Diary

20232022 – 20212020201920182017

Joanna is a 2021/22 Young Artist at the National Opera Studio – please visit the NOS website for details of more events.

18 December 2021 HANDEL Messiah (mezzo soloist)
Tewkesbury Abbey
Simon Bell (conductor), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, The Bristol Ensemble

14 December 2021 National Opera Studio Christmas Recital
National Opera Studio – London

27 November 2021 DVOŘÁK Mass in D (mezzo soloist)
St Luke’s Music Society – London
Festival Chorus, Andrea Brown (conductor)

23 November 2021 National Opera Studio Masterclass with Brindley Sherratt
National Opera Studio – London

30 November 2021 Opera Prelude online recital with Natalie Burch
Online – available to watch on demand from 30 Nov
with Natalie Burch (piano)
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

5 November 2021 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
St John’s Smith Square – London
British Youth Opera alumni concert featuring Sarah Connolly, Benedict Nelson, the Southbank Sinfonia and sixteen BYO Alumni, conducted by Jane Glover

30 October 2021 Clare Hall Concert Series: Fantastic Beasts & Forbidden Forests
Clare Hall – Cambridge
with Patrick Hemmerlé (piano)
Music by Debussy, Viardot, Bizet, Wolf, Berg, Ireland, Heggie, Clarke

25 October 2021 Opera Prelude: World Opera Day pop-up showcase concert
Duke of York Square, Chelsea – London
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

24 October 2021 Recital: English Song with Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton & Britten Pears Young Artists
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings – Suffolk
Music by Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Ivor Gurney

21 & 22 October 2021 Britten Pears Young Artist Masterclasses: Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape Maltings – Suffolk
with Ana Manastireanu (piano)

19 October 2021 Opera Prelude: Masterclass with Roderick Williams
Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks – London
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

15 October 2021 SongPath at Oxford Lieder
Oxford Lieder at Oxford Botanic Gardens – Oxford
Led by SongPath founders Jess Dandy (11 Oct) & Joanna Harries (15 Oct)

13 October 2021 National Opera Studio lunchtime recital
National Opera Studio – London

12 October 2021 Opera Prelude: Coffee Concert
The Cabinet of Operatic Curiosities

Kings Road – London
with Kaoru Wada (piano)
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

10 October 2021 JANÁČEK Jenůfa (Karolka)
Fulham Opera – London (concert performance)
Nick Fletcher (conductor)

5 October 2021 Opera Prelude: Lecture Recital
American Dreams: Delusions and Fantasies in American Opera

Online – available to watch on demand from 5 Oct
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

28 September 2021 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: The Moon Hares
Schools project performance

Autumn 2021 Songs of the River
New podcast taking listeners on an exploratory journey through the landscapes and stories surrounding rivers using folksong
Songs of the Thames supported by a Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Award
Songs of the Clyde supported by an RCS Make it Happen Award

25, 26 & 27 September 2021 SCOTT STROMAN The Weekend (Diana)
Bloomsbury Theatre – London
John Ramster (director), Scott Stroman (composer & conductor), Tamsin Collison (librettist)
Based on the play by Michael Palin

13 August 2021 Dartington International Summer School concert
Dartington Great Hall – Dartington, Devon
with Yiwei Ji (piano)

29, 31 July, 1 & 3 August 2021 JANÁČEK The Cunning Little Vixen (Innkeeper’s Wife)
Longborough Festival Opera
Justin Brown (conductor), Olivia Fuchs (director)

3 July 2021 Proms at St Judes: Lovers, Lords & Libertines – Shakespeare at the Opera
Proms at St Jude’s – London
Anna Cavliero (soprano), Jack Roberts (tenor) Peter Edge (baritone), Hannah Quinn (music director) with HGO

26 June 2021 Opera Prelude: Young Artists Showcase
Opera Prelude – St. Mary’s, Henley-on-Thames
Joanna is an Opera Prelude Young Artist 2021-23

5 June 2021 BACH Magnificat (Mezzo soloist)
St Matthias Church – London
Chorus of Dissent & Orchestra
Postponed due to Covid-19

15 May 2021 RNCM Keep Music Playing Live with John Suchet
Royal Northern College of Music – Manchester (online event)
Joanna features alongside Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar) and other RNCM alumni in this event of performances and Q&A hosted by broadcaster & presenter John Suchet.
Tickets free but limited

5 May 2021 Rogue Opera Online: Serenades
Rogue Opera – online
with Thomas Kinch (tenor), Guy Murgatroyd (piano), Bronwen Stephens-Harding (director)

22 April 2021 DOHERTY Alone (one woman opera)
Green Opera – online
Part of Isolated Incidents, a series of new short operas created during lockdown.

30 March 2021 Recital with Ashley Beauchamp
Opera Live at Home – online
Joanna Harries (mezzo-soprano), Ashley Beauchamp (piano)
Arias by Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Massenet & Walton

9 March 2021 ARENSKY & TCHAIKOVSKY: The Beauty of Arensky
Pushkin House – London (online festival)
Thomas Ang, Alina Sorokina (pianists), Holly Brown, Joanna Harries, Laura Peresivana, Brenton Spiteri (singers), Ariana Kashevi (cello)
Part of the Pushkin House Online Festival 2021 curated by Alexander Karpeyev.

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