Marie McLaughlin

Voice type/Instrument: Soprano

Year at the Studio: 1978/79

Website: http://www.harrisonparrott.com/artist/profile/marie-mclaughlin

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Taking to the Stage: Life as a Trans Opera Singer

by CN Lester
12 June 2019

When I began the serious work of focusing on classical singing during my Masters I knew of no other trans opera singers. Not on my course, not in wider students circles, not in the industry as a whole...
Meet the Composer: George Benjamin

by Jessica Zammit
05 June 2019

In the final installation of this year's Meet the Composer series, we had a chat with George Benjamin, a scene from whose opera Written on Skin features in Voices of Now, the NOS's celebration of contemporary opera, opening this Friday at RADA Studio Theatre.
Blond Eckbert by Judith Weir

by Judith Weir CBE
04 June 2019

Our latest production Voices of Now contains an extract from Judith Weir's opera Blond Eckbert. We are delighted that she found time to tell us about the opera in her own words.
Meet the Composer: Emma Ruth-Richards

by Jessica Zammit
29 May 2019

Our latest production Voices of Now opens next week, and we were delighted to be able to have a chat with composer Emma Ruth-Richards about her opera Traffick, an extract from which features in the show.

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