A Silver Spoon’. Mezzo roles include Mutter and Hexe ‘Hänsel und Gretel’ and Dido ‘Dido and Aeneas’. As a soprano her operatic higlights included Cio Cio San Madame Butterfly (Opera Up Close) Mimi La Boheme (Longborough Festival Opera YAP), Micaela Carmen and Donna Anna Don Giovanni.
Maggie is passionate about contemporary opera and thrives on the collaborative experience involved with working with composers and premiering a new opera. Most recently she performed the role of Princess Diana, for the premiere of 'A Silver Spoon' by Lisa Logan. Other contemporary opera roles include Louisa The Miller's Wife Mike Christie, premiered at the Arcola Theatre for the Grimeborn Opera Festival.
Oratorio experience includes all the major works and ranging from Vivaldi's Gloria to Orff's Carmina Burana and contemporary works. Notably she performed the Mozart C Minor Mass under the baton of the late Sir David Willcocks.
Maggie frequently performs solo recitals in the UK and abroad. She has given recitals in Europe’s oldest concert hall, the Holywell Music Room, and in London she has performed at many prestigious venues including St Paul's Cathedral, St John’s Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place, The Savoy Hotel and The Dorchester Hotel, The Guildhall, Tottenham Football stadium and Twickenham Rugby Stadium. She had the honour of performing to His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan for the opening of Marsa Zayed. In 2019 Maggie was nominated for Women's Radio Station's Future Classic Women Awards.
In 2018 Maggie founded Carshalton Opera. Their mission is to produce professional opera and classical music concerts to their local community and beyond with a focus on inspiring families with children of all ages.

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