Soprano

Praised for her attractive singing by the New York Times, American soprano is the newest sensation on the international opera scene. Engagements this season include her debut with Welsh National Opera as Anna Gomez in The Consul, and her upcoming debut at The Metropolitan Opera as Annie in Porgy and Bess. She returns to St. David's Church for a performance of the Mozart Requiem with Cardiff Philharmonic Choir, under Maestro Alun Guy. This season also marks the premier of Chanae's original composition "My Words in People's Ears" commissioned by contemporary artist, Anna Falcini in her latest exhibition, In Between the Folds are Particles.

 

Previous Engagements include a recital at St-Martin-in the-Fields in Trafalgar Square; Te Deum Solo from Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces with the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Sir Mark Elder which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Tatyana (cover) in Eugene Onegin for Mid Wales Opera. Other roles include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte at the Oberlin in Italy Festival, Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro at Central City Opera (family matinee), Sister Rose (cover) in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking and Sister Margaretta (cover) in The Sound of Music.

 

Roles while at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama include Alice Ford in Falstaff, Lady Billows in Albert Herring and Mrs. Pasek in The Cunning Little Vixen. Roles performed in opera scenes include the Title Role in Anna Bolena and Violetta in La Traviata at Scuola di belcanto, under Matthew Rose in Urbania, Italy; Mimì in La Bohème at the Manhattan School of Music and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at the Chautaqua Institution Voice Program.

 

Chanae has won numerous awards including NATS (National Association Teachers of Singing) First Place Winner, Tuesday Musical Club First Prize Recipient and placing in the Semi-Finals at the George London Foundation Awards. At RWCMD, she received the Dame Shirley Bassey Vocal Scholarship, the Eileen Price Lieder Prize, the Dolan Evans Award, and was a Finalist & Rotary Club Prize in the 2016 ‘Citta di Alcamo’ International Opera Singing Competition in Sicily. She also received the prestigious Pathfinder Award sponsored by the Arts Council of Wales.

 

Concert highlights include Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra at St David’s Hall and Strauss’ Morgen for HRH the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, London. She has performed Verdi’s cavatina Ernani, Ernani Involami on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ and took part in a televised Masterclass with David Pountney as part of the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of The World Competition.

 

Her Oratorio and Sacred work includes Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Fauré Requiem and Bach’s Magnificat with the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah and the Seven Last Words of Christ with the Galion Community Orchestra, Ohio. Other works performed include the John Rutter Requiem, and Andrew Lloyd Weber's Requiem.

 

Ms. Curtis holds a B.A. of Arts from Ashland University (Ohio), A Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and has completed the M.A. Opera Course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with Distinction (Cardiff). She currently studies with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell in New York City, NY.