Samantha Clarke
Representation
About Samantha
Australian/British soprano Samantha Clarke is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a Tait Memorial Trust Scholar.
In the 2024/25 season Samantha returns to Opera Australia as Violetta La traviata and to Pinchgut Opera as Cleopatra Giulio Cesare and she appears in concert with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and the West Australian Symphony, and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras.
Recent highlights have included Contessa Le nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera; Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte for Opera Queensland, the Grange Festival and in Japan for the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy; the title role in Theodora for Pinchgut Opera; Violetta for the West Australian Opera; Musetta La bohème for Opera North; the title role in the Buxton Festival’s award-winning pasticcio Georgiana; Marzelline in concert performances of Fidelio with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Simone Young and the title role in The Golden Cockerel for the Adelaide Festival.
Representation
Season Highlights
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With darkness deep as is my woe - Handel- Theodora
Accompanied by David Wickham Credit: NA
PlayingQuando m'en vo - Puccini - La boheme
Guildhall Gold Medal 2019, Barbican Hall Conductor: Richard Farnes Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Credit: Guildhall Gold Medal
PlayingCome scoglio - Mozart - Cosi fan tutte
Guildhall Gold Medal - 2019 Barbican Hall Conductor: Richard Farnes with the GSMD Symphony Orchestra Credit: Guildhall Gold Medal
Playing
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Selected Repertoire
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 |
|---|---|
| Mahler | Symphony No. 2 • Symphony No. 4 |
Press
Mozart Requiem
PerthOct 2024 - Oct 2024Here, the WASO mustered a very fine quartet of soloists, led by fast-rising star soprano Samantha Clarke, along with mezzo Ashlyn Tymms, who recently impressed in Perth as Ježibaba, tenor Andrew Goodwin and bass Adrian Tamburini. The opening Introit for chorus and soprano demonstrated Clarke’s rich warm soprano, its bell-like clarity and even tonal quality. In the subsequent solo sections, Timms’ strong creamy tones, Goodwin’s plangent tenor and Tamburini’s resonant bronze bass contributed individually and all blended pleasingly. The choir sounded a little forcedful at first, but soon settled into a disciplined harmonious stream of sound, with beautiful phrasing in the Lacrimosa.
- Sandra Bowdler, Bachtrack
- 13 October 2024
