Charlotte Derry,
soprano
Charlotte Derry is noted for having a warm lyrical voice and an engaging performance persona.
Her operatic roles include Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Rusalka (title role), Guilietta (Les Contes de Hoffman), Vierte Magd/schleptragerin (Elektra), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Second Woman (Die Zauberflöte), Mařenka (The Bartered Bride), soprano soloist in the Coro di Ragazzi in Linda di Chamounix at the Royal Opera House, Main Auditorium, conducted by Sir Mark Elder.
Charlotte sings regularly as a soloist in oratorio performances. Her most recent concerts include, A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams with Whetherby Choral Society and Orchestra, Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms with Kingston Orpheus Choir and Missa Angelorum by Rütti at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Charlotte has a master's degree from the Royal Academy of Music studying with Phil Doghan. After the Academy Charlotte studied privately with the late Ameral Gunson.
Operatic Repertoire:
BRITTEN
Ellen Orford, Peter Grimes
DVOŘÁK
Title role, Rusalka
JANÁČEK
Title role, Katya Kabanova
KORNGOLD
Marietta, Die tote Stadt
MOZART
Countess, Le Nozze di Figaro
Donna Anna, Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni
Elektra, Idomeneo
Vitellia, La Clemenza di Tito
MASCAGNI
Santuzza, Cavalleria rusticana
NICOLAI
Frau Fluth, Die lustige Witwe
PUCCINI
Liu, Turandot
R. STRAUSS
Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxos
Crysothemis, Elektra
SMETENA
Mařenka, Prodaná nevěsta
TCHAIKOVSKY
Lisa, Queen of Spades
VERDI
Amelia, Simon Boccanegra
Amelia, Un Ballo in Maschera
Elizabeth, Don Carlo
Leonora, La Forze del Destino
Leonora, Il Trovatore
WAGNER
Elizabeth, Tannhäuser
Elsa, Lohengrin
Eva, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Senta, Der fliegende Hollände
WEBER
Agathe, Der Freischütz
Appearances with North Wales Opera Studio:
December 2018, Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza), St Giles Church (Wrexham, UK)
June 2019, Opera Gala with Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra (Various), Shrewsbury Abbey, )Shrewsbury, UK)
July 2019, Llangollen Eisteddfod Festival (Various), Llangollen Eisteddfod Festival (Llangollen, UK)
September 2019, Opera Evening with Brymbo Male Voice Choir (North Wales, UK)
Appearances with North Wales Opera Company:
September 2019, Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza), Stiwt Theatre (Rhosllannerchrugog, UK).
