Ellie Forrester

Bio

Ellie’s time at the Studio is supported by donors to the Studio.

Ellie Forrester is a Scottish soprano in the final year of her Master’s degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she studies under the tutelage of Mary Plazas. During her time at the RNCM, she has been a finalist in the Frederic Cox Award, received Second Prize in the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss, and was a recipient of the Dame Eva Turner Award. She is extremely grateful for the generous support she received towards her studies from Help Musicians UK, the Sylvia Wyndham Bursary, the McGlashan Trust, SIET, the Elizabeth Izatt Trust, and the Sir James Caird Scholarship.

Ellie’s operatic roles include Fox Goldenmane The Cunning Little Vixen (RNCM Opera), Fata Morgana L’amour des trois oranges (RNCM Opera), La Contessa Le Nozze di Figaro (Kleine Opera), Miss Wingrave Owen Wingrave (RNCM Opera), and Asphodèle L’étoile (RNCM Opera). She has also performed scenes as Elettra Idomeneo, Arabella Arabella, Penelope Rich Gloriana, Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Arminda La finta giardiniera, Venere Ascanio in Alba, and Aunt Norris Mansfield Park. Chorus credits feature Carmen, Don Carlos, L’elisir d’amore, Die Fledermaus, Manon Lescaut, Die Zauberflöte, and Le Nozze di Figaro. Ellie’s concert highlights include the soprano solo in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at the Bridgewater Hall and Queen/Second Harlot in Handel’s Solomon. Additionally, she recently enjoyed participating in some outreach work, singing extracts of Fiordiligi with ENO’s Engage team.

This summer, Ellie looks forward to joining Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Emerging Artist, covering the role of Marianne Lietmetzerin in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and performing in the chorus for both Der Rosenkavalier and Verdi’s La Traviata.