Joanna Harries (mezzo-soprano)
Photographer: Sandra Vijandi
Joanna Harries grew up in South Wales and was a choral scholar at Cambridge University before studying at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Joanna’s operatic roles include Dido/Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), Ottone/Agrippina (Handel) and Giove-in-Diana/La Calisto (Cavalli), as well as roles in contemporary operas, including Gair Ar Gnawd with Welsh National Opera.
Solo concert appearances include Handel’s Messiah at Lincoln Cathedral, Macmillan’s Seven Last Words From The Cross with the BBC Philharmonic at Harrogate Royal Hall, and Bach’s Easter Oratorio at the Bach Festival Świdnica in Poland.
