Samantha Hay
Soprano
British soprano Samantha Hay studied at the Royal College of Music, and Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, where she was the recipient of the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize, Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize, and the Symphony Hall Recital Prize.
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The 18/19 season sees Ms Hay make her company debut with Opera North as Königin der Nacht in a new production of Die Zauberflöte by James Brining, a role she will also perform with Welsh National Opera. On the concert platform she will sing Mozart by Candlelight at the Barbican for Raymond Gubbay Ltd, Britten’s War Requiem at Ripon Cathedral, and a Gala Concert for WNO at Venue Cymru.
Recent and previous seasons highlights include Königin der Nacht Die Zauberflöte (Welsh National Opera; English Touring Opera; Mid Wales Opera); Ceres in The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company); Frasquita Carmen, Zerlina Don Giovanni, ‘Pit Soprano’ in the UK premiere of Jonathan Hervey’s Wagner Dream, Fünfzehnjahrige Lulu, also covering, Musetta La bohème, Angel Jephtha, Alice Ford Falstaff, Echo Ariadne auf Naxos, Karolka Jenufa, and High Priestess Aida (Welsh National Opera); Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Priestess Iphigénie en Tauride, and cover of the title role in Pia de’Tolomei and Hecuba King Priam (English Touring Opera); La Modista Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Wexford Festival Opera); Lucia Rape of Lucretia in Hungary, Latvia and at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg with Opera Europe; the title role Princess Ida (Buxton Festival); Elsie Maynard Yeomen of the Guard, Yum-Yum Mikado and Josephine HMS Pinafore (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company/Savoy Theatre); Strauss gala concerts throughout the UK, Ireland, and Turkey (Raymond Gubbay Ltd); and Bird in the world première of James Macmillan's The Sacrifice.