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Chanae Curtis

Soprano

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Rheolwr Artist: Sioned Jones sioned.jones@harlequin-agency.co.uk

Gwefan: http://www.chanaecurtis.com


Astudiodd y soprano Americanaidd, Chanae Curtis yn y Manhattan School of Music cyn graddio o gwrs MA Opera Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, Caerdydd. Mae’n artist carismataidd sy’n meddu ar lais byrlymus ei ansawdd ac mae wedi perfformio mewn cyngherddau ac operau yn y DU, Ewrop ac UDA.

Astudiodd y soprano Americanaidd Chanae Curtis yn Ashland University, Ohio cyn chwblhau ei gradd Meistr yn y Manhattan School of Music, Efrog Newydd. Yn 2016, graddiodd o’r Cwrs Opera M.A. yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, Caerdydd lle cafodd ei dysgu gan Suzanne Murphy.

Tra yn y coleg perfformiodd Alice Ford yn Falstaff, Lady Billows yn Albert Herring a Forester’s Wife/ Mrs Pasek yn The Cunning Little Vixen. Mae rhannau eraill yn cynnwys Countess Almaviva yn Le nozze di Figaro gyda Central City Opera, Colorado, Fiordiligi yn Cosi fan tutte gyda Oberlin yn yr Italy Festival, Mimi yn La Bohème  gyda’r Manhattan School of Music a Flora mewn perfformiad cyngerdd o La Traviata gyda Cherddorfa Symphoni Ashland. Mae rhannau a berfformir mewn golygfeydd opera yn cynnwys y Prif Ran yn Anna Bolena a Violetta yn La Traviata yn y Scuola di belcanto, yr Eidal; Papagena yn Die Zauberflöte ar y Chautaqua Institution Voice Program; Sister Rose yn  Dead Man Walking gan Jake Heggie a Sister Margaretta yn The Sound of Music gyda Central City Opera; Adina yn L’elisir d’Amore, Rosalinde yn Die Fledermaus a Zerlina yn Don Giovanni gyda Ashland University.

Mae Chanae wedi ennill nifer o wobrau, gan gynnwys Ysgoloriaeth Lleisiol Y Fonesig Shirley Bassey, Gwobr Lieder Eileen Price a Gwobr Dolan tra yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, Caerdydd; Gwobr y Rotary yng ngystadleuaeth Canu Opera Ryngwladol 2016 ‘Citta di Alcamo’ yn yr Eidal a gwobr bwysig y Pathfinder a noddwyd gan Arts Council of England, hefyd yn 2016.

Mae ei huchafbwyntiau cyngerdd yn cynnwys Four Last Songs gan Strauss gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni’r Coleg Brenhinol yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, Caerdydd a Morgen gan Strauss ar gyfer Tywysog Cymru ym Mhalas Buckingham yn Llundain. Yn ddiweddar gwnaeth Chanae ei datganiad cyntaf yn St. Martin-in-the-Fields yn canu gweithiau Samuel Barber a Four Last Songs Strauss. Mae wedi perfformio Cavatina Verdi,  Ernani, Ernani Involami ar “In Tune” ar BBC Radio 3 ac wedi cymryd rhan mewn dosbarth meistr gyda David Pountney fel rhan o gystadleudaeth BBC Cardiff Singer of the World yn 2017 a gafodd ei ddarlledi ar y teledu.

Mae ei gwaith Oratorio yn cynnwys Elijah Mendelssohn gyda cherddorfa symffoni Manhattan School of Music, Requiem Fauré a Magnificat Bach gyda cherddorfa Symffoni Ashland, Messiah Handel a Seven Last Words of Christ gyda’r Galion Community Orchestra, Ohio.

Tymor diwethaf perfformiodd datganiad yn St-Martin-in-the-Fields; Te Deum o Four Sacred Pieces Verdi gyda Cherddorfa’r Hallé Orchestra, dan arweiniad Syr Mark Elder a ddarlledir ar BBC Radio 3 a dirprwyo rhan Tatyana yn Eugene Onegin gydag Opera Canolbarth Cymru.

Yn ystod yr haf, ymunodd â chorws Glyndebourne Festival ar gyfer Vanessa; Saul a Giulio Cesare.

Y tymor hwn, mi fydd yn perfformio fel aelod o ensemble Porgy & Bess a War Requiem Britten English National Opera a Dutch National Opera.


Rydym yn diweddaru'n bywgraffiadau yn gyson, felly cysylltwch â ni am y fersiwn ddiweddaraf, os gwelwch yn dda.

Bach Magnificat in D Major BWV 243
Fauré Requiem Op. 89
Handel Messiah HWV 56
Handel Seven last Words of Christ
Mendelssohn Elijah Op. 70
Strauss Four Last Songs
Strauss Morgen
Bach
Magnificat in D Major BWV 243
Fauré
Requiem Op. 89
Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Handel
Seven last Words of Christ
Mendelssohn
Elijah Op. 70
Strauss
Four Last Songs
Strauss
Morgen
Britten Albert HerringLady Billows
Donizetti Anna BolenaAnna Bolena (cover)
Gershwin Porgy & BessAnnie/ cover Lily
Jake Heggie Dead Man WalkingSister Rose
Janáček The Cunning Little VixenForester's Wife; Mrs Pasek
Leoncavallo I PagliacciNedda
Menotti The ConsulAnna Gomez
Mozart Così fan tutteFiordiligi
Mozart Le nozze di FigaroCountess Almaviva
Puccini La Bohème Mimi
Rodgers The Sound of MusicSister Margaretta
Tesori, Jeanine BlueGirlfriend 1/ Nurse
Thomas, Ambroise Hamlet2nd Pit Singer
Todd, Will MigrationsBridget/ Emelda
Todd, Will Migrations Bridget/ Emelda
Verdi Falstaff Alice Ford
Verdi La TraviataVioletta
Verdi RigolettoCountess Ceprano
Britten
Albert Herring
Lady Billows
Donizetti
Anna Bolena
Anna Bolena (cover)
Gershwin
Porgy & Bess
Annie/ cover Lily
Jake Heggie
Dead Man Walking
Sister Rose
Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen
Forester's Wife; Mrs Pasek
Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci
Nedda
Menotti
The Consul
Anna Gomez
Mozart
Così fan tutte
Fiordiligi
Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro
Countess Almaviva
Puccini
La Bohème
Mimi
Rodgers
The Sound of Music
Sister Margaretta
Tesori, Jeanine
Blue
Girlfriend 1/ Nurse
Thomas, Ambroise
Hamlet
2nd Pit Singer
Todd, Will
Migrations
Bridget/ Emelda
Todd, Will
Migrations
Bridget/ Emelda
Verdi
Falstaff
Alice Ford
Verdi
La Traviata
Violetta
Verdi
Rigoletto
Countess Ceprano

Opera

Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff for Opera San Jose
The San Francisco Chronicle
As Alice Ford, the chief (though not the only) object of Falstaff’s amorous attentions, Chanáe Curtis unleashed a soprano of lustrous beauty, singing with elegant phrasing and quiet power.
Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff for Opera San Jose
San Francisco Classical Voice
Alice Ford (the splendid soprano Chanáe Curtis). Alice feels the effects of her husband’s anxieties. Their impact was powerfully conveyed by Curtis as she read aloud Falstaff’s seduction letter; he offers her “un amor ridente” (a happy love) — something she clearly does not find with Ford. Curtis has sung other tragic women (such as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata and Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci); I hope someday to hear her again as the unhappy Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, a role Verdi surely had in mind as he wrote Falstaff
Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff for Opera San Jose
Bay City News Foundation
Soprano Chanáe Curtis gave a splendid performance as Alice Ford; singing with clarity and precision, she illuminated the role with pinpoint comic timing and gorgeous tone.
Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff for Opera San Jose
Cordellreports.com
Falstaff’s nemesis, Alice Ford, provides a counterbalance. Played brilliantly by Chanáe Curtis, Mistress Ford possesses enterprise and quick wit to defeat him. Curtis exudes charm and a full range lyric soprano with considerable power in the mid and upper portions.
Violetta in La Traviata for Wolf Trap Opera
Opera News
Curtis showed off a warm, accurate, evenly produced soprano. She never stinted on expression, reaching an intense peak in the finale. After a subtly teary reading of the letter, Curtis offered a finely spun, sculpted “Addio del passato.
Léontine in Bologne's L’Amant Anonyme for Wolftrap Opera with the National Symphony Orchestra
Parterre Box
Chanáe Curtis’s gleaming Léontine rightly dominated the performance...Curtis boldly handled those demanding showpieces with aplomb; her large, warm soprano, secure throughout. I’ll be interested to follow the progress of this promising soprano
Violetta in La Traviata for Wolf Trap Opera
MD Theater Guide
Violetta’s (Curtis) “È strano!...Ah, fors’ è lui” (“It’s strange! Perhaps he is the one”), delivered with ease and power, as well as a searing rendition of the duet, “Dite alla giovine, sì bella e pura
Violetta in La Traviata for Wolf Trap Opera
Washington Classical Review
As Violetta, Chanáe Curtis showed herself to be a magnificent singer as well as a convincing actress... Curtis threw herself passionately into Violetta’s plight and made us feel the full weight of her suffering.
Léontine in Bologne's L’Amant Anonyme for Wolftrap Opera with the National Symphony Orchestra
Opera News
As Léontine, the widowed aristocrat whose hapless marriage left her leery of love, soprano Chanáe Curtis sang with bright, centered tone and agile technique, especially in her second act aria, “Du tendre amour.
Léontine in Bologne's L’Amant Anonyme for Wolftrap Opera with the National Symphony Orchestra
OperaGene
Soprano Chanáe Curtis, a returning Filene Artist, sang the role of Léontine, a widow who had sworn off love. Her vocals grew more assured as the night progressed, finally showcasing her beautiful coloratura in an aria that begins “Such is love’s power..
Léontine in Bologne's L’Amant Anonyme for Wolftrap Opera with the National Symphony Orchestra
Washington Classical Review
Chanáe Curtis, a soprano originally hailing from Washington, D.C. sang Léontine with a noble and lyrical tone, backed up with gleaming high notes in her first aria in Act I. She added agility to the display in running passages for her Act II aria, sung as she adjusted her hair and makeup, waiting for the big reveal of the letter writer. Her French pronunciation, both spoken and sung, was clear and fluent.
Annie in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Limelight Magazine, Clive Puget
Lily and Annie, are strongly cast with Tichina Vaughn and Chanáe Curtis both making you wish they had more to sing.
Annie in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, New York
The Wall Street Journal (Heidi Waleson)
Chanae Curtis (Annie) had lively, witty cameos.
Anna Gomez in Menotti's 'The Consul' for Welsh National Opera
Opera Wire
The soprano, Chanae Curtis, as Anna Gomez made brief, but notable contributions, possessing a fresh and attractive voice
Lady Billows in Albert Herring with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, April 2015
Seen and Heard International
Impressive fortissimo and sassy antics
Alice Ford in Falstaff with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, June 2016
Arts Scene in Wales
Chanae Curtis is a marvellous dramatic lynch pin as Alice Ford

Concerts & Recitals

Recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, November 2017
The Cross Eyed Pianist
Chanae Curtis has a truly superb voice: velvety caramel in tone. She also has a tremendous range of colour and force

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