B i o g r a p h y
Welsh soprano Carly Owen is currently a young artist at the National Opera Studio 2017/18, and recently graduated with distinction from the Masters of performance course at the Royal College of Music.
She is also a graduate of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London. Carly studies under the tuleage of Yvonne Kenny.
Carly has performed as a guest soloist at the Royal Opera House with The Royal Ballet in their first revival of the ballet Woolf Works.
She has performed the role of Violante (Sandrina) in La finta giardiniera with the Royal College of Music International Opera School directed by Harry Fehr. For RCM opera scenes she has performed the roles of Governess Turn of the Screw directed by John Copley, the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon and she also created the roles of Martha and Sonja in mini contemporary operas created by RCM composers, based on the theme of Crime and Punishment in association with Tête à Tête directed by Bill Bankes-Jones and conducted by Lionel Friend.
Carly is a Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto alumna and has performed in masterclasses with Dame Gwyneth Jones, Angela Gheorghiu, Richard Bonynge, Carmen Giannattasio and Della Jones. Carly was the winner of the 2015 London Welsh Young Singer of the Year Competition, as well as the recipient of the Audience Prize and the Soprano solo over 25 at the National Eisteddfod in Meifod. Carly was a semi-finalist in the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition.
Carly has performed as a soloist with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir at Gloucester Cathedral and as a soprano soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the London Welsh Chorale in Sloane Square conducted by Edward-Rhys Harry. She has also made many TV and radio appreances in Wales, including a performance on S4C's Noson Lawen.
Upcoming engagements include her role debut as Musetta in La Bohème with Diva Opera, touring the UK and France.
Carly is very grateful for the generous support of The Carne Trust, Soirèe d'Or, Ryan Davies Memorial Trust and Henry Wood Accommodation Trust.
She is also a graduate of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London. Carly studies under the tuleage of Yvonne Kenny.
Carly has performed as a guest soloist at the Royal Opera House with The Royal Ballet in their first revival of the ballet Woolf Works.
She has performed the role of Violante (Sandrina) in La finta giardiniera with the Royal College of Music International Opera School directed by Harry Fehr. For RCM opera scenes she has performed the roles of Governess Turn of the Screw directed by John Copley, the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon and she also created the roles of Martha and Sonja in mini contemporary operas created by RCM composers, based on the theme of Crime and Punishment in association with Tête à Tête directed by Bill Bankes-Jones and conducted by Lionel Friend.
Carly is a Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto alumna and has performed in masterclasses with Dame Gwyneth Jones, Angela Gheorghiu, Richard Bonynge, Carmen Giannattasio and Della Jones. Carly was the winner of the 2015 London Welsh Young Singer of the Year Competition, as well as the recipient of the Audience Prize and the Soprano solo over 25 at the National Eisteddfod in Meifod. Carly was a semi-finalist in the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition.
Carly has performed as a soloist with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir at Gloucester Cathedral and as a soprano soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the London Welsh Chorale in Sloane Square conducted by Edward-Rhys Harry. She has also made many TV and radio appreances in Wales, including a performance on S4C's Noson Lawen.
Upcoming engagements include her role debut as Musetta in La Bohème with Diva Opera, touring the UK and France.
Carly is very grateful for the generous support of The Carne Trust, Soirèe d'Or, Ryan Davies Memorial Trust and Henry Wood Accommodation Trust.
