Nadine Livingston Soprano
Recipient of INDEPENDENT OPERA Vocal Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music
Nadine Livingston studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where she gained a First Class BMus Honours and a Postgraduate Diploma, with Distinction. She is also a Samling Scholar. Nadine is now an Emerging Artist at Scottish Opera. Nadine studies with Barbara Robotham.
In 2004 Nadine was the winner of the Alexander Young Prize for third and fourth year girls at the RNCM. In 2006 Nadine was the winner of the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Prize for the Singing of Strauss and also received an Eva Turner Award. Nadine was re-awarded an Eva Turner for the two following years. In February 2007 Nadine was the winner of the Frederic Cox Award and was also the winner of the 2008 Clonter Opera Prize. Nadine has been the recipient of a Countess of Munster Scholarship, Ian Fleming Scholarship, Sybill Tutton Award and a Caird Scholarship. Nadine has sung in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Willard White and Jane Eaglen and Dame Anne Evans.
In a series of excerpts at the RNCM, Nadine sang roles including Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo and the Governess in Britten’s Turn of the Screw. On the concert platform Nadine has sung oratorios including Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Mozart's Requiem. In December 2006 Nadine enjoyed traveling to China to sing Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Macao Orchestra, and returned to sing with them again for Easter 2008. Last summer Nadine sang with the National Youth String Orchestra of Scotland as part of the Edinburgh Festival and later performed Britten's Les Illuminations with the Goldberg Ensemble. In January 2008 Nadine sang Schoenberg's 2nd String Quartet with the Vertavo String Quartet. She also sang Vaughan Williams Symphony No.3 and Neilson Symphony No.3 with the Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder. These performances were also broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Having performed the role of Polly in the College’s production of Weill’s The Threepenny Opera in March 2006 and the lead role of Tatyana of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Nadine sang the role of Susanna in the RNCM’s production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. In December 2008 Nadine performed the role of Rosalinde in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus at the RNCM andthen went on tocover Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte, for Scottish Opera.Having sungthe title rolein Janacek's opera,Katya Kabanova at Scottish Opera, Nadine is currently singing the role of Musetta in Puccini's La Boheme, also for Scottish Opera.
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