Charlotte Corwin, Soprano

Pacific Opera Victoria
Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
April, 2010

Charlotte Corwin makes her debut with Pacific Opera Victoria as Fiordiligi in the 2010 production of Mozart's Così fan tutte.

Ms. Corwin is one of Canada's most exciting young singers, and is quickly establishing herself as a versatile performer of both opera and concert repertoire.

Highlights for Miss Corwin's 2009/10 season include Belinda in Opera Erratica's innovative production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Lord Nelson Mass/Salve Regina (Haydn) with Aradia Ensemble, Cleopatra with Opera in Concert (Handel's Giulio Cesare), Gilda in Opera York's Rigoletto, and her debut as Fiordiligi with Pacific Opera Victoria. In 2011 she performs Konstanze in Edmonton Opera's production of The Abduction from the Seraglio.

A member of the elite Atelier lyrique de L'Opéra de Montréal from 2005 to 2008, Miss Corwin performed the roles of Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Asphodèle (Chabrier's L'Étoile), The Governess (Britten's The Turn of the Screw), and Flaminia in Haydn's Il mondo della luna. In addition, Charlotte understudied major roles including Violetta in La traviata and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and sang Mélisande in scenes from Pelléas et Mélisande. Charlotte debuted as Juliette in the 2007 production of Roméo et Juliette with L'Opéra de Quebec.

Charlotte received her Masters Degree in Vocal Performance and Opera from McGill University, where her operatic roles included Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, Minerva in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulysse, and Iris in Handel's Semele.

On the concert stage, Miss Corwin has sung with many of Quebec's leading orchestras and choral groups, including Les Violons du Roy (Chantons Noël) Cantabile Chorus and Orchestra (Mozart Requiem), St. Lawrence Choir and I Medici di McGill (Nuits d'Été, Berlioz; Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Chausson). In British Columbia, Miss Corwin was featured in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Civic Orchestra of Victoria, and in 2008 presented “Operettas of the Silver Screen” with the Palm Court Light Orchestra of Victoria.

Charlotte closed 2008 as a soloist in Messiah with Toronto's Classical Music Consort and with Orchestra London. As winner of the Joseph Rouleau Award "Best Artist from Quebec" in the Montreal International Music Competition, Charlotte presented a recital at St. John's, Smith Square, in London, England. In 2010 she received Honourable Mention in the Ottawa Choral Society New Discoveries competition, and sings Haydn's Theresienmesse with them next season.

Lyric soprano Charlotte Corwin [was] compelling with secure intonation, comfortable coloratura and beguiling charm.
Geoff Chapman, Opera Canada, of her performance as Flaminia in Il mondo della luna with Opera in Concert, January 2009

Soprano Charlotte Corwin provided the icing on the evening's cake. Not only is she possessed of a beautiful, creamy voice, immaculate technique and intonation, she treated her songs as if they were the greatest music in the world.
Deryk Barker, Music in Victoria

March 2010