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The English mezzo-soprano, Sarah Anne Champion, began singing with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain in 2003, as an undergraduate she read Music at Durham University before going on to the University of Cambridge to train as a Secondary School Music Teacher. After working in Oxford for five years she moved to begin her singing career in London where she then completed her Masters, with distinction, at the Royal Academy of Music. She has attended master-classes at London Song Festival and Lieder Masterclass with Christoph Prégardien. Her awards: Winner of Herbert Howells Prize at North London Festival; Winner of Flora Nielsen Prize for French Song Prize; Very Highly Commended of Marjorie Thomas Art of Song Prize.
Sarah Anne Champion is an established performer of Opera, Oratorio, Recital and Consort Singing. On the Operatic stage she has sung the roles of Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park (Waterperry Opera Festival), which after sell out audiences and five star reviews was revived for a second and then a third season in addition to touring various English Stately Homes throughout 2022. Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas (The Vache Baroque Festival); Dorabella in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte (London Young Sinfonia); Cherubino in W.A. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (St Peter’s College Opera); Mercedes in Georges Bizet's Carmen (Durham Opera Ensemble) and The Sandman in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Durham Opera Ensemble). In opera scenes she has worked on the title role in Jonathan Dove’s Pinocchio, Dorabella in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte and Le Prince in Massenet’s Cendrillon at the Royal Academy of Music.
During her time at the Academy Sarah Anne Champion realised her love of Art Song and storytelling, and successfully competed in the Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize, gaining a commendation, was ‘Highly Commended’ for her performance in the Major Van Someren-Godfrey Vocal Prize for English Song and, most recently, ‘Very Highly Commend’ for her performance in the Historic Women Composer Prize. Most recently, Sarah performed in Oxford Lieder’s Spring Song, 2022. Winner of the Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize, she continues to perform with fellow Academy alumni in the early music consort Parandrus both within the UK and around Europe.
As an oratorio and concert soloist Sarah Anne Champion is confident performing a variety of music ranging from Monteverdi to Sondheim. Notable concert performances include Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art, Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat (BWV 243), George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, W.A. Mozart's Vesperae solennes de Confessore, Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb.
Sarah Anne Champion has been involved in several world premieres, projects and concerts including recordings with the National Youth Chamber Choir, the Carmelite Priory Choir and The Marian Consort; including performances for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; appearing live on Radio 3’s In Tune and at The Wigmore Hall. Currently she is a member of The Marian Consort (Director: Rory McCleery). |
