Anna Leese
Soprano Anna Leese (26) has recently completed the RCM Benjamin Britten Opera course under Ryland Davies, having completed a MusB degree with First Class Honours at the University of Otago in 2002, under Isabel Cunningham. She currently studies privately with London-based Enid Hartle.
Anna had a predominantly choral introduction to music through singing in church choirs, and was a member of the New Zealand Secondary Students choir, and the Tower New Zealand Youth Choir before she decided to concentrate on solo voice.
Anna has won an impressive list of awards and aria prizes, including the 2001 Dame Sister Mary Leo Scholarship, the 2002 Mobil Song Quest, the 2002 Lockwood Aria scholarship and the 2003 McDonalds Aria Scholarship in Sydney, held in the Sydney Opera House.
Anna's solo performances include Mendlessohn's Elijah, Bach's St John Passion, Handel's Messiah, and Faure's Requiem. Since moving to London she has won the 2004 Royal Overseas League Vocal competition, was named best overseas competitor in the same competition, has performed, Mahler's second symphony with Bernard Haitink, and Donna Anna in excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni with the London Mozart Players under Andrew Parrot.
Operatic roles include Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo with the Auckland Opera Studio, Female Chorus in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and Rosalinde in Strauss's Die Fledermaus, all for the Benjamin Britten Opera School and Juliette in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette with the British Youth Opera. She has performed the role of Tamiri in Mozart's Il re Pastore at the Linbury theatre and Fiordiligi and Tamiri with the Classical Opera Company.
In 2006 Anna performed in a Mozart Prom with SCO and Norrington. With the Royal Opera House, understudied Arminda in Finta Giardiniera, Musetta in La Boheme and in January 2007 she sings the role of Michaela in Bizet's Carmen with ROH. Upcoming recitals are at Wigmore Hall, Colchester festival and Ascoli Piceno, and opera roles include Musetta, Erste Dame and Echo for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Musetta for Canadian Opera, Mimi for New Zealand Opera and Countess for Classical Opera Company.
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Anna had a predominantly choral introduction to music through singing in church choirs, and was a member of the New Zealand Secondary Students choir, and the Tower New Zealand Youth Choir before she decided to concentrate on solo voice.
Anna has won an impressive list of awards and aria prizes, including the 2001 Dame Sister Mary Leo Scholarship, the 2002 Mobil Song Quest, the 2002 Lockwood Aria scholarship and the 2003 McDonalds Aria Scholarship in Sydney, held in the Sydney Opera House.
Anna's solo performances include Mendlessohn's Elijah, Bach's St John Passion, Handel's Messiah, and Faure's Requiem. Since moving to London she has won the 2004 Royal Overseas League Vocal competition, was named best overseas competitor in the same competition, has performed, Mahler's second symphony with Bernard Haitink, and Donna Anna in excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni with the London Mozart Players under Andrew Parrot.
Operatic roles include Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo with the Auckland Opera Studio, Female Chorus in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and Rosalinde in Strauss's Die Fledermaus, all for the Benjamin Britten Opera School and Juliette in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette with the British Youth Opera. She has performed the role of Tamiri in Mozart's Il re Pastore at the Linbury theatre and Fiordiligi and Tamiri with the Classical Opera Company.
In 2006 Anna performed in a Mozart Prom with SCO and Norrington. With the Royal Opera House, understudied Arminda in Finta Giardiniera, Musetta in La Boheme and in January 2007 she sings the role of Michaela in Bizet's Carmen with ROH. Upcoming recitals are at Wigmore Hall, Colchester festival and Ascoli Piceno, and opera roles include Musetta, Erste Dame and Echo for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Musetta for Canadian Opera, Mimi for New Zealand Opera and Countess for Classical Opera Company.
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