B i o g r a p h y
Welsh soprano Carly Owen graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music Masters in Vocal Performance course and is a member of this year’s National Opera Studio programme. She studies under the tuleage of Yvonne Kenny.
In 2017 Carly made her role debut as Musetta in La Bohéme, with Diva Opera touring the U.K and France and she performed as a guest soloist at the Royal Opera House with The Royal Ballet in their first revival of the ballet Woolf Works. Other roles include Violante (Sandrina) in La finta giardiniera with the Royal College of Music International Opera School, directed by Harry Fehr.
In RCM opera scenes she performed the title role in Cendrillon and the Governess in The Turn of the Screw. Most recently as part of the National Opera Studio residencies, in opera scenes she performed the title role in Rodelinda (Opera North) director Christopher Alden, Magda Sorel (The Consul) director Keith Warner, The Queen of Shemakha (The Golden Cockerel) and Susanna (Khovanshchina) (Scottish Opera) director Max Hoehn.
Carly is a Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto alumna and has performed in masterclasses with Dame Gwyneth Jones, Angela Gheorghiu, Richard Bonynge and Carmen Giannattasio. She was the winner of the 2015 London Welsh Young Singer of the Year Competition, as well as the recipient of the Audience Prize, she was also a semi-finalist in the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition.
Carly will also be competing in the final of the Welsh Singers Showcase competition at St David’s Hall, in June 2018
In 2017 Carly made her role debut as Musetta in La Bohéme, with Diva Opera touring the U.K and France and she performed as a guest soloist at the Royal Opera House with The Royal Ballet in their first revival of the ballet Woolf Works. Other roles include Violante (Sandrina) in La finta giardiniera with the Royal College of Music International Opera School, directed by Harry Fehr.
In RCM opera scenes she performed the title role in Cendrillon and the Governess in The Turn of the Screw. Most recently as part of the National Opera Studio residencies, in opera scenes she performed the title role in Rodelinda (Opera North) director Christopher Alden, Magda Sorel (The Consul) director Keith Warner, The Queen of Shemakha (The Golden Cockerel) and Susanna (Khovanshchina) (Scottish Opera) director Max Hoehn.
Carly is a Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto alumna and has performed in masterclasses with Dame Gwyneth Jones, Angela Gheorghiu, Richard Bonynge and Carmen Giannattasio. She was the winner of the 2015 London Welsh Young Singer of the Year Competition, as well as the recipient of the Audience Prize, she was also a semi-finalist in the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition.
Carly will also be competing in the final of the Welsh Singers Showcase competition at St David’s Hall, in June 2018