Charlotte Pawley- Soprano

British soprano Charlotte Pawley is based in Cardiff and originally studied English at Oxford, and then Vocal Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, supported by Help Musicians. She is now studying at the David Seligman Opera School at RWCMD, under the tutelage of the reknowned soprano Elizabeth Donovan (and previously with the acclaimed soprano Elizabeth Atherton).

She is the 2024 winner of the Adelina Patti Prize and in 2023 she won RWCMD Eileen Price Prize for Lieder Singing, and The Elias Singing Prize for Sopranos. She is a Sybil Tutton Opera Award Holder.

Her recent engagements include Donna Anna in The David Seligman Opera School’s amazing production of ‘Don Giovanni’ by Mozart directed by Isabelle Kettle, Tytania in The David Seligman Opera School’s production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Britten, L’Usignolo and Il Fuso in Respighi’s ‘La bella dormente nel bosco’, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, Der Sandmann in (Hänsel und Gretel), Sister Catherine (The Dialogue of the Carmelites) and performances with the Oxford Alternative Orchestra and the Leeds Opera Festival as Charlotte (Der Diktator).

Previous operatic roles and excerpts include Marzelline (Fidelio) in the 2023 WNO Opera Gala; Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Naiad (Ariadne auf Naxos), Frasquita (Carmen) and Second Neice (Peter Grimes) in RWCMD opera scenes; Nannetta (Falstaff), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Magda (The Consul), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Amore (Orfeo ed Euridice), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas) and Amore (Venus and Adonis) with the Cumbria Opera Group. She has also performed in the chorus in productions with the Oxford Opera Society, The People’s Opera, and Barricade Arts.

As a concert soloist, Charlotte has performed with the Newbury Symphony Orchestra, St Hilda’s College Choir and University College Choir, and premiered the role of Begu, a nun in ‘St Hilda of Whitby: A Cantata’ by Nicola LeFanu for St Hilda’s 125th Anniversary celebrations. A keen performer of contemporary works, Charlotte, along with three other sopranos, also premiered the song cycle ‘Redmoonsong’ by John Hardy as part of the Atmospheres Festival at RWCMD.