DEBORAH HAWKSLEYMezzo Soprano
Deborah Hawksley was born in Singapore. She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Deborah’s appearances have included Strolling Player DEATH IN VENICE for Glyndebourne Touring Opera and on BBC television, Third Lady DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Prince Orlofsky DIE FLEDERMAUS, Composer ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Martha KHOVANSHCHINA, Annina DER ROSENKAVALIER, Serena Joy A HANDMAID’S TALE and Katisha THE MIKADO for English National Opera, Second Witch in DIDO AND AENEAS for the English Bach Festival at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orlofsky for D’Oyly Carte Opera, Crystal Clear Opera and Opera Holland Park, Dorabella COSI FAN TUTTE for Opera Theatre Dublin, title-role in LA CENERENTOLA for European Chamber Opera, Baba the Turk THE RAKE’S PROGRESS at the Aldeburgh Festival and Iford Arts Festival, Madame Larina EUGENE ONEGIN for Iford Arts, Frugola IL TABARRO and La Ciesca GIANNI SCHICCHI for Broomhill Opera, title role CARMEN for First Act Opera, Katisha THE MIKADO for D’Oyly Carte Opera and Crystal Clear Opera, Prince Orlofsky for London City Opera on their USA tour, Armelinde CENDRILLON, title role LA ROMANCESA and Luigia VIVA LA MAMMA and Lucy Lockett THE BEGGAR’S OPERA for Central Festival Opera, title role LA BELLE HELENE for Castleward Opera, Florence Pike ALBERT HERRING, Quickly FALSTAFF, Mrs Peachum and Mrs Trapes BEGGARS OPERA and Forester’s Wife THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN for The Opera Project. Foreign engagements include Dinah TROUBLE IN TAHITI at the Cernier Festival and in Geneva and regular concerts in Hamburg and Düsseldorf.
Deborah Hawksley has a wide concert and oratorio repertoire, which has taken her to most of the leading London concert halls, she has performed the Verdi REQUIEM in Peterborough and Guildford Cathedrals, DREAM OF GERONTIUS in Southwark Cathedral, PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE for Northern Sinfonia. She has been a regular Promenade soloist with the City of London Sinfonia appearing with them in Promenade Concerts in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. She recently returned to Berlin for a Promenade concert with the Sudwestfälische Orchester at Neuen Palais in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam.
