Welcome to the website of Tarsha Cole, a soprano with a rich, entrancing voice which can captivate any audience in any setting.
Tarsha has performed in prestigious productions at such venues as the English National Opera, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Paris Chatelet, Glastonbury and Windsor Castle.
Tarsha frequently records with London Voices alongside such eminent artists as Roberto Alanga,
Angela Gheorghiu and Thomas Hampson. She is also involved in recording soundtracks for major films such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Tarsha enjoys performing a wide variety of musical styles. Her versatility allows her to perform anything from Puccini to Porter! Although Tarsha is in demand on the opera stage, she has also been working with On Site Opera to perform popular opera and the lighter classics for any occasion.
Together, they provide bespoke programmes at a number of venues from a wide repertoire; the events are all individually tailor-made to suit your requirements. Whether you require a professional performer for a product launch, corporate function or the opening of a sporting event, the talent of Tarsha and the experience of On Site Opera combine to offer the overall expertise required to create the perfect performance. Tarsha is also able to offer her considerable vocal talents for Weddings, Christmas & New Year celebrations, Operatic Dinners, Picnic Concerts and Gala Shows in Stately Homes and Hotels.
If more than one singer is required for a popular duet or ensemble - we are fortunate to be able to provide other supremely talented individuals under the On Site Opera umbrella.
Sarah Blood
Sarah completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music with distinction. She read Natural Sciences at New Hall, Cambridge, and was a member of Clare College Chapel Choir. Sarah has extensive experience as a soloist including performances at the Barbican, St John's Smith Square, and Birmingham's Symphony Hall with the CBSO.
Opera roles have included Susanna in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Rosalinda in Strauss's Die Fledermaus, Lucia in Britten's Rape of Lucretia, Amore in Gluck's Orfeo and most recently Donna Elvira in Hampstead Garden Opera's Don Giovanni. She has performed frequently with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and is a member of the Opera Holland Park chorus.
Sarah is also a keen amateur viola player and plays with some of the leading amateur orchestras in London.
Christopher Gould
Christopher Gould read music at Clare College, Cambridge before taking up a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study accompaniment with John Streets and Malcolm Martineau, supported by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust. In 1996 he was the first young pianist to receive an award from The Geoffrey Parsons Trust; this was followed by the Gerald Moore Award (1998) and the first prize for accompaniment in the Wigmore International Song Competition (2001).
Christopher is staff pianist and coach on several international summer schools and divides his time between vocal coaching and a busy recital career in the UK and abroad. In London he has performed with such artists as Sarah Walker, Ann Murray, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Geraldine McGreevy at the Wigmore Hall, St Johns Smith Square, the Purcell Room and on BBC Radio 3. Concerts abroad have included recitals at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Opera House in Lille and in Italy, Israel and Japan. Ongoing projects include a tour of the UK with bass-baritone Andrew Foster-Williams performing Winterreise in a multimedia presentation for Opera North. Christopher's latest CDs are due for release in Spring 2008: a recording of Britten songs for BIS records with tenor Daniel Norman, and an English Song disc, “The Water is Wide” with mezzo-soprano Diana Moore.
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