An evening with a Diva: life as an opera singer

Laure Meloy


Regions:
Kent, East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex, London
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
Professional, Hobby, Rotary, WI, Workshop, Staff Development
Fee:
Paid
Category:
Entertainment
Updated:
9th May 2022

Have you ever wondered what it's really like to be a professional opera singer? A humorous journey into the glamorous (and sometimes not so glamorous!) life backstage and on the road. Ideal after dinner entertainment or as part of a workshop or masterclass.

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About Laure Meloy

Laure Meloy is a dramatic soprano, specialising in challenging 20th and 21st century opera. Recent engagements include making her debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at the Grimeborn Festival in London, performing the title role in Zaïde for her debut in Germany, joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera New York, and recording the album One Art, which won the Hawai'i Public Radio International Art Song Contest. She has performed at the Royal Opera House, Hungarian National Opera, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, and with English Touring Opera during their Olivier Award winning season, as well as on the soundtrack of the film Rocketmen. Locally she has sung at Canterbury Cathedral, the POW Festival in Margate, and the MAYS concert series in Broadstairs. Her essays about life in the performing arts have featured in several professional journals, and she completed writing a memoir, From Aïda to Zaïde: scribblings of a mad soprano, in 2020.


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