Annabella Ellis

Annabella Ellis was born in Norwich, Norfolk. After obtaining her Bachelor of Music (Hons) at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama she graduated with a Master of Arts at the Royal Academy of Music and completed her Masters of Music in Opera at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland. At RCS Annabella performed Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus), Fiordiligi (Cosí fan Tutte), Mrs Coyle (Owen Wingrave), Tonina (Prima la music e poi le parole), covered La Mere/alto 5 (Le Vin Herbé) and Le Loup (Les malheurs d’Orphée). Additional opera roles include Mercédès/Carmen cover (Carmen), Sirene/Armida cover (Rinaldo) Longborough Festival Opera, Una Cercatrice (Suor Angelica) Dorset Opera, Drusilla/Amor (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Belinda/Second Witch/Sailor (Dido and Aeneas). In recital Annabella has sung Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben, Schumann’s Kerner Lieder, Falla’s Sietes Canciones Populares Españolas, Britten’s Les Illuminations, Dvořák Gypsy Melodies, Duarte’s Five Quiet Songs, Wolf-Ferrari’s Quattro Rispetti and Rossini’s Serate Musicali. Annabella has also taken part in concerts at the Wigmore Hall, LSO St Luke’s and participated in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sighisoara Music Festival and Wymondham Music Festival. In the oratorio repertoire Annabella has performed alto solo both in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Bach’s B Minor Mass. Competitions include Maureen Lehane Finalist Wigmore Hall, Isabella Jay Aria (Third prize) and English Song (Second prize) RAM, winner of Norfolk Young Musician. Future engagements include Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Swansea City Opera and Regents Opera/Opera à la Carte, alto solo in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, recitals in Canterbury and London.