The Sofa and The Departure
Dominic’s Grandmother
Josephine Thorpe
Josephine graduated from the University of Kent with a First Class Honours degree in Drama and English, going on to take an opera diploma and a postgraduate diploma in voice at Trinity College. In 2006 she was awarded the Wagner Bayreuth Bursary and chosen to participate in masterclasses with Christa Ludwig. In 2004 she covered the role of Delilah for Kentish Opera and was in the chorus at Opera Holland Park. She sang her first leading role as Amneris in Kentish Opera’s 2005 production of Aida. She has sung the title role in European Chamber Opera’s Carmen and Azucena (Il trovatore) for Pavilion Opera. This year she sang Orlofsky for Alternative Opera and Olga for Opera Project at Longborough Festival Opera, and gave a recital for the Wagner Society. She has also sung the Princess (Sister Angelica), Janetta (The Miller and his Man), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte) and Alcibiades (Satie’s Socrate). Her oratorio work includes Vivaldi’s Gloria, in which she was the soloist at Monterosso Cathedral in Italy.
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