Most recent and future engagements include Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and The Ring Cycle as Wellgunde at Covent Garden‚ Donna in Skin Deep a new Opera North commission from David Sawer‚ directed by Richard Jones‚ with a revival in Copenhagen‚ a new recording of the title role in Rutland Boughton’s Queen of Cornwall‚ the title role in Carmen‚ Diana Devereux Of thee I sing and Mad Margaret Ruddigore for Opera North and Gymnasiast Lulu in a new production at Covent Garden and Teatro Real‚ Madrid. Recordings include Honour Tom Jones (Naxos) and chamber versions of both Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Les nuits d’été (Somm).
Heather studied at Trinity College of Music‚ London and the National Opera Studio. She made her operatic debut as Cherubino for The Opera Company and then went on to sing the role for Travelling Opera for whom she also sang the roles of Dorabella‚ Rosina‚ Carmen and Zerlina. Other roles include Pippo La Gazza Ladra for British Youth Opera‚ Zaida Il Turco in Italia for Broomhill Opera and Flora La Traviata for Opera Northern Ireland.
Recent appearances on the operatic stage include Zaida Il Turco in Italia and Wellgunde in the Ring Cycle at The Royal Opera‚ Covent Garden‚ Carmen for English Touring Opera‚ and then in Bermuda and with Diva Opera‚ her debut for the Polish National Opera as Eleanor in the premiere of Roxanna Panufnik’s new chamber opera The Music Programme‚ also seen in the Linbury Theatre at Covent Garden‚ April Showers Playing Away and Moppet Paul Bunyan at the Bregenz Festival‚ April Showers in St Pölten‚ Lola Cavalleria Rusticana in Vietnam‚ Girl 3 in David Sawyer’s From Morning to Midnight and Ofred’s Double The Handmaid’s Tale at English National Opera‚ Nancy Albert Herring for Opera North‚ Tisbe La Cenerentola with Opera Zuid and in Frankfurt‚ Hilary Major Sirius on Earth for Almeida Opera‚ Bersi Andrea Chenier and Maddalena Rigoletto at Opera Holland Park‚ Minskwoman Flight at the Adelaide Festival‚ and Berthe Blond Eckbert for The Opera Group.
Her interest in contemporary music was initiated by a recital for the Park Lane Group at the Purcell Room where she performed Nicholas Maw’s The Voice of Love and premiered David Matthews’ From Coastal Stations. She has since performed Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot by Maxwell Davies‚ Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg and Nouvelles Aventures by Ligeti.
Heather Shipp has a wide repertoire of oratorio and recital programmes‚ recent performances including Elgar’s The Kingdom at the Queen Elizabeth Hall‚ and The Dream of Gerontius. She has also performed Chaussons’s Poeme de l’amour et la Mer‚ Mahler’s Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen‚ El amor Brujo and the Sea Pictures. This season she will be soloist in Opera North’s Opera Prom in the Park‚ the biggest free classical music concert in UK.
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