Today's episode is with Sharon Kempton.
Australian born soprano Sharon Kempton, completed a Bachelor of Music Performance and Music Therapy with honours and Master of Music Performance at the University of Melbourne, under the tuition of Kevin Casey, Bettine MacCaughan OAM and the distinguished Merlyn Quaife OAM. Sharon has been the recipient of many prestigious prizes including the German Operatic Award (2001), embarking on her European career, as a member of the Cologne Opera Studio, Germany, followed by an eleven year engagement as soloist at the Hessen State Theater in Wiesbaden.
Sharon has performed with Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Köln Oper, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Ulm, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Theater Osnabrück and Saarländisches Staatstheater, in Saarbrücken.
As an ensemble member of Staatstheater Wiesbaden from 2003 until 2014, Sharon performed and debuted forty operatic roles. Her extensive repertoire encompasses the genres of early Baroque Opera, performing roles such as Giunone (LaCallisto), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Elmira (Croesus), Armide (Armide) and Cleopatra (Julius Caesar) – for which she was nominated ’Singer of the Year’ in 2007 by Opernwelt, Germany; through to Classical, Romantic and works of the modern Masters.
Read more bio:
https://sharonkempton.de/ (Homepage)
https://sharonkempton-coach.com/ (Coaching)
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