Claire Lees Soprano
Upcoming Performances
MARCH 2022
19th - 5.30pm - Recital with Lies Braakman
Long live the song!
Hertz Hall, TivoliVredenburg
Utrect.
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APRIL 2022
Cendrillon - Viardot's 'Cendrillon'
VIARDOT200
Dorset, UK
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JUNE 2022
1st, 3rd, 9th, 11th, 15th, 23rd and 25th - La Musica - Monteverdi's 'Orfeo'
Garsington Opera,
Wormsley Estate.
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JULY 2022
3rd - La Musica - Monteverdi's 'Orfeo'
Garsington Opera,
Wormsley Estate.
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Past Performances
DECEMBER 2021
22nd - Celebration of Christmas with the Orpheus Sinfonia
St George's Hanover Square, London.
21st - Celebration of Christmas with the Orpheus Sinfonia
Windsor.
NOVEMBER 2021
28th - Handel's Messiah - The Inside View
Soprano Soloist
Town Hall, Birmingham
20th - Handel's Messiah
Soprano Soloist and member of the Platinum Consort
St John's Smith Square, London
19th - Launch of VIARDOT200
Lunchtime recital
1901 Arts Club, London.
10th - Le jardin enchantée
Re-Sung Recital
St John the Divine, Kennington.
OCTOBER 2021
2nd and 3rd - Venus - Blow's 'Venus and Adonis'
Blackheath Halls Opera
Blackheath Halls
SEPTEMBER 2021
28th and 30th - Venus - Blow's 'Venus and Adonis'
Blackheath Halls Opera
Blackheath Halls
17th - Soprano Soloist
St John Passion, Bach.
Figure Ensemble
St Bartholomew the Great, London.
JUNE 2021
1st - 28th - Barbarina - Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
Opera Holland Park, London.
NOVEMBER 2020
La Princesse in Ravel's 'L'enfant et les sortilèges'
VOpera Project
Online film with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
SEPTEMBER 2020
Opera Live at Home
Online concert with Dylan Perez
For Helen Astrid Singing Academy
MAY - AUGUST 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Cover - Oberto in Handel's 'Alcina,'
Chorus - Poulenc's 'Dialogues des Carmelites', Beethoven's 'Fidelio',
Donizetti's 'L'elisir d'amore' and Mozart's 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail'
Glyndebourne Festival
MARCH 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
28th - Soprano Soloist - Haydn's 'The Creation.'
with the Wymondham Choral Society and the Amadeus Orchestra
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
29th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Songs without borders' featuring songs by Barber, Britten, Walton and Bernstein.
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
JANUARY 2020
21st - 31st - Handel 'Saul' with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Theatre du Chatelet.
Paris, France.
DECEMBER 2019
5th - 8th - Finalist in the 10th Nadia and Lili Boulanger Competition
Conservatoire national supérieur d’Art dramatique.
Paris, France.
NOVEMBER 2019
8th - Samling Showcase
Soprano soloist
Wigmore Hall
16th -Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Apparition' - featuring songs by Debussy, Chausson and Faure.
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
17th -Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Apparition' - featuring songs by Debussy, Chausson and Faure.
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
Het Gooi, The Netherlands.
OCTOBER 2019
27th -Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Apparition' - featuring songs by Debussy, Chausson and Faure.
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
Groningen, The Netherlands.
SEPTEMBER 2019
3rd, 6th and 7th - Adina in Donizetti's 'L'elisir d'amore'
Iford Arts
AUGUST 2019
31st - Adina in Donizetti's 'L'elisir d'amore'
Iford Arts
JUNE 2019
26th - Oscar in Verdi's 'Un Ballo in Maschera'
Schools Performance, Opera Holland Park Young Artist Programme.
Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place, London W8 6LU
28th - Oscar in Verdi's 'Un Ballo in Maschera'
Young Artist Performance.
Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place, London W8 6LU
MAY 2019
18th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Songs without borders' featuring songs by Barber, Britten, Walton and Bernstein.
For the Vrienden van het Lied, incorporated in the Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist.
MARCH 2019
3rd - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'Apparition' - featuring songs by Debussy, Chausson and Faure.
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
The Hague, Holland
FEBRUARY 2019
12th - A masterclass with Amanda Roocroft
Part of the OHP Young Artist Scheme
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA
JANUARY 2019
25th - 31st - Competitor - Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition
Dublin, Ireland
OCTOBER 2018
19th - Independent Opera Scholars Recital
Wigmore Hall,
London.
JUNE - AUGUST 2018
Cover - Yniold in Debussy's 'Pelleas and Melisande,'
Chorus - Handel 'Saul' and 'Guilio Cesare,' Barber 'Vanessa'
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Lewes,
East Sussex
APRIL 2018
18th - Lauretta in Puccini's 'Gianni Schicci'
Barbican Hall,
London.
MARCH 2018
2nd & 5th - Sœur Constance in Poulenc's 'Dialogues des Carmelites'
Silk Street Theatre,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
FEBRUARY 2018
26th & 28th - Sœur Constance in Poulenc's 'Dialogues des Carmelites'
Silk Street Theatre,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
JANUARY 2018
14th - Classical Transmission - SongSpiel
Austerity Songs by William Marsey
Claire Lees (Soprano), Felicity Turner (mezzo), James Way (tenor), Jonathan Hyde (baritone)
Natalie Burch (piano)
Antenna Studios, Crystal Palace, London.
DECEMBER 2017
9th - Samling Artist Programme Masterclass and Concert
Sage, Gateshead,
NOVEMBER 2017
1st, 3rd and 6th - The Foreign Woman in Menotti's 'The Consul'
Silk Street Theatre,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
19th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'British and American composers and poets' songs by Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Clarke and Walton
For the Vrienden van het Lied.
Friesland, The Netherlands
OCTOBER 2017
30th - The Foreign Woman in Menotti's 'The Consul'
Silk Street Theatre,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
JULY 2017
5th, 6th, 8th and 10th – Opera Makers
Lisette, (La Rondine), Frasquita, (Carmen) Hummingbird, (The Hummingbird*)
*premier of new opera. This term’s Scenes feature three exciting new works written by composers and librettists on the School’s MA in Opera Making & Writing programme.
Studio Theatre, Milton Court
Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
MAY 2017
7th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'British and American composers and poets' songs by Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Clarke and Walton
For the Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied.
Teteringen, The Netherlands.
11th, 16th, 17th - Role of Pamina in 'The Magic Flute'
with Charles Court Opera.
Kings Head Theatre, London.
20th - Soprano Soloist - Haydn's Creation
with Heathfield Choral Society.
Heathfield State Hall.
APRIL 2017
8th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'British and American composers and poets' songs by Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Clarke and Walton
For the Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied.
Leiden, The Netherlands.
9th - Recital with Lies Braakman,
'British and American composers and poets' songs by Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Clarke and Walton
For the Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
21st - Devon Song Festival with SONGSPIEL
MARCH 2017
22nd, 23rd, 29th - Opera Scenes
Amor (L'coronazione di Poppea), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Hero (Béatrice et Bénédict)
Studio Theatre, Milton Court,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
25th - Opera Scenes
Amor (L'coronazione di Poppea), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Hero (Béatrice et Bénédict)
Théâtre Municipal de Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau, France
JANUARY 2017
16th - SONGSPIEL
Claire Lees, soprano
Felicity Turner, mezzo-soprano
James Way, tenor
James Newby, baritone
Natalie Burch, piano
Schumann - Spanisches Liederspiel
William Marsey - Austerity Songs (world premiere)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama series
St James' Piccadilly
DECEMBER 2016
13th - Lunchtime Recital with Elizabeth Legroux (Piano)
Bamford Chapel, Rochdale.
17th - Delightful Seasonal Music
An evening of festive music from the classical repertoire.
West Green House Opera
NOVEMBER 2016
24th, 25th, 28th and 29th - Opera Scenes
Manon (Manon) and Romilda (Serses)
Studio Theatre, Milton Court,
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
AUGUST 2016
12th and 13th - Opera Scenes:
Marzelline (Fidelio), Adina (L'elisir d'amore) and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel)
Les voix de l'été with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Fontainebleau, France.
5th and 6th - Contemporary Opera Scenes:
Pitty's Story from Stephen McNeff's new opera Banished.
Miranda in Charlie Flinn Barker's new opera Yellow Sands.
Les voix de l'été with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Fontainebleau, France.
30th August - Lunchtime Recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields with Michelle Santiago (piano)
Part of the Concordia Recital Series
JULY 2016
29th and 30th - An Evening Of Cabaret - Songs of French and English Past and Contemporary Composers
Les voix de l'été with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Fontainebleau, France.
2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 16th July
Role of Pamina in 'The Magic Flute' for Charles Court Opera at the Iford Arts Festival.
MAY 2016
21st May - Soprano Soloist 'Every Purpose Under the Heaven', Goodall
Spring Concert in Heathfield State Hall.
APRIL 2016
28th April - Drums and Guns
Iain Burnside project in collaboration with Juilliard and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Julliard School, New York.
9th April - ‘A Woman’s Life and Love’ : drama and poetry in music and song at The Devon Song Festival
Recital with James Way (tenor), Natalie Davies (mezzo soprano) and Natalie Burch (piano)
Aeolian Court, Chudleigh
MARCH 2016
9th & 10th March - Drums and Guns
Iain Burnside project in collaboration with Juilliard and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Lir Theatre, Dublin.
12th & 13th March - Drums and Guns
Iain Burnside project in collaboration with Juilliard and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Milton Court Theatre, London.
23rd March - Guildhall Opera Scenes
Singing the roles of Sophie 'Der Rosenkavalier', Baby 'The Ballard of Baby Doe' and Zerlina 'Don Giovanni.'
Milton Court Studio Theatre, London.
JANUARY 2016
6th January - Lunchtime Recital with Michelle Marie Santiago (piano)
Songs of female composers with singers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
St James', Piccadily
23th January - Recital with Lies Braakman, the Netherlands
Organised by the Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied
24th January- Recital with Lies Braakman, the Netherlands
Organised by the Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied
29th January - Concert with Alicia Berendse (violin) and Lies Braakman (piano) Hervormde Kerk Coevorden, the Netherlands
The programme will feature Prokofiev’s violin sonata and works by Rebecca Clarke and Lili Boulanger.
AUGUST - NOVEMBER 2015
Singing the roles of Yum Yum (The Mikado) and Gianetta (The Gondoliers)
National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Festival and UK Tour
MAY 2015
31st May - Soprano soloist - Ruddigore and The Gondoliers
Middleton Arena.
1st May - Soprano Soloist - 'Every Purpose under the Heaven' with Howard Goodall
Peterborough Cathedral.
APRIL 2015
10-12th April - Competing in the International Student Lied Competition
with Lies Braakman (piano)
Arkezaal of the Muziekcentrum, Enschede, the Netherlands.
MARCH 2015
16th March - Lunchtime Recital with Lies Braakman (piano)
Part of the Concordia Recital Series.
A lunch time recital featuring music by Händel, Gounod, Mozart, Barber, Schubert, Debussy and more.
St James's, Piccadilly.
6th March - Late French Masterpieces
A concert organised by Lies Braakman featuring works by Fauré, Chausson and Debussy in collaboration with Claire Lees (soprano), Matthew Palmer (baritone), Ricky Gore, Oliver Cave, Alicia Berendse (violin), Timothy Chua (viola) Daniel Benn (cello) and Siret Lust (double bass)
Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
1st March - LSO Platform - Guildhall Artists. Songs of Debussy
Barbican Hall, Barbican.