Maureen  Brathwaite

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Born in London, Maureen Brathwaite studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Johanna Peters. Whilst a student, she won the Capital Radio Anna Instone Memorial Award and the Ian Fleming Award, which enabled her to continue her vocal studies with Suzanne Danco in Florence. She has also undertaken Masterclasses with Sena Jurinac and Shirley Verrett.

Her operatic engagements have included Frasquita Carmen, Strawberry Woman Porgy and Bess and Fire/Nightingale L’enfant et les sortilèges for Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Operas, Leila Les pêcheurs de perles for Opera Holland Park, Clara Porgy and Bess at the BBC Proms and at the Sala Atlântico, Lisbon, Lily Porgy and Bess for the Royal Opera, Sandman/Dew Fairy Hansel and Gretel for Opera Northern Ireland, Sandman Hansel and Gretel for English National Opera, Despina Cosi fan tutte and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni for Welsh National Opera, Pamina Die Zauberflőte at the Harare International Festival and Flowermaiden Parsifal at the BBC Proms and at the Châtelet, Paris.

Her wide concert and oratorio repertoire ranges from Messiah and The Creation through the Mozart.

Masses to the Requiems of Brahms, Fauré and Verdi, Carmina Burana, the Four Last Songs and A Child of Our Time. She has appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the English Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the OSJ, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under conductors including Mark Elder, John Lubbock, Sir Charles Mackerras and Sir Simon Rattle and with Wayne Marshall as pianist at festivals including Bath, Chester, Harrogate, Oundle and Paunat.

Maureen Brathwaite’s current engagements include Adina L’elisir d’amore for Pegasus Opera, Vertu Les Nègres at the Geneva Opera, the Missa Solemnis for Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, the African Sanctus under the composer’s direction in Brazil, Carmina Burana for the Bach Choir and Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle at the Watford Colosseum as well as a wide range of concert engagements throughout the UK.

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