Welcome to the website of Tarsha Cole, a soprano with a rich, entrancing voice which can captivate any audience in any setting.
Tarsha Cole began her solo career at the English National Opera on an Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Music. Tarsha furthered her post graduate studies in opera with Graziella Scuitti at the Royal College of Music.
Tarsha has enjoyed a hugely successful international career for over 10 years, performing at most of the major worldwide venues, including the English National Opera, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Paris Chatelet, Glastonbury and Windsor Castle. Leading engagements have included the role of Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana - the inaugural opening of Ho Chi Minh City Opera House - the Countess in Figaro for the Covent Garden Arts Festival and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Holland Park.
Tarsha works frequently as a freelancer with numerous respected ensembles such as London Voices, recording with such eminent artists as Roberta Alanga,
Angela Gheorghiu, Rene Fleming and Thomas Hampson. Tarsha is also involved in recording soundtracks for a large number of major films such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and James Bond.
On the concert and oratorio platform, her most recent engagements include the Mozart Requiem with Sir David Willcocks CBE MC, performed in the Seychelles. Tarsha has also performed at Windsor Castle for Queen Elizabeth, in addition to previous performance for royalty, including the late Princess Diana. Most recently, Tarsha has undertaken a UK tour with Karl Jenkins.
Tarsha's immense versatility allows her to perform a wide variety of musical styles 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.
Ruth Kerr
Ruth Kerr studied music at Cambridge University, where she held choral and instrumental scholarships, and as a postgraduate at the Guildhall School of Music.
Since leaving the Guildhall she has performed the roles of Mimi, Tatyana, Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), Violetta, Madame Butterfly, Manon Lescaut and Aida, working for companies including English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Kentish Opera, the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago (Italy), Opera en plein air (France), and Nuove Musiche (Belgium).
As an oratorio soloist she has worked with various choral societies throughout the UK, performing in works including Elijah, Bach's Magnificat, Judas Maccabeus, Carmina Burana, Brahms' Requiem and Rossini's Messe Solennelle. She was also the soprano soloist in the London premier of James MacMillan's Parthenogenesis, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Currently she is covering the role of Little Moon in Judith Weir's opera A Night at the Chinese Opera for Scottish Opera and performing the role of the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury for Kentish Opera.
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.
|
