Diary

British Soprano Charlotte O'Hare (nee Trepess) is an accomplished soloist and ensemble performer based in Ireland, working throughout Europe.

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Opera roles and productions include: Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte), Gabrielle (La Vie Parisienne), Pamina (The Mini Magic Flute - Opera North Education), Esmeralda (The Bartered Bride - Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artist, cover), Giunia (Lucio Silla -  Buxton Festival Opera, cover), Elettra (Idomeneo - Buxton Festival Opera, cover), Emmie (Albert Herring - Opera North), Alice ( The Mad Hatter's Tea Party - Opera North Education), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Semele (Semele), Noble Page/Chorus (Tannhauser, Longborough Festival Opera), Chorus (Carmen, Nevill Holt Opera). This summer Charlotte will be singing the role of First Witch and ensemble with Opera Collective Ireland and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in Dido and Aeneas and Venus and Adonis double bill at Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg.

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Specialising in baroque repertoire, Charlotte works with various early music ensembles including the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Arcangelo, Resurgam, Sestina, with notable performances including the title role in Handel's Theodora (Sestina, IBO), Israelite Woman (Esther, IBO), Ancilla II (St Matthew Passion, Arcangelo, BBC Proms). Other solo oratorio highlights include Messiah (Chamber Choir Ireland, IBO), St John Passion (Blackburn Cathedral), Jauchzett Gott in Allen Landen (Fibonacci Sequence, Buxton Festival),  Brahm's Ein Deutsches Requiem (Manchester Cathedral), Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor (Christ Church, Derry) and recent performances of St Matthew Passion with IBO. Charlotte sings as a regular member of Chamber Choir Ireland, and has worked with numerous other international ensembles including Det Norske Solistkor, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Academy of Ancient Music and Polyphony.

 

Charlotte is a Samling Artist and was a Concordia Artist. She has appeared in concert and recital at the Purcell Room, St Martins in the Field, &Piano Festival, and the Wigmore Hall. Charlotte has worked numerous times with the BBC Philharmonic, featuring on a disc of William Alwyn's film music with the orchestra, released with Chandos Records. Other recordings include Welcome Home Mr Dubourg (IBO), Master and Pupil (Sestina), Remembering Music, (Zelkova Quartet) and Gentleman Extraordinary (Resurgam). Charlotte has extensive experience in music education, outreach and vocal workshops, including projects with Opera North Education, Leeds Lieder, Irish Youth Choir and Training Choir, and the Royal Opera House Opera Dots.

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Charlotte graduated with a MMus with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music. She was the winner of the RNCM Gold Medal, the Elizabeth Harwood Prize and Frederic Cox Award. Throughout her studies Charlotte was generously supported by the Mona McGlone Award, Richard Newitt Fund, the Hilda Collens Award, a Dame Eva Turner Scholarship, and a Kate Snape Scholarship. Charlotte took her undergraduate studies at the University of Manchester, where she was awarded the Sydney Chaffers Scholarship. 

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Charlotte is generously supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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Please email on the contact page for an updated biography. For upcoming performances see Diary