Claire Booth
(Sopranos)
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Claire Booth
(Sopranos) Biography:
"Bickley and Booth are the foremost interpreters of modern music in this country...superb." Opera Today, August 2010A finalist in the 2004 Kathleen Ferrier Competition and a recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, Claire Booth has gone on to establish an international reputation as one of the most talented and versatile singers of her generation both in opera and concert in repertoire ranging from the operas of Handel and Mozart to complex scores written in the 20th and 21st centuries. She made her professional debut at the Royal Festival Hall singing Oliver Knussen’s ‘Océan de Terre’ for the composer’s 50th birthday celebrations concert. This proved the basis of a productive association with this composer/conductor, including numerous appearances with the London Sinfonietta and BBCSO as well as two BBC Proms performances; his ‘Whitman Settings’ in 2005 and his ‘Requiem; Songs for Sue’ in 2007, written for Claire. This latter performance earned her a nomination at the 2008 South Bank Awards. Her busy concert career has included appearances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Academy of Ancient Music, The Kings Consort and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. She has worked throughout the UK and Europe with conductors including Pierre Boulez, Martyn Brabbins, Christian Curnyn, Edward Gardner, Olliver Knussen, Andris Nelsons, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Markus Stenz and Ilan Volkov. Highlights have included her debut performance of ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ with Pierre Boulez at the Luzern International Festival, Stravinsky Songs with the CBSO and Sakari Oramo, Britten’s ‘Les Illuminations’ with the BBCSO and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the CBSO and Andris Nelsons. She makes regular appearances at the Wigmore Hall having performed there in recital with Graham Johnson, with Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company and with the Nash Ensemble. She recently sang in Pascal Dusapin’s opera ‘To be Sung’ with the EIC at the Cité de la Musique Paris. Operatic highlights in recent seasons have included her debut at English National Opera singing Nora in the critically acclaimed production of Riders to the Sea directed by Fiona Shaw, the roles of Mrs. Green (Birtwistle ‘Down by the Greenwood Side’) and Soprano Narrator (Benjamin ‘Into the Little Hill’) for the Royal Opera Linbury Theatre, Mélisande in 'Pelleas et Mélisande' for the Opera Theatre Company, Anne Truelove (The Rakes Progress) with the CBSO, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and 1st Niece (Peter Grimes) both for Opera North, Despina (Cosi fan Tutte) for Opera Nantes-Angers, Miranda (Adès 'The Tempest') at the Amsterdam Concertgebauw, Belinda (Dido and Aeneus) and Anicia Eritea (Cavalli 'Eliogabalo') for Grange Park Opera, Max (Knussen 'Where the Wild Things Are') with the BBCSO, the creation of Prakriti (Harvey 'Wagner Dream') for the Netherlands Opera and Elle in Poulenc’s ‘La Voix Humaine’ for Opera North. Her discography includes Webern cantatas with the Philharmonia/Robert Kraft for Naxos, Pallas (Eccles ‘The Judgement of Paris’) with the Early Opera Company/Curnyn for Chandos, Bedford's 'On voit tout en aventure' with the London Sinfonietta/Knussen for London Sinfonietta Live and a disc of 20th century song with Huw Watkins for the NMC Songbook. Highlights of the 2009/10 season have included include performances with the London Sinfonietta and the Nash Ensemble and the world première of Elliot Carters’s What are years? At the Aldeburgh Festival with Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Boulez. The 2010/11 season includes concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Northern Sinfonia, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Porto. Claire Booth will also sing the role of Dorinda in Scottish Opera’s production of Handel’s Orlando. This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography please email info@ingpen.co.uk Contact Details: Territories: Artist Links: |
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