10 Facts About Claire Barnett-Jones

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Claire Barnett-Jones was born on 1990 and is a British mezzo-soprano.

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Claire Barnett-Jones was a finalist and won the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

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Claire Barnett-Jones is the Sir John Tomlinson Fellow at English National Opera, a Samling Artist Britten Pears Artist and Independent Opera Fellow.

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4.

Claire Barnett-Jones was born in Taunton, Somerset, and is the eldest of 4 children.

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5.

Claire Barnett-Jones's father was a police officer and neither of her parents was particularly musical.

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6.

Claire Barnett-Jones was the Principal Violist of the National Children's Orchestra and Somerset County Youth Orchestra, and sang in Female Barbershop Choruses Claire Barnett-Jones did not start singing lessons until the age of 17.

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Claire Barnett-Jones is a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, and she made her debut in October 2019 as a last minute replacement in Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus, directed by Daniel Kramer, conducted by Martyn Brabbins and with Costume design by Daniel Lismore.

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8.

Claire Barnett-Jones went on to sing Annina in La Traviata for Glyndebourne on Tour.

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Claire Barnett-Jones went on to win her Round and competed in the Final, winning the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize.

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Claire Barnett-Jones has recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Ancient Music, The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and at The Wigmore Hall.

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