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Caroline Lester - Soprano

Biography

Caroline started singing after completing a music degree at Durham University, where she majored in composition.  She received a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Studies from the University of London, and went on to gain stage experience in productions with Southgate College Opera and Opera Holland Park.
 
Caroline's operatic roles have included performances as Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute - Mozart) for British Youth Opera and Surrey Opera, Clorinda (La Cenerentola - Rossini) and Adina (L'elisir d'amore - Donizetti) for Vox Lirika, Adèle (Die Fledermaus - Strauss) for Steyning Music Society, Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte - Mozart) and Tatyana (Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky) for Birmingham Chamber Orchestra and the Lace Seller (Death in Venice - Britten) and Airport Office/ZDF Director (Playing Away - Mason) in the 2007 Aldeburgh and Bregenz Festivals.

As a concert performer she has sung in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and St John's, Smith Square. She has made regular appearances as a soloist for the Adoramus Choir and Orchestra, with whom she has performed in numerous venues around England and Italy, highlights being Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate, Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Schubert's Magnificat and Rachmaninov's Vocalise.

Caroline now sings regularly with the BBC Singers, and is also an experienced session singer for film and TV, most notably having recently took part in the recording of the soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

She has received coaching from David Syrus, Mary King, Anthony Legge and Donald Maxwell, and currently studies with Arwel Treharne Morgan.  Future engagements include singing the role of Micaela (Carmen - Bizet) for Vox Lirika.

Repertoire

Opera roles:

Micaela: Bizet Carmen
Lace Seller: Britten Death in Venice
Airport Official and ZDF Director: Mason Playing Away
Tatyana: Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Clorinda: Rossini La Cenerentola
Adina: Donizetti Lelisir Damore
Konigen der Nacht: Mozart Die Zauberflote
Fiordiligi: Mozart Cosi fan Tutte
Adele: Strauss Die Fledermaus
Susanna: Wolf Ferrari Il Segreto di Susanna
Fleta: Gilbert and Sullivan Iolanthe

Chorus:

Puccini Tosca
Gilbert and Sullivan Yeomen of the Guard
Saint-Saens Samson et Dalila
Bernstein Candide

Arias:

Gershwin Summertime; Dvorak Song to the Moon; Offenbach Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille; Puccini Signore Ascolta; Mozart Non Mi Dir; Catalani Ebben ne andro lontana; Gounod Scene et Air des Bijoux; Gounod Je Veux Vivre; Lloyd Webber Wishing you Were Somehow Here Again; Lloyd Webber Thats all I ask of you; Puccini Mi Chiamano Mimi; Puccini Quando Men Vo; Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro; Mozart Ach Ich Liebte

Concert and Oratorio:
Faure Requiem; Mozart Mass in C minor; Rachmaninov Vocalise; Mozart Exsultate Jubilate; Schubert Magnificat; Handel Messiah; Bach Magnificat; Handel Ode to the Birthday of Queen Anne; Vivaldi Gloria; Offenbach Barcarolle; Delibes Flower Duet; Franck Panis Angelicus; Lloyd Webber Pie Jesu

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