Biography

Emerging British Soprano Camilla Harris is fast establishing herself as an exciting new interpreter of Classical and 20th Century repertoire. Recently praised by Opera Magazine as “a talent to be reckoned with” and by iNews as the “beating heart of this sparkling production” in her Garsington début as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan Tutte.

She has sung Fiordiligi Così fan Tutte for Garsington Opera, Contessa Le Nozze di Figaro for Hampstead Garden Opera (OFFIE nomination). College roles include Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Comtesse in Massenet Chérubin for Royal Academy Opera and Suzanne in Offenbach Robinson Crusoe at The Royal College of Music. Camilla has covered Donna Elvira Don Giovanni and Musetta La Bohème for Glyndebourne and Aspasia Mitridate for Garsington Opera.

Her plans include the role of Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Garsington Opera and Opera North.

On the concert platform she has sung Beethoven Choral Fantasia with the Philharmonia Orchestra / Long Yu, Stravinsky’s Mass with the London Symphony Orchestra / Simon Halsey, Israelite Woman Esther with The London Handel Orchestra / Adrian Butterfield and First Witch and Spirit Dido & Aeneas with The English Concert / Harry Bicket. Camilla has sung widely as a chorus member and soloist with groups such as The Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner, The Sixteen / Harry Christophers and Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh.

With her duo partner, Natalie Burch, Camilla has appeared at the Oxford Lieder and St Endellion Festivals. Together they recorded Songs of Love and Longing, a recital of Liszt, Rachmaninov and Grieg, for Linn Records.

As a student of Royal Academy Opera, Camilla studied with Raymond Connell and Jonathan Papp. She graduated with the prestigious Regency Award for distinguished studentship at graduation, she was awarded the Tom Hammond Opera Prize, Kendal Prize, John McAslan Prize and was a Bicentenary Scholar. She is a Britten Pears Young Artist and a member of RAM’s prestigious Song Circle. Her studies were supported by the Josephine Baker Trust and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust as a Derek Butler Award holder. She also holds a Master of Performance (Distinction) from Royal College of Music and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Durham University, where she studied Music. Her formative years were spent as a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, where she is proud to now be a trustee for the Salisbury Cathedral Girl Chorister’s Association.

March 2024