Biography
Biography
Clare Tunney is a British-born Young Dramatic Soprano, currently working and living in Germany. In 2020 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with an Advanced Diploma in Opera, a Masters in Art and a Bachelors in Music. She then went directly to Staatsoper Stuttgart's International Opera Studio, where she worked as a permanent soloist for 3 years.
Clare made her professional debut in Barrie Kosky's production of Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in 2020. Since then, she has sung in over 100 performances with the Opera house in over 7 productions. Her Operatic roles performed while living in Germany include Pamina, Papagena and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Helmwige in Die Walküre, 4te Magd in Elektra, Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mutter in Hänsel und Gretel and she created the role of Fee Amaryllis in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz.
Other Operatic roles include the title role in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta (Royal Academy Opera, UK), Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte, Arminda in La Finta Giardinera (Ryedale Festival Opera, UK), Mimì in La Bohème, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Westminster Opera Company), Nina in Chèrubin and Lady Billows in Albert Herring. Clare has performed in numerous Opera Houses including Staatsoper Hamburg, Frankfurt Oper, Dortmund Oper, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater, Theater Aachen and Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
As an oratorio soloist, her most popular works are Verdi Requiem (Guildford Cathedral, Romsey and Hexham Abbey), Mozart Mass in C minor (St. John Smith Square and Ludwigsburg Symphony Orchestra), Haydn Creation (Durham Cathedral), Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Guildford Cathedral), Mahler Symphony No.4, Dvořàk Stabat Mater, Brahms Requiem and Mendelssohn Elijah.
Clare placed 1st at the prestigious National Mozart Competition UK, where she also won the Art Song category. She was also awarded 2nd place in the Pavarotti Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Elizabeth Connell International Prize for Emerging Dramatic Sopranos and a quarter-finalist in the Tenor Viñas competition. Other achievements include the Sybil Tutton Opera Award (Help Musicians UK) and 3rd place in London Song Festival’s English Song Masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen. At the Royal Academy of Music, Clare also placed 2nd in the Isabel Jay Operatic Prize (2016, 2017 and 2018), she was finalist in the Richard Lewis Competition and was awarded the Arthur Burcher Memorial Prize and the John McAslan Prize.
Clare is a Georg Solti Accademia Scholar, with whom she spent 3 weeks in Italy, studying under Operatic greats such as Richard Bonynge and Barbara Frittoli. She also works regularly with esteemed artists such as Neil Shicoff and John Fischer.
Clare has been generously supported by many platforms including Help Musicians UK, The Josephine Baker Trust and the Sir Elton John Scholarship. She is delighted to be supported by the Opera Awards for her continued study of the German Language.
Upcoming engagements include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Theater Aachen) Fee Amaryllis Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (Staasoper Stuttgart) and Marianne Leitmetzerin Der Rosenkavalier (Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe).
Clare Tunney is a British-born Young Dramatic Soprano, currently working and living in Germany. In 2020 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with an Advanced Diploma in Opera, a Masters in Art and a Bachelors in Music. She then went directly to Staatsoper Stuttgart's International Opera Studio, where she worked as a permanent soloist for 3 years.
Clare made her professional debut in Barrie Kosky's production of Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in 2020. Since then, she has sung in over 100 performances with the Opera house in over 7 productions. Her Operatic roles performed while living in Germany include Pamina, Papagena and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Helmwige in Die Walküre, 4te Magd in Elektra, Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mutter in Hänsel und Gretel and she created the role of Fee Amaryllis in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz.
Other Operatic roles include the title role in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta (Royal Academy Opera, UK), Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte, Arminda in La Finta Giardinera (Ryedale Festival Opera, UK), Mimì in La Bohème, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Westminster Opera Company), Nina in Chèrubin and Lady Billows in Albert Herring. Clare has performed in numerous Opera Houses including Staatsoper Hamburg, Frankfurt Oper, Dortmund Oper, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Badisches Staatstheater, Theater Aachen and Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
As an oratorio soloist, her most popular works are Verdi Requiem (Guildford Cathedral, Romsey and Hexham Abbey), Mozart Mass in C minor (St. John Smith Square and Ludwigsburg Symphony Orchestra), Haydn Creation (Durham Cathedral), Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Guildford Cathedral), Mahler Symphony No.4, Dvořàk Stabat Mater, Brahms Requiem and Mendelssohn Elijah.
Clare placed 1st at the prestigious National Mozart Competition UK, where she also won the Art Song category. She was also awarded 2nd place in the Pavarotti Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Elizabeth Connell International Prize for Emerging Dramatic Sopranos and a quarter-finalist in the Tenor Viñas competition. Other achievements include the Sybil Tutton Opera Award (Help Musicians UK) and 3rd place in London Song Festival’s English Song Masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen. At the Royal Academy of Music, Clare also placed 2nd in the Isabel Jay Operatic Prize (2016, 2017 and 2018), she was finalist in the Richard Lewis Competition and was awarded the Arthur Burcher Memorial Prize and the John McAslan Prize.
Clare is a Georg Solti Accademia Scholar, with whom she spent 3 weeks in Italy, studying under Operatic greats such as Richard Bonynge and Barbara Frittoli. She also works regularly with esteemed artists such as Neil Shicoff and John Fischer.
Clare has been generously supported by many platforms including Help Musicians UK, The Josephine Baker Trust and the Sir Elton John Scholarship. She is delighted to be supported by the Opera Awards for her continued study of the German Language.
Upcoming engagements include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Theater Aachen) Fee Amaryllis Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (Staasoper Stuttgart) and Marianne Leitmetzerin Der Rosenkavalier (Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe).