Gemma Morsley Mezzo-Soprano
Email: [email protected]
Website www.gemmamorsley.com
Teacher: David Barrell
Current Highlights: Verdi Requiem soloist with Wooburn Singers, Witch in ‘Hansel & Gretel’ with Lambeth Orchestra, Mrs Bear in premiere of ‘Peace at Last’ for OperaUpClose
Roles Flora La traviata King’s Head Theatre Helena Jackson/Panaretos Kyriatzidis 2018 Larina Eugene Onegin OperaUpClose Lucy Bradley/Elspeth Wilkes 2018 Marcellina The Marriage of Figaro The Merry Opera Company John Ramster/Harry Sever 2018 Grimgerde Die Walküre Grange Park Opera Stephen Medcalf/Stephen Barlow 2017 Dorabella Così fan tutte Opera Chez Cartier, France John Ramster/Orlando Jopling 2017 Soloist Staged Messiah The Merry Opera Company John Ramster/Mark Austin 2017 3rd Flowermaiden Parsifal Elemental Opera Mark Burns/Michael Thrift 2016 Mrs Sowerberry Oliver! Grange Park Opera Jean-Pierre van der Spuy/Adam Rowe 2016 La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi Fulham Opera Fiona Williams/Nick Fletcher 2015 Fruma-Sarah Fiddler on the Roof Grange Park Opera/BBC Proms Antony McDonald/David Charles Abell 2015 Carmen Carmen Opera South East Fraser Grant/Kenneth Roberts 2014 Maddalena Rigoletto Opera Loki France/UK Tour Rae Leaver/Nick Fletcher 2014 Third Lady The Magic Flute The Merry Opera Company Kit Hesketh-Harvey/Stephen Hose 2013 Flora/Annina La traviata The Merry Opera Company Kit Hesketh-Harvey/Stephen Hose 2012 Dorabella Così fan tutte Jacksons Lane, Highgate Fraser Grant/Ian Shaw 2011 Second Lady/Boy The Magic Flute St John’s Smith Square Clive Bebee/Richard Black 2011
Chorus Un ballo in maschera (cover Ulrica) West Green House Opera Richard Studer/Jonathan Lyness 2017 Don Carlo Grange Park Opera Jo Davies/Gianluca Marciano 2016 Eugene Onegin Grange Park Opera Stephen Medcalf/Gianluca Marciano 2015 Die Zauberflöte Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Simon McBurney/Pablo Heras-Casado 2014 I gioelli della Madonna Opera Holland Park Martin Lloyd-Evans/Peter Robinson 2013 L’elisir d’amore Opera Holland Park Pia Furtado/Stephen Higgins 2013 Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci Opera Holland Park Stephen Barlow/Stuart Stratford 2013 H.M.S. Pinafore (cover Hebe) The G&S Opera Company Vivian Coates/Timothy Henty 2012 The Mikado The G&S Opera Company Simon Butteriss/Timothy Henty 2012 The Elixir of Love Oyster Opera Clive Bebee/Richard Black 2010
Concert Highlights Witch Hansel & Gretel Lambeth Orchestra Christopher Fifield 2019 Soloist Verdi Requiem Wooburn Singers Tom Hammond-Davies 2019 Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro Dartington International Fest. Timothy Redmond/Mark Austin 2018 Chorus Le villi Opera Rara Sir Mark Elder 2018 Soloist Serenade to Music Monckton Combe Hall George Bevan 2018 Chorus Semiramide Opera Rara / BBC Proms Sir Mark Elder 2016 Soloist Mozart Requiem Woodside Singers Catherine Gosney 2017 Fleta Iolanthe Tarantara Productions William Relton/Martin Handley 2016
Referees John Ramster Freelance Director Philip White Head of Music, Grange Park Opera