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Natasha Marsh "Amour" album cover
Natasha Marsh "Amour" album cover

Natasha Marsh (born c. 1976) is an Welsh operatic soprano. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. A highly-regarded performer in both opera and oratorio, her debut album, Amour, topped the classical album charts in 2007. She has toured with artists such as G4, Russell Watson, Il Divo and Paul Potts. Russell Watson (born 24 November 1966) is an English Tenor who has released singles and Albums of both operatic Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970 Bristol, England) is a British tenor who in 2007 became the winner of the first series of ITV 's He love of football was confirmed when she sang at the 2008 League Cup Final and she has recorded Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria for ITV's coverage of Euro 2008. The 2008 Carling Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football

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Personal life and early career

Marsh was born in Brecon, Wales, but moved to Blackborough, near Cullompton, Devon aged eighteen months, where her father became Director of Music at the nearby European School (he was previously Head of Music at Brecon High School). Brecon (Aberhonddu is an historic Market town in southern Powys, mid Wales, with a population of roughly 8000 with around 6000 in the surrounding area Cullompton is a town in Devon, England in the district of Mid Devon, lying from Exeter on the River Culm and close to the M5 Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Her mother is an experience vocal coach, and this love of music was instilled into Natasha and her two younger brothers at a young age. She saw The Sound of Music aged seven, and immediately wanted a career in musical theatre. The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay While studying at the European School, Marsh was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre. The London -based National Youth Music Theatre or NYMT is the United Kingdom 's organisation for young people in the field of Musical theatre Aged 17, she began studying with the renowned singing teacher (and first wife of conductor Colin Davis), April Cantelo, with whom she still has lessons. For the former Formula One driver see Colin Davis (driver WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Marsh graduated with a First-class Honours degree from Birmingham University and was awarded the Barber Scholarship to studying Opera at the Royal College of Music. The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme for Undergraduate degrees ( Bachelor's degrees and some Master's degrees The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a British red brick University located in the city of Birmingham The Royal College of Music is a well known conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and one In 1999 she won the MOCSA (Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters' Association) Young Welsh Singer of the Year, who's previous winners have included Bryn Terfel and Anthony Stuart Lloyd. Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (brɨn ˈtɛrvɛl born November 9, 1965) is a Welsh Bass-baritone opera and concert singer Anthony Stuart Lloyd (born Cardiff, 1967 is a Baritone Opera singer from Wales Despite moving to Devon at an early age, Marsh is proud of her Welsh heritage: "I always feel that special connection with Wales and do consider myself to be Welsh. There's certainly something very special about Wales – after all, it is the land of song". [1]

Marsh is married to television composer Dobs Vye and is a keen supporter of Watford FC. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. [2]

Operatic debut and professional career

Marsh made her debut with Grange Park Opera in Fortunio by Messager and sang the roles of Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw and Donna Elvira on Mozart's Don Giovanni. Grange Park Opera is a professional Opera company based in Hampshire England. André Charles Prosper Messager ( December 30, 1853 - February 24, 1929) French composer and musician was born at Montluçon Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, The Turn of the Screw Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni She also created the title role in Michael Berkeley's opera Jane Eyre for Music Theatre Wales. Michael Berkeley (born 29 May 1948) is a British composer and broadcaster on music Music Theatre Wales is a touring contemporary Opera company based in Cardiff, UK but working across Wales the UK and internationally She has also appeared in Opera Holland Park's La Boheme, Micaela in Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall and First Lady in The Magic Flute with Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Opera Holland Park is a summer Opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart This article is about the country house and its Opera house. See Glyndebourne Festival Opera for the summer opera festival She also sang Ilia in Idomeneo for Opera North and the following year sang Pamina for Opera Zuid. This is about the British organisation for the unrelated American one see Opera North (U She performed in Giordano's Fedora at Opera Holland Park. Opera Holland Park is a summer Opera company which produces an annual season of opera performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, a public park in

Natasha's festival appearances include the Birmingham Early Music Festival, the London Handel Festival, the Beaumarais Festival and at the Teatro Calderón in Spain. Her oratorio work includes Tippett's A Child of our Time, Messiah at the Arlosen Festival, Mozart's Requiem with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Silete Venti with the London Handel Festival Orchestra at Windsor Castle. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century Messiah ( HWV 56 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a Libretto by Charles Jennens. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO is the BBC 's classical music Radio orchestra in Scotland. Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of Natasha has performed with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen and making her BBC Proms debut in Handel's Samson. Harry Christophers is an English conductor born on December 26, 1953 in Goudhurst, Kent. The Sixteen is an English Choir performing early Religious music. The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily Orchestral Samson ( HWV 57 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It was based on a Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, who based it She also performs regularly at Raymond Gubbay's "Classical Spectacular" events at the Royal Albert Hall. Raymond Gubbay (born North West London 1946 is a Classical music promoter and Impresario based in London The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known

She toured with G4 in December 2006, and "realised one of her dreams" by singing Silent Night with José Carreras on the Royal Albert Hall stage. " Silent Night " (" Stille Nacht " is a popular Christmas carol. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Josep Carreras i Coll (born December 5, 1946, Barcelona She toured with Russell Watson in March 2007 and also embarked on a European summer tour with Il Divo. Russell Watson (born 24 November 1966) is an English Tenor who has released singles and Albums of both operatic In April, Marsh took part in the first Classic FM web-cast concert alongside Alfie Boe and in May made an appearance at the Classical Brit Awards 2007 ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall. Classic FM is one of the United Kingdom 's three Independent National Radio stations broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe, known as Alfie Boe, (born 1973 in Fleetwood, Lancashire) is an English Tenor. The Classical BRIT Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in the United Kingdom covering aspects of classical music, and are the classical equivalent of pop music's The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known

Marsh is currently on a Scandinavian tour supporting tenor Paul Potts, 2007 winner of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970 Bristol, England) is a British tenor who in 2007 became the winner of the first series of ITV 's Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Britain's Got Talent is a British television show on ITV (also on TV3 in Ireland and part of the Got Talent series [3]

In June 2008, Marsh will sing at the House of Commons in a specially arranged vocal-arrangement of the theme to Schindler's List to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany [2]


Marsh and football

Marsh has also performed at sporting events; at the 2008 Football League Cup Final, she sang the British national anthem before the match. The 2008 Carling Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008. "God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms It is the National [4] She has recorded Der Hölle Rache (the "Queen of the Night" aria) from Mozart's The Magic Flute for use as ITV's theme music for UEFA Euro 2008. Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart" is the second Aria sung by the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football "I was delighted to do it," she said. "I love the passion, beauty and power that football and music share. "[5] Marsh said of the arrangement:

I've sung Pamina in opera houses all round Europe, but I'm not a Queen of the Night, with those stratospheric top Fs. So I told ITV we'd have to do an adaptation, because it's not my role. We changed the key, obviously, then they found an arranger to add a different take on it. It's a little bit more brass-heavy than Mozart's original and the orchestration is different. It gives it a more epic quality. [6][7]

Discography

Amour

Natasha Marsh signed an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics in September 2006 and her debut album Amour was released on 19 February 2007. Artists Composers Thomas Adès Karl Jenkins Sir Paul McCartney Ian Anderson Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It entered the UK Classical Artist Chart at No. 1. Her album has been criticized by opera critics, who were hoping for an album of operatic arias, rather than the "typical specimen of the crossover genre". The album contains some of Marsh's favourite songs and arias, mixing pop tunes, with classical arrangements and some lesser-known arias. Marsh was signed by EMI Classics as a crossover artist, Marsh citing the need to pick music that is "accessible to everybody across a broad spectrum. Artists Composers Thomas Adès Karl Jenkins Sir Paul McCartney Ian Anderson The challenge has been to find repertoire that isn't too clichéd. "[8] Amour was nominated for the Best Album award in the 2008 Classical BRIT awards. The Classical BRIT Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in the United Kingdom covering aspects of classical music, and are the classical equivalent of pop music's

Track listing

  1. "Si Un Jour" (theme from Jean de Florette, based on La Forza Del Destino) - Giuseppe Verdi, arranged Jean-Claude Petit
  2. Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie
  3. "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (from La Wally) - Alfredo Catalani
  4. "Ai Giochi Addio" (love theme from Romeo and Juliet) - Nina Rota, lyrics by Elsa Morante
  5. "Autumn Leaves" - Joseph Kosma, lyrics byJohnny Mercer
  6. "Mi Mancherai" (theme from Il Postino) - Luis Bacalov
  7. Chanson D'Amour, Op. Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. La forza del destino ( The Force of Destiny) is an Italian Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Jean-Claude Petit (born 1943 is a French composer and arranger born in Vaires-sur-Marne. For the Ancient Greek festival and dance see Gymnopaedia. The Gymnopédies, published in Paris starting in 1888 Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and La Wally is a four-act Opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a Libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed at La Scala WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Alfredo Catalani ( 19 June 1854 &ndash 7 August 1893 Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Nino Rota ( December 3, 1911 &ndash April 10, 1979) was an Italian Composer best known for his work on Film scores Elsa Morante ( August 18, 1912 - 25 November, 1985) was an Italian Novelist, perhaps best known for her Novel " Autumn Leaves " is a much-recorded Popular song. Originally a 1945 French song " Les feuilles mortes " (literally "Dead Leaves" Joseph Kosma (born Kozma József October 22, 1905 in Budapest, died August 7, 1969 outside Paris) was a Hungarian John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford. Luis Enríquez Bacalov (b Buenos Aires March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine Composer of Film scores Early on in his " Chanson D'Amour " ("Song of Love" is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. 27, No. 1 - Gabriel Fauré
  8. "He Moves, Eyes Follow" - Jimmy Webb
  9. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Ewan McColl
  10. "Et Misericordia" (from Magnificat) - John Rutter
  11. "La Delaissado" (from Chants d'Auvergne) - Joseph Canteloube
  12. "Pur Ti Miro" (from L'incoronazione di Poppea) - Claudio Monteverdi
  13. "Les Filles de Cadix" - Leo Delibes
  14. Vocalise, Op. Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( 12 May 1845 &ndash 4 November 1924) was a French Composer, Organist, Pianist Jimmy Layne Webb is an American songwriter From his initial success with " Up Up and Away," " By the Time I Get to Phoenix," " Wichita " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " is a 1957 Folk song written by Ewan MacColl for his wife Peggy Seeger. Ewan MacColl ( 25 January, 1915 - 22 October, 1989) was a British Folk singer, Songwriter, Socialist John Milford Rutter CBE (born) is an English Composer, choral conductor, editor, Arranger and Record producer Chants d’Auvergne ("Songs from the Auvergne" is a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France arranged for Soprano Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (b Annonay, ( Ardèche) 21 October 1879 – d L'incoronazione di Poppea ( SV 308 The Coronation of Poppea) is an Opera seria in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian (Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 &ndash 16 January 1891 was a French Composer of Ballets operas, and other works for the stage A vocalise (pronounced voe-ka-LEEZE is a vocal exercise (often one suitable for performance without words which is sung on one or more Vowel sounds 34, No. 14 - Sergei Rachmaninov

References

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  2. ^ a b Tapper, James. Soprano Natasha follows in Pavarotti's footsteps as she becomes the voice of summer football spectacular, The Mail, 2008-05-10. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
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  4. ^ "Live - Carling Cup final", BBC SPORT, Caroline Cheese, 2008-02-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Retrieved on 2008-02-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the  
  5. ^ Soprano to sing Euro 2008 anthem, BBC News, 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  6. ^ Sweeting, Adam. "Natasha Marsh: Queen of Euro 2008" The Telegraph, 2008-05-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Retrieved on 2008-06-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
  7. ^ The arrangement has been lowered by a major third, and so the 'stratospheric top Fs' have been reduced to Ds.
  8. ^ Sweeting, Adam. Opera's not just fat old women. The Daily Telegraph, 2007-01-20. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

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