Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle - Cardiff Cathedral
Erin is currently a member of the Philharmonia Chorus Professional Scheme, and a former member and scholarship holder of the BBC National Chorus of Wales
Multi award winning soprano Erin Alexander studied opera on a full scholarship at the European Opera Academy at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, Florence, Italy.
While there, she studied under Head of Voice, Leonardo di Lisi, and performed the roles of Despina (Cosi fan Tutte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia).
Erin gained her Master of Music from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, from which she received a bursary, and graduated with a Master of Music under the tutelage of Gail Pearson in 2018. At the RWCMD, Erin performed the roles of Adele (Die Fledermaus), Mrs Fiorentino (Street Scene), and Gretel (Hansel & Gretel). Prior to this, Erin read Music at the University of Chichester under Ian Baar, graduating with First Class Honours and the Funtington Music Group Robert Headley Music Prize.
“I haven’t heard a Soprano voice I enjoyed listening to so much in years. Beautiful technique with fantastic expression & interpretation ”
Edinburgh Fringe Review
Recital & Concert Stage
Erin thrives on the concert stage and in recitals. Erin was a finalist in the Recital Prize at the David Clover Festival of Voice in 2019, and has been invited to perform with their sponsors, Dore Male Voice Choir. Other professional gala engagements include the British Embassy in Romania for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, the Virginia McKenna Born Free Foundation at Goodwood House, and the Savoy Hotel in London. Erin is a founding member of the Champagne Quartet, with whom she has performed with for the WNO Orchestra at St David’s Hall, and alongside Voces8.
Oratorio
In Oratorio, Erin made her debut stepping in for Catherine Bott, performing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the last minute. She has performed the soprano solos in Mozart’s Requiem and virtuosic Mass in C Minor, Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, and the world premiere of Ian Lawson’s One World Cantata at Llandaff Cathedral. Erin’s Oratorio highlights include performing Jenkins’ Armed Man soprano solos at Chichester Cathedral, Palestrina at the Museo San Columbano in Bologna in their Baroque Suite with period instruments, Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with the Orpheus Sinfonia, and Byrd at the Vatican in Rome.
On a High Note
As the first ever recipient of the Cooper Hall Emerging Artists Bursary Award, Erin performed the roles of Zerlina (Don Giovanni) with assistant director at Royal Opera House and director at WNO, Greg Eldridge, and Mimi (La Boheme) for the editor of Opera Now, Ashutosh Khandekar. Cooper Hall commissioned Erin to write and perform a new one-woman piece of operatic theatre, called “On a High Note”. The performance thrilled audiences at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, to 5* acclaim, and toured the UK before the Covid-19 pandemic.