The True Divas are professional opera singers trained to the very highest standard. They can provide anything from a full concert to corporate entertainment & weddings. Their repertoire varies from classical songs to musical theatre and cabaret. Prices: From £720+ (For Duo)
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True Divas's Biography
Line up:2 Female Opera Singers - Mezzo Soprano and Soprano
Highlights • Elegant charming and full of fun these two Divas will steal your hearts and captivate your guests with their beautiful voices • With a highly varied repertoire they cover from Operatic Arias to Musicals and Jazz to Irish and traditional tunes • Both trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and have exceptional credentials from singing at The Albert Hall and both have worked with English National Opera. • Available with backing tracks or piano accompaniment and happy to team up with an accompanist at your wedding service if required • Requests taken FREE of charge with a minimum of one week’s notice • Available UK wide
The True Divas is a Classical Singing Duo of professional opera singers trained to the very highest standard. They can provide anything from a full concert to corporate entertainment and can sing at weddings and fund-raising events. Their repertoire varies from classical songs through opera to musical theatre and cabaret.
Louise Walsh (Soprano) and Alison Kettlewell (Mezzo Soprano) trained together at the Royal Northern College of Music. Louise continued her studies at the National Opera Studio and Alison at the Royal College of Music Opera School. Louise then went on to be a major prize winner in the International Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, and Alison was a winner of the AsLiCo Young European Opera Singers’ Competition at La Scala Milan. Louise then worked as a solo artist at the StaatsOper Stuttgart and Alison sang solo roles in many of the northern Italian opera houses. They have worked together for Opera du Rhin and in the Classical Spectaculars as guest soloists at the Royal Albert Hall. Other companies who have engaged them include English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, Opera Holland Park and English Touring Opera. Between them they have sung at all the major UK concert venues, from the RAH to the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the Birmingham Symphony Hall, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Cadogan Hall.
Highlights for Louise including singing Christine in”Phantom of the Opera” in the west end and for Alison singing Charlotte in “Werther” at Opera Holland Park. Louise hails from Ireland and Alison is a west –country girl with northe rn roots. Both have a well developed if dry sense of humour and don’t take themselves too seriously. .. However they take their performing very seriously and only the very best will do.
Reviews
Louise:
“A soprano of such crystalline freshness that one cannot help but instantly fall in love with her” (Opera Magazine) “A lovely voice with a brilliant coloratura” (the Times) “Magnificently sung” (Opera Magazine)
Alison:
“Superb” (the Observer) “Simply brilliant” (the Times) “quite excellent” (Opera Magazine) "Sung with a “velvety lustre” (Rheinische Zeitung)
Performance Times and Packages
Weddings • Wedding Ceremony - Includes up to 3 pieces during wedding ceremony using client's organist • Singing at ceremony and reception - around 40 minutes music using client's organist and then backing tracks
Corporate Events • Providing up to three 15-20 minutes sets between dinner courses • Providing full length concert - 1 hour 30 to 2 hours, including pianist
True Divas's Set List / Repertoire
Opera Arias - Well-Known Songs from Various Operas
Bellini- Oh Quante Volte.. (I Capuleti e I Montecchi) La Tremenda Ultrice Spada “ “ Deh Tu Bel Anima “ “ Casta Diva (Norma)
Berlioz Il M’en Souvient (Beatrice et Benedict)
Bizet- Me voila dans la nuit (The Pearl Fishers) Je di que rien ne m’epouvante (Carmen) Habanera “ Seguidilla “ En Vain Pour Eviter “
Britten- Come now a roundel (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Catalani- Ebben ne andro lontana (La Wally)
Charpentier- Depuis le jour (Louise)
Donizetti- Quel guardo il cavaliere.. (Don Pasquale) Prendi.. ( L’elisir d’amore) I Segreto Per Esser Felice (Lucrezia Borgia) O Mio Fernando (La Favorita)
Gluck Che Faro (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Gounod- Je veux vivre (Romeo and Juliette) Que Fais-tu Blanche Tourterelle (“ “)
Handel Ombra Mai Fu (Xerxes) Svegliatevi Nel Core (Xerxes) Dopo Notte (Ariodante) Piangero la sorte mia..(Giulio Cesare) Vadoro pupille (Giulio Cesare) Vani Sono i Lamenti (Giulio Cesare)
Korngold- Marietta’s lied (Die Tote Stadt)
Leoncavallo- Stridono lassu (I Pagliacci)
Mascagni
Voi Lo Sapete o Mama (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Massenet- Il est doux il est bon (Herodiade) Je Marche sur tous les chemins (Manon) Adieu notre petite table (Manon) Air Des Lettres (Werther) Air Des Larmes (Werther)
Meyerbeer Nobles Seigneurs Salut!
Mozart- Batti batti.. (DonGiovanni) Vedrai Carino (Don Giovanni) Ach ich fuhl’s ( The Magic Flute) Porgi amor (Le Nozze di Figaro) Dove sono (Le Nozze di Figaro) Giunse al fin il momento (Le Nozze di Figaro) S’altro che lacrime (La Clemenza di Tito) Se’il padre (Idomeneo) Padre germani (Idomeneo) Zeffiretti Lusinghieri (Idomeneo) Ruhe sanft (Zaide) Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) Non so Piu (Le Nozze di Figaro) Parto Parto (La Clemenza di Tito) Deh Per Questo (La Clemenza di Tito) Mi Tradi (Don Giovanni) Ah Fuggi (Don Giovanni)
Puccini- Quando m’en vo (La Boheme) Donde Lieta (La Boheme) O mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) Un bel di…( Madame Butterfly) Ch’il bel sogno… (La Rondine) Signore Ascolta (Turandot) Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot) Senza mamma (Suor Angelica)
Purcell When I am laid in earth Fairest Isle (King Arthur)
Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (Barber of Seville) Contro un Cor (Barber of Seville) Non Piu Mesta (La Cenerentola)
Saints Saens Mon Coeur S’ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalilah) Amour viens aider ma faiblesse “ “ Printemps qui commence “ “
Richard Strauss Composer’s Aria (Ariadne Auf Naxos)
Stravinsky- No word from Tom.. ( The Rakes Progress)
Tchaikovsky Polina’s Aria (Queen of Spades) Adieu Forets (Maid of Orleans)
Verdi- Caro nome (Rigoletto) Sul fin d’un sofio etesio (Falstaff)
Wagner Fricka’s Scene (Die Walkure) O Susse, traute, teure, holde (Tristan und Isolde)
Operettas/ Musicals/Jazz - More Lighthearted and Well-Known Songs
Arlen Somewhere over the rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Bart- Where is love (Oliver) As long as he needs me (Oliver)
Berlin: I love a piano I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Bernstein- I feel pretty (Westside Story) Somewhere (Westside Story)
Gershwin- Summertime (Porgy and Bess) Someone to watch over me (Oh Kay) A foggy day (A Damsel in distress) For you for me forever more (The shocking Miss Pilgrim) The man I love Lorelei By Strauss I got rhythm (And many more Gershwin songs.)
Heuberger- Im Chambre separee (Der Opern Ball)
Bart Howard- Fly me to the Moon
Gilbert and Sullivan- Josephine’s Aria (HMS Pinafore) Elsie’s Aria (The Yeoman of the Guard) Mabel’s Aria ( The Pirates of Penzance) When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers) Katisha’s Aria (The Mikado) I’m called Little Buttercup (HMS Pinafore)
Kern- Bill (Showboat) Can’t help lovin dat man (Showboat) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Lehar- Vilja (The Merry Widow) On my lips every kiss is like wine ( Giuditta) Love live forever ( Paganini) Why did you kiss my heart awake (Frederica)
Lerner and Loewe- I could have danced all night( My Fair Lady) On the street where you live (My Fair Lady) Show me (My Fair lady) All I want (My Fair lady)
Loesser- If I were a bell (Guys and Dolls) I’ll know (Guys and Dolls) I’ve never been in love before (Guys and Dolls)
Lloyd Webber- Don’t cry for me Argentina (Evita) I don’t know how to love him (Jesus Christ Superstar) Think of me ( The Phantom of the Opera) Wishing you were somehow here again (The Phantom of the Opera) Memory (Cats)
Millocker- I give my heart ( The Dubarry)
Novello- We’ll gather lilacs ( Perchance to dream) Waltz of my heart ( The dancing years) Love is my Reason (Perchance to dream) And many more..
Porter- Every time we say goodbye ( Seven Lively Arts) So in love (Kiss me Kate) I hate men (Kiss me Kate) (And many more Porter songs).
Rodgers and Hammerstein- Mister Snow (Carousel) If I loved you (Carousel) When you walk through a storm (Carousel) June is Bustin’ out (Carousel) Hello Young Lovers (The King and I) Shall we dance (The King and I) Getting to know you (The King and I) I have dreamed (The King and I) I cain’t say no (Oklahoma) Out of my Dreams (Oklahoma) Many a new Day (Oklahoma) Cockeyed Optimist (South Pacific) I’m Gonna Wash that Man right out of my hair (South Pacific) The hills are alive (Sound of Music) Favourite Things (Sound of Music) Climb every mountain (Sound of Music)
Rodgers and Hart- Bewitched (My Pal Joey)
Schonberg- I dreamed a dream (Les Miserables) On my own (Les Miserables)
Sherwin- A nightingale sang in Berkeley square
Sondheim- Send in the Clowns You could drive a person crazy The girls of summer (And many more Sondheim songs)
J. Strauss- Mein Herr marquis/ Spiel ich die unschuld vom lande (Die Fledermaus) Csardas (Die Fledermaus) Ich Lade Gern (Die Fledermaus)
Oscar Strauss- My Hero (The Chocolate Soldier)
Weill What good would the moon be? (Street Scene) Surabaya Johnny The Saga of Jenny Alabama Song My Ship
Wills- Till there was you (The Music Man)
Wright and Forrest- And this is my beloved (Kismet)
Zeller- Roses in Tyrol (The Birdseller)
Irish songs
Balfe- I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
Percy French- Gortnamona Phil the Fluter
Hamilton Harty- My lagan love
Hertbert Hughes- O men from the fields Mantle of Blue The stuttering lovers
Thomas Moore- Oft in the stilly night The last rose of summer Silent, oh Moyle
Havelock Nelson- Lovely Jimmy
Eamonn O Gallchobhair- A ghra agus a ruin dhil
Traditional Irish songs- Danny boy She moved through the fair I will walk with my love The Salley Gardens I know where I’m goin The Garten Mother’s lullaby The leprechaun The leafy cool-kellure Roisin Dubh
Duets
Bellini- Romeo and Giulietta’s duet (I Capuleti ed I Montecchi)
Berlin- You’re just in love Sisters
Delibes- The Flower duet (Lakme)
Mozart- Ah perdona al primo affetto..(La Clemenza di Tito) S’io non moro..(Idomeneo) Aprite presto aprite.. (Le Nozze di Figaro) Sull aria.. (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Ah Guarda Sorella (Cosi Fan Tutte) Prendero (Cosi Fan Tutte)
Offenbach- Bacarolle (The Tales of Hoffman)
Puccini- The Flower duet (Madame Butterfly)
Rossini- The Cat duet
R Strauss- Sophie/Octavian Mir ist die ehre..(Der Rosenkavalier)
Wedding Songs
Bach- Bist du bei mir Et Exultavit
Bach/Gounod- Ave Maria
Faure- Pie Jesu
Franck- Panis Angelicus
Giordani- Caro mio Ben
Handel- Care Selve Let the bright seraphim
Lloyd Webber- Pie Jesu
Mawby- Ave Maria
Mozart- Laudate Dominum (Vesperae Solennes) Laudamus Te (C Minor Mass) Et incarnates est (C Minor Mass)
Schubert- Ave Maria
Unaccompanied- Bi Iosa im Chriosa Ag Chriost an Siol
Wedding Duets
Bach- Jesu joy of man’s desiring
Franck- Panis Angelicus
Mozart- Ave Verum Domine (The C Minor Mass)
Noel Stookey- There is love
Vivaldi Laudamus Te (Gloria)
Many Songs by Following Composers:
English songs- Bridge Britten Bush Elgar Head Ireland Quilter Vaughan Williams Walton
German Lieder- Brahms Schubert Schumann R. Strauss Wolf
French Songs- Berlioz Chausson Debussy Faure Poulenc Ravel Oratorio
Bach: St Matthew Passion St John Passion Christmas Oratorio Cantata 42 Magnificat
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