The Sofa and The Departure

Julia
Louise Poole

Louise studied at the Guildhall School and at the National Opera Studio. She made her operatic debut as Tina (The Aspern Papers) while at the Guildhall School, where she also sang Florence Pike (Albert Herring), Solokha (The Tsarina’s Shoes) and Euryclée (Penelope). Subsequent appearances have included Second Witch (Dido and Aeneas) for Opera North, the title role in Carmen with London City Opera, Ruggiero (Alcina) for ETO, Olga (Eugene Onegin) at ENO and Nancy (Albert Herring) and Third Lady (The Magic Flute), both with GTO. Concert engagements have included Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi’s Gloria at St John’s Smith Square and Stravinsky’s Le faune et la Bergére, Mozart’s Requiem and Elgar’s The Apostles in Canterbury Cathedral. Future engagements include Messiah for the RPO, Beethoven Symphony No 9 at the Barbican with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nancy for Glyndebourne Festival and title role of Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall.