Eiddwen HARRHY
Qualifications: FWCMD, ARNCM, FRSA
Welsh soprano Eiddwen Harrhy studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where she won the Imperial League of Opera Gold Medal. She then studied in London, winning the Miriam Licette Prize, leading to further studies in Paris.
She made her Covent Garden debut in The Ring cycle with Sir Colin Davis, directed by Götz Friedrich and that same year joined English National Opera, singing Countess Adele (Cont Ory), Michaela (Carmen), Pamina (Magic Flute), Countess (Figaro) in her first season. Other notable roles include Poppea, Alcina, Donna Elvira, Fiordiligi, Iphigenie, Katya, Butterfly, Composer, Octavian and Marie in Wozzeck. She has sung in over 20 Handel operas.
She has since sung at many leading opera houses including Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, La Scala Milan, Glyndebourne, Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, and appeared with many leading orchestras around the world. At home, she has sung with every major British orchestra, and with all the major opera companies. She has worked with many of the great conductors and directors, including amongst others Haintink, Solti, Marriner, Hogwood, Pritchard, Willcocks, Davis, Gardiner, Herreweghe, Jansons, Mackerras, Minkowski and Norrington. She has performed with the leading accompanists of her generation, including Geoffrey Parsons, Pascal Rogé, Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles and Michael Pollock. She has appeared in Amsterdam, Athens, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg. Sydney and Vienna, taking part in major Festivals like Aldeburgh, Batignano, Edinburgh, Flanders, Geneva, Lucerne and Hong Kong.
Eiddwen Harrhy has made many notable appearances in the BBC Proms, and in other broadcast concerts. Among others, she has recorded for BBC, EMI, Deutche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, Virgin Classics, Opera Rara and Nimbus. She has given lessons and Master Classes in Vienna, Prague, Vilnius, Utrecht, Buenos Aires and Stockholm.
She is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Professor of Vocal Studies at the Royal College of Music.