Natasha Marsh

maximus2uk · Joined: May 05, 2006 Posts: 17 Location: West Sussex

Any info on Natasha Marsh would be great.

Many thanks

xcept · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

Hi maximus2uk....hope this helps answer your question..........

Soprano - Natasha Marsh

Natasha Marsh was born in Brecon, Wales and began singing with April Cantelo in Oxfordshire. She spent four years with the National Youth Music Theatre and later studied at Birmingham University where she gained a First class honours degree in music and drama. She was awarded a Barber Scholarship and gained a scholarship to study Opera at the Royal College of Music.

Natasha has performed with numerous opera companies throughout the UK, including her appearance as Musetta in Opera Holland Park’s production of La Boheme, Micaëla (Carmen) at the Royal Albert Hall and First Lady in the Magic Flute with Glyndebourne Touring Opera. She has played Micaëla (Carmen) and Parmina (Die Zauberflöte) for English Touring Opera and has featured as Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Polisenna (Radamisto) with Opera North. Opera North also offered Natasha the opportunity to debut the role of Ilia in Tim Albery’s production of Idomeneo. Other performances include Belinda (Dido & Aeneas) and Vespina (L’Infedelta delusa) at the Snape Maltings, Polly in the Threepenny Opera at the Barber Concert Hall and Pamina (Magic Flute) in a production with Opera Zuid directed by Stephen Lawless and conducted by Peter Robinson.

Natasha Marsh made her debut with Grange Park Opera singing Jacqueline in Fortunio by André Messager to great acclaim. She has since returned to Grange Park to sing the roles of Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni, both with much critical success. Natasha won the ‘M.O.C.S.A. Young Welsh Singer of the Year 1999’, and has since created the title role in Michael Berkeley’s new opera Jane Eyre to great success for Music Theatre Wales. In 2001 Natasha performed Une Education Manquée by Chabrier for Les Azuriales Opera.

Natasha has also appeared in festivals both in the UK and abroad; performances include Acis in Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus at the Birmingham Early Music Festival and Polissena (Radamisto), Adelaide (Lotario) and Flavia in Silla (recorded by Hyperion) at the London Handel Festival. She has performed at the Beaumarais Festival and sung the role of Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Teatro Calderón in Spain.

Natasha’s oratorio work includes Tippett’s A Child of our Time under David Hill, Bach’s B Minor Mass under Nicholas Kraemer, the Messiah at the Arlosen Festival, the Mozart Requiem with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Silete Venti with the London Handel Festival Orchestra at Windsor Castle. Natasha has performed the Mozart Requiem and Exsultate Jubilate with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in Spain along with making her Proms debut as Israelite Woman in Handel’s Samson.

Recent performances include a performance commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar at Birmingham Symphony Hall, a Viennese gala performance at the Barbican, a charity performance with Opera Holland Park. She has also worked with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on a series of World Music workshops.

Future engagements include performances at the Wigmore Hall and the Bridgewater Hall, and an appearance as Olga in Opera Holland Park’s production of Fedora this Summer.

Natasha has recently signed an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics .

maximus2uk · Joined: May 05, 2006 Posts: 17 Location: West Sussex

Many thanks for the info

very helpful xxx

mdiaz09 · Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Stuck in a Rut

Does anyone know when her album will be released? Question

I heard some samples of her singing in the opera Jane Eyre....I love her vocal ability. Smile

dave · Joined: Apr 11, 2006 Posts: 48

There's an interview with her in this month's Classic FM magazine. Nice pics too!

mdiaz09 · Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Stuck in a Rut

so i've actually dug up some info on natasha marsh.

her website is currently under construction, but you can sign up for the newsletter for updates, and im sure it will be running soon.
www.natashamarsh.com

Also, she's taking part in the UK's National Music Week, with her own little page on National Music Week's website, featuring a sample of a song "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" which will be on her upcoming album.

[url]http://www.nationalmusicweek.net/(S(1kl2f145vlerky45mbidb0rk))/natasha_marsh.aspx[/url]

take care guys. Wink

xcept · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

Natasha in the Sunday Mail YOU magazine on 1st Jan 06 (thanks Volare)

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