Grace Estelle Curtis

Grace Curtis graduated in 2018 from her undergraduate in music at the University of Southampton, where she founded and managed the Southampton Chamber Opera Company, was a member of Cantores Michaelis and held a choral scholarship. She has worked with Romsey Abbey for the past year as their resident soprano and chorister tutor where she has greatly enjoyed refining the chorister’s technique and knowledge. As a singer with a dense and diverse history of performance, both on stage and in concert, she aims to pursue a career in opera. This summer she was a finalist in the Isobel Buchannan Award and attended the Italian International Summer School for Singers, where she received tuition from Roberto Fantinel, Roberta Canzian and Francesca Scaini. Whilst there, she performed the role of Despina in scenes from ‘Cosi fan Tutte’ and performed solo pieces in a concert in Conegliano, Italy. In September, she began her Masters in Advanced Opera Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under Anne Mason. Whilst here she has performed in a number of shows including, The Gondoliers (Gianetta), Albert Herring (Emmy) and Cosi fan Tutte (Despina). Performance credits Opera: The Magic Flute (Bath Music Festival), Dido and Aenaes, Acis and Galatea, Orpheus (Southampton Chamber Opera Company), Le Comte Ory, Faust (Dorset Opera Festival) Scenes: Despina Cosi Fan Tutte, Barbarino The Marriage of Figaro, Musetta La Boheme (International Italian School for Singers) Elizetta Il Maritagio Segreto, 2nd Niece Peter Grimes, Fortuna, L’incornonatzione di Poppea (RWCMD) Soloist with/at: Nick Dear’s Dedication (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton), Bath Abbey, Mozart’s Requiem (Richard Taunton Sixth Form College), A Thousand Dreadful Things (Creative Youth Network), Into the Woods, Oliver Twist, Bugsy Malone (Kingwood Drama productions), Kingswood Jazz Festival soloist (Kingswood Jazz Orchestra at Bath Music Festival), Romsey Abbey, St Michael’s Church, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite (Southampton University Sinfonietta) Directing credits: Acis and Galatea, Vivaldi’s Gloria (Southampton Chamber Opera Company). Recording credits: Plentyn (EP - Grace Estelle Curtis) Masterclasses taken with: Keith Davis, Juliet Brown, Rosa Manion, Andrew Foan, Lynton Atkinson, Mark Doss, Francessca Scaini, Roberta Canzian, Roberto Fantinel As an experienced soloist and group singer, with a large vocal range, and a wide variety of credits, from classical and pop, to opera and jazz, she has a dense and diverse history of performing, both on stage, and in concert; aiming to pursue a future in Opera.