Born
in South Wales, Charlotte started her vocal tuition at the Junior
Royal Academy of Music. From there she moved on to the Royal Northern
College of Music, graduating in 2000. She recently completed the 2001/2002
course at the National Opera Studio, supported by the Wood/Peters
Award in association with Glyndebourne, The Peter Moores Foundation,
The Sybil Tutton Charitable Trust and a Countess of Munster Award.
Her
operatic roles include: Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro, and
Miss Wordsworth, Albert Herring, at the RNCM; Despina, Così
fan tutte, for the Aix-en-Provence Musique Festival and for Pimlico
Opera; Isobel and Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance, for the Carl
Rosa Opera Company; Micaela, Carmen, for Phoenix Opera; Pamina,
Die Zauberflöte, for the RNCM; First Bridesmaid, Le
nozze di Figaro, and the cover of Karolka, Jenufa, for
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and the cover of Zerlina, Don Giovanni,
for Glyndebourne Touring Opera.
Charlotte
regularly performs oratorio, including such works as Pergolesi's Magnificat
and Stabat Mater; Bach's Magnificat, and Cantatas
51 & 151; Vivaldi's Gloria; Handel's Messiah,
Samson and Utrecht Te Deum; Mozart's Requiem,
Coronation Mass, Exultate Jubilate and Mass in C
Minor; Haydn's Nelson Mass, The Creation and Mass
in B flat; and Dvorak's Te Deum.
She
was a soloist with the Halle Orchestra in the world premiere of the
original version of Mahler's Das Klagende Lied, conducted by
Kent Nagano at the Bridgewater Hall, which was subsequently released
on CD. Charlotte returned to the Bridgewater Hall to sing the Mozart
Requiem, which she later repeated at the Royal Festival Hall.
Charlotte
has been successful in many competitions, winning the Gwilym Gwalchmai
Prize and the Frost Brownson Award for Singing. In 1998 she won the
Anne Ziegler Award in the Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler Competition,
and, more recently, the Alexander Young Award. She has taken part
in masterclasses with Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Gale, Anne Howells,
Ryland Davies, Martin Isepp and Carlo Rizzi.
Forthcoming
engagements include Bach's Christmas Oratorio and B Minor
Mass. In 2002, Charlotte will perform the role of Frasquita, Carmen,
for Glyndebourne Touring Opera.