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.