Melanie Armitstead BA GSMD :: Vocal
Melanie Armitstead studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio after taking a degree in Russian and French at Durham University. She has been soloist with English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Opera Northern Ireland, Kent Opera and the Chatelet in Paris. Roles include Tatyana in Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart, The Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and Micaela in Carmen.More recently Recital and Oratorio have been the mainstay of Melanie’s career. She has travelled as far as Japan and Dubai performing in many European countries and of course her beloved England where she is a recitalist for BBC Radio 3.
Alongside her performing career, Melanie enjoys teaching at Sherborne School for Girls and Wellington School. She has conducted both a year 6 choir and a Senior School Choir over the past few years and is enjoying her new role as Adjudicator at Music Festivals both in the UK and abroad.