Joanna
Cole was born in New South Wales and is a graduate of the Queensland
Conservatorium of Music. Her success has led to several scholarships and
awards with which she continued studying in Italy and Germany. In 1993
she represented Australia in the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
and in 1994 was a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in New
York.
Joanna
Cole is in great demand in Australia and New Zealand and has also
appeared in the UK. In 1996 her spectacular performance in the role of
Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor with The Australian Opera, when she stepped
into the role at two hours' notice, led to further performances and the
invitation to sing the role in Perth with the West Australian Opera
Company in 1998. Her performances attracted enthusiastic audiences and
ecstatic
reviews.
In 1997 Joanna Cole made a sparkling debut with Canterbury Opera in
Christchurch, New Zealand as Gilda in Rigoletto, returning in 1998 to
play Mimi in a new production of La Bohème. In Autumn 1998 she sang
Gilda in Rigoletto for Opera Australia at Sydney Opera House to great
acclaim and in spring 1999 sang her first performances of Adina in
L?Elisir d?amore in Melbourne. She has sung the role of Irene in Rienzi
for Chelsea Opera Group at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and her
concert and recital dates have included a tour of Australia with the
Australian Youth Orchestra and performances with the Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra. Her performance as Aminta in Mozart?s Il Re Pastore in a
staged version for a Royal Gala in November 1999 received critical
acclaim.
Joanna
Cole has also established an excellent reputation on the concert
platform and has broadcast for the Australian Broadcasting Commission
many times. She has performed Cantaloube?s Songs of the Auvergne on
several occasions and brought them to the London Coliseum with The
Australian Ballet in 1995. In 1997 she was a soloist in Elijah for the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Singapore and in the 1997/1998 season
she sang the soprano solo in performances of Mozart?s Requiem with
Markus Stenz and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Joanna has worked
with many esteemed conductors, including Sir Charles Mackerras, Stuart
Challender, Cristian Mandeal En Shao, Markus Stenz, Peter Robinson,
Nicholas Cleobury and Richard Bonynge with whom she performed at the
Australia House, London, 70th Birthday Gala for Joan Sutherland in 1996.
Future
operatic engagements include performances of Constanze in Die Entführung
aus dem Serail , the Italian Singer in Capriccio and Gilda in Rigoletto
with Opera Australia in Sydney. She will sing The Messiah with
Richard
Gill and the Sydney Philharmonia Choir in the Sydney Opera House Concert
Hall in December 1999. In February 2000 she will also sing Mimi in La
Bohème for the Spier Festival, Cape Province, South Africa and will
appear at
the Adelaide Festival with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
- Please
direct enquiries to: Connaught Artists Management Ltd
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Molasses Row, Plantation Wharf, London SW11UX
- Tel:
44 020 7738 0017 Fax: 44 020 7738 1179
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