Naomi Harvey
Soprano
Cornish soprano Naomi Harvey studied with William McAlpine at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Over the last two decades she has worked in a broad range of repertoire with many leading companies throughout the U.K. and Ireland.
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Naomi Harvey | Libera me | Verdi Requiem | Barbican Hall, London
Recent engagements include the title role in Puccini's Tosca (National Concert Hall, Dublin); Ines and cover Leonora Il Trovatore (Scottish Opera); Gertrud Hansel & Gretel (Welsh National Opera); the covers of Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Comtesse de Coigny Andrea Chénier, Madam Larina Eugene Onegin, La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi, Praskovya Ossipova The Nose, and Domna Saburova The Tsar’s Bride (Royal Opera House); Sara in the world première of James McCarthy's Codebreaker (Barbican Hall); and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Saint David’s Hall, Cardiff) under the baton of Carlo Rizzi.
Ms. Harvey’s previous seasons highlights include Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier, Elisabetta Don Carlos, Leonora Il Trovatore, Giorgetta Il Tabarro, the title role in Tosca, Desdemona Otello, Blanche Dialogues des carmélites, Hanna Glawari The Merry Widow, Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro and Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia (Welsh National Opera); Emilia Marty The Markopulos Case and Donna Anna Don Giovanni (English National Opera); Tina Flight (Glyndebourne Festival Opera); Magda The Consul and Donna Anna Don Giovanni (Opera Holland Park); Isabella Jobling in the world première of Will Todd’s The Blackened Man (Royal Opera House); Ismene Mitridate (Opera Monte Carlo); Alice Ford Falstaff (English Touring Opera); and lead roles for English Touring Opera and Mid Wales Opera.
An experienced concert artist, she has performed at many leading concert halls internationally, highlights include gala concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Queen Elisabeth Hall & Symphony Hall, Birmingham); Verdi Requiem, Britten Spring Symphony, Vaughn-Williams Sea Symphony, Janacek Glagolitic Mass and Beethoven Mass in C (Barbican Hall, London); Verdi Requiem & Mahler 8th Symphony (Royal Festival Hall); Will Todd’s The Burning Road (The Sage, Gateshead); and as a guest soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.