Iúnó Connolly | Soprano
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Biography

Iúnó was born in Wiltshire and studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Lillian Watson and Jonathan Papp. She completed her Undergraduate studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire with a First Class Honours degree, training with Catherine Benson. During her Undergraduate degree Iúnó spent an Erasmus term studying in the italian city of Ferrara at the Conservatorio di G. Frescobaldi, performing in and around the Emilia-Romagna region including recitals at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara. She is the winner of the Elena Gehardt Lieder Prize (2016); the Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize (2013); the International Eisteddfod Vocal Competition (2013); the Promising Singer Prize at the Dean & Chadlington Festival (2014) and was awarded a Jennifer Vyvyan Scholarship and the Pat Syme Award for her studies at the Royal Academy of Music (2014/15).


Roles

 Vixen (cover) The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek British Youth Opera | 2015
Frog The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek British Youth Opera | 2015
Frau Fluth Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Nicholai RAM Opera Scenes | 2015
Tatyana Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky RAM Opera Scenes | 2014
Flower Maiden Parsifal, Wagner RAM Opera Scenes | 2014
Blanche de la Force Dialogues des Carmelites, Poulenc Birmingham Conservatoire | 2014
Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Mozart Birmingham Conservatoire Opera Scenes | 2013
Belinda Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Concert Performance | 2013
Adele Die Fledermaus, Strauss Birmingham Conservatoire Opera Scenes | 2012
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Concert & Oratorio

Goethe's Gretchen: Schubert, Liszt and Loewe | Royal Academy of Music | 2015
Vivaldi's Gloria & Beatus Vir Soloist | St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London | 2015
Edition Peters Fauré Launch Concert | David Josefowitz Hall | 2015
Mozart Duets | St. James's Piccadilly, London | 2015
Bach Cantata Concert BWV 201 chorus | Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music | 2015
Soprano Duo Concert | London House, Mecklenburgh Square, London | 2015
Debussy Cinq Poémes de Baudelaire | Pianist Robin Bowman | Birmingham Conservatoire | 2014
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov Recital  | The Holburne Museum, Bath | 2014
Beyond Classical: Melodías Españolas | Symphony Hall, Birmingham | 2014
Rossini's Stabat Mater | Soloist | St. Barnabas Church, Oxford | 2014
Bizet Evening Divas & Scholars | Soloist | Markham Square, London | 2014
In Chorde Festival: Classical Voice & Guitar | Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Italy | 2013
The Stroke Association Christmas Service | Soloist | Holy Trinity Sloane Square | 2013
Bach's B Minor Mass | Soloist | Conductor Paul Spicer | The Adrian Boult Hall | 2013
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