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Giselle Allen
Soprano
Soprano Giselle Allen begins 2019-20 season at Opera North in the role of Anna Maurrant Street Scene before appearing with the Hallé Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with performances across UK. She appears at Royal Festival Hall with The Bach Choir in a concert of Verdi opera favourites then travels to Poland to sing Elijah with NFM Wrocław Philharmonic.
Last season’s highlights included a return to the title role Tosca in a new production at Opera North, and the role of Magda SorelThe Consul with Welsh National Opera for which she received outstanding reviews. The artist performed in Elgar’s The Spirit of England at Royal Festival Hall with The Bach Choir conducted by David Hill and at RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra sang the role of Minnie La fanciulla del West.
“Giselle Allen’s Magda deepened greatly in emotional depth and intensity during the course of the performance. She was at her most powerful in her extended Act III solo beginning ‘Papers! Papers! Papers!’ which built to a terrifyingly intense frenzy in the midst of which there was a clarity of insight that made her an eloquent spokesman for all (in whatever time, whatever country) going through a similar experience.”
Seen and Heard International, Glyn Pursglove, 14 June 2019
“Giselle Allen displayed considerable acting skills as Tosca… Her fiery, slinky Tosca, sometimes on the edge of hysteria, is truly memorable. “Vissi d’arte” was sung very much from the heart, beginning when she was horizontal in Scarpia’s den of a bedroom. When Scarpia forces her to watch her lover being tortured on the screen of his laptop, she was convincingly horrified and alarmed.”
Bachtrack, Richard Wilcocks, 17 September, 2018
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| BERG | WOZZECK (Marie) |
|---|---|
| BRITTEN | PETER GRIMES Ellen Orford A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Helena TURN OF THE SCREW Miss Jessel |
| Dvorak | RUSALKA Rusalka |
| JANACEK | THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Fox JENUFA Jenufa KAT’A KABANOVA Kat’a OSUD Míla |
| FIBICH | SARKA Svatava |
| MASCAGNI | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Santuzza |
| MASSENET | HERODIADE Salome |
| MOZART | DON GIOVANNI Donna Elvira COSI FAN TUTTE Fiordiligi LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Vitellia LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Countess |
| MUSSORGSKY | SOROCHINSKY FAIR Parassia |
| OFFENBACH | LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Giulietta |
| PUCCINI | SUOR ANGELICA Suor Angelica LA BOHEME Mimi/Musetta TOSCA Tosca |
| SMETANA | THE BARTERED BRIDE Marenka |
| R. STRAUSS | SALOME Salome |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | EUGENE ONEGIN Tatyana PIQUE DAME Lisa |
| TIPPETT | A MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE Jennifer |
| VERDI | OTELLO Desdemona (excerpts) |
| WALTON | TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Cressida |
| WAGNER | DAS RHEINGOLD Freia/Wellgunde DIE WALKÜRE Gerhilde GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Gutrune DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER Senta |
| WEILL | RISE & FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY Jenny |
| WEINBERG | THE PASSENGER Martha |
| BRITTEN | OUR HUNTING FATHERS |
| DVORAK | TE DEUM STABAT MATER |
| JANACEK | GLAGOLITIC MASS
SYMPHONY 4 |
| MENDELSSOHN | ELIJAH |
| MOZART | REQUIEM |
| POULENC | GLORIA |
| SIBELIUS
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LUONNOTAR
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| STRAUSS | FOUR LAST SONGS |
| WAGNER | LIEBESTOD
WESENDONCK LIEDER |
| RACHMANINOFF | THE BELLS |
| SZYMANOWSKI | STABAT MATER |
| TIPPETT | CHILD OF OUR TIME |
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