Biography
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Felicity is a versatile and energetic mezzo-soprano, currently negotiating a busy schedule of professional opera and concert work, educational projects and corporate and private events.
Her 2024/5 season included Mary Livingston in Musgrave’s Mary Queen of Scots for ENO, and performances of Elgar The Dream of Gerontius and The Kingdom, Verdi Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, and Mozart Requiem. Concert venues included Salisbury and Guildford Cathedrals, and the Queen Elizabeth Cunard cruise liner, aboard which she recently sailed from Japan to Alaska.
Felicity has enjoyed performing with ENO since 2018, when she performed in the Olivier Award-winning ensemble and covered Lily in their smash-hit Porgy and Bess. She has since sung principal roles in both of Phelim McDermott’s celebrated productions of Philip Glass: first as Kasturbai in Satyagraha, then as Ankhesenpaaten in Akhnaten. She has understudied roles in Carmen, The Valkyrie, La Traviata, the Mask of Orpheus (Birtwistle), Orpheus in the Underworld and Jeanine Tesori's Blue.
With a voice maturing into Verdi and Wagner, Felicity has so far sung Wellgunde The Rhinegold (Birmingham Opera); Rossweisse Die Walküre (Grange Park Opera); and Mary Der Fliegende Holländer (St Endellion Festivals). Verdi roles include Flora La Traviata (St Endellion Festival), Meg Page Falstaff (West Green House Opera) and Maddalena Rigoletto (Park Opera). Her signature role however, is Carmen, which she has sung in full for Kentish Opera, in a reduced version at (35 weeks pregnant!) for Baseless Fabric, and excerpts countless times in settings ranging from a Radio 3 broadcast with the BBC Concert Orchestra, to a neighbour’s front garden during the pandemic lockdown.
Other past operatic highlights include: Rosina The Barber of Seville (Surrey Opera, Bradford Opera Festival), La Cenerentola (High Time); Olga Eugene Onegin (Opera Up Close, Opera South East, and Mid Wales Opera cover); Nicklausse, Offenbach The Tales of Hoffman, (Kentish Opera); Lily, Porgy & Bess, Theater an der Wien; Dorabella, Mozart Cosi fan Tutte, Baseless Fabric Theatre; and Beggar Woman, Sondheim Sweeney Todd, Paquette Candide and cover Suzuki Madama Butterfly (all West Green House Opera). She has sung chorus for the Royal Opera House, Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera, Cantiere Internazionale D'Arte, and Opéra de Baugé.
Solo oratorio specialities include Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Handel Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, and Rutter Feel the Spirit. She has made solo appearances for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, at Royal Festival Hall, and with orchestras including the BBC Concert and Liverpool Philharmonic. She also performs and records as a professional consort and session singer.
Felicity has a keen interest in music education and community learning and participation. She has given school workshops for thousands of children across the country, and has led singing events in various SEND, community settings, and care homes for the Royal Opera House, ENO, English Touring Opera, Birmingham Opera, Baseless Fabric, Barefoot Opera, and Constella OperaBallet. She sits on the audition panel and as a vocal tutor for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, and is a longstanding tutor at Blackheath Conservatoire. To find out more about Felicity's education and community engagement work, please click here.
Felicity lives in London with her husband, tenor Jonathan Cooke, their daughter, and an elderly Welsh Terrier. She makes the best roast potatoes in the world.
Her 2024/5 season included Mary Livingston in Musgrave’s Mary Queen of Scots for ENO, and performances of Elgar The Dream of Gerontius and The Kingdom, Verdi Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, and Mozart Requiem. Concert venues included Salisbury and Guildford Cathedrals, and the Queen Elizabeth Cunard cruise liner, aboard which she recently sailed from Japan to Alaska.
Felicity has enjoyed performing with ENO since 2018, when she performed in the Olivier Award-winning ensemble and covered Lily in their smash-hit Porgy and Bess. She has since sung principal roles in both of Phelim McDermott’s celebrated productions of Philip Glass: first as Kasturbai in Satyagraha, then as Ankhesenpaaten in Akhnaten. She has understudied roles in Carmen, The Valkyrie, La Traviata, the Mask of Orpheus (Birtwistle), Orpheus in the Underworld and Jeanine Tesori's Blue.
With a voice maturing into Verdi and Wagner, Felicity has so far sung Wellgunde The Rhinegold (Birmingham Opera); Rossweisse Die Walküre (Grange Park Opera); and Mary Der Fliegende Holländer (St Endellion Festivals). Verdi roles include Flora La Traviata (St Endellion Festival), Meg Page Falstaff (West Green House Opera) and Maddalena Rigoletto (Park Opera). Her signature role however, is Carmen, which she has sung in full for Kentish Opera, in a reduced version at (35 weeks pregnant!) for Baseless Fabric, and excerpts countless times in settings ranging from a Radio 3 broadcast with the BBC Concert Orchestra, to a neighbour’s front garden during the pandemic lockdown.
Other past operatic highlights include: Rosina The Barber of Seville (Surrey Opera, Bradford Opera Festival), La Cenerentola (High Time); Olga Eugene Onegin (Opera Up Close, Opera South East, and Mid Wales Opera cover); Nicklausse, Offenbach The Tales of Hoffman, (Kentish Opera); Lily, Porgy & Bess, Theater an der Wien; Dorabella, Mozart Cosi fan Tutte, Baseless Fabric Theatre; and Beggar Woman, Sondheim Sweeney Todd, Paquette Candide and cover Suzuki Madama Butterfly (all West Green House Opera). She has sung chorus for the Royal Opera House, Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera, Cantiere Internazionale D'Arte, and Opéra de Baugé.
Solo oratorio specialities include Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Handel Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, and Rutter Feel the Spirit. She has made solo appearances for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, at Royal Festival Hall, and with orchestras including the BBC Concert and Liverpool Philharmonic. She also performs and records as a professional consort and session singer.
Felicity has a keen interest in music education and community learning and participation. She has given school workshops for thousands of children across the country, and has led singing events in various SEND, community settings, and care homes for the Royal Opera House, ENO, English Touring Opera, Birmingham Opera, Baseless Fabric, Barefoot Opera, and Constella OperaBallet. She sits on the audition panel and as a vocal tutor for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, and is a longstanding tutor at Blackheath Conservatoire. To find out more about Felicity's education and community engagement work, please click here.
Felicity lives in London with her husband, tenor Jonathan Cooke, their daughter, and an elderly Welsh Terrier. She makes the best roast potatoes in the world.
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