| Elinor Jane Moran
Elinor was a student at the prestigious Chetham’s School of Music in
Manchester before moving to London to study voice at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama. Whilst at the Guildhall she won the Worshipful Company of
Horners’ Becker Scholarship to complete her Masters Degree in performance
and the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize for Contemporary Song.
She is experienced on both opera and concert stages and has performed in
many of the major concert halls in the UK and as far away as Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, and the US. She has appeared as a soloist aboard The
Minerva and Minerva II for the Swan Hellenic Cruise Line, and has
entertained at corporate events at venues including Vienna Sacher Hotel,
Hyatt Regency Kiev, The Excelsior Venice, Skibo Castle, the HMS Belfast, The
Gherkin, King’s Road Gallery, Burlington Arcade, Chelsea Marquee, The East
India Club, Bridgewater Hall, Huddersfield Football Stadium, Tower Of
London, Olympia Exhibition Centre, The Dixie Queen and most of the City
Livery Halls. In 2004 Elinor was a soloist at the world famous Thursford
Christmas Spectacular.
In November 2008, as a soloist and member of the Gala Ensemble, Elinor
released a classical chart number one selling album on the SONY BMG label of
Gilbert and Sullivan Highlights.
Her recent operatic roles include Mimi La Boheme (in the sold out West End
transfer), Michaela Carmen (For EPOC at the Royal Albert Hall), Pamina The
Magic Flute, Susanna The Marriage of Figaro, Rusalka/Voran May Night, Rowan
The Little Sweep, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Gretel and Dew Fairy and Sandman
Hansel and Gretel, Mercedes Carmen, Second Lady The Magic Flute, Polly
Peachum The Threepenny Opera, Forester’s Wife and Owl The Cunning Little
Vixen. In 2005 Elinor was the recipient of the Garsington Young Artist’s
Award.
Oratorio performances include Mozart Requiem, in the Cadogan Hall, Haydn
Nelson Mass, Mozart Coronation Mass, Faure Requiem, Mozart Vespere Solonne
De Confessore, Rutter Feel The Spirit, Magnificat, Mendelssohn Elijah,
Vivaldi Gloria.
As well as being a busy performer Elinor is in much demand as a vocal
animateur for opera companies such as Opera North, English Touring Opera and
the Royal Opera House, with whom she performed in Orlando Gough’s On The Rim
Of The World at Covent Garden in March 2009. She is also a guest tutor for
the Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus in Toronto. |
