Creative Spaces Opera Masterclass  ~  Elin Pritchard

Studying under the direction of Pat Hay and Judith Howarth Elin is currently on the Opera Course at the Royal Scottish Academy of music and Drama. She completed the Post-Graduate Diploma course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in July 2009 and also gained her Bachelor of Music with Honours in 2007 under the direction of Suzanne Murphy.

Elin has performed the Title Role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica in RWCMD’s Summer Opera 2009 and Fiordiligi from Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte in Concert. She covered the role of Anne Trulove from Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress for British Youth Opera’s Summer Season 2009. She has performed in scenes from Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi as Giulietta and as Rusalka from Dvořák’s opera Rusalka for RSAMD, Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail as Konstanze and Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades as Liza for RWCMD. Other roles include Princess Laoula from  L'Etoile by Chabrier RWCMD Summer Opera 2008, Agatha, Die Freischutz by Weber RWCMD Opera Scenes 2008. In June 2010 Elin will perform the role of Countess Almaviva for RSAMD and will cover Mimi, La Boheme, Puccinifor British Youth Opera in September 2010.

Solo Oratorio experience includes Faure's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, Vivaldi's Gloria and Rutter's Magnificat, Bruckner Mass in F Minor, Dvorak Te Deum and Verdi’s Requiem. Elin has also performed as a soloist for RWCMD Historical Department and String Ensemble, Pontypridd Choral Society, Tabernacle Choral society, Bridgend, and Burry Port Town Band, City of Glasgow Chorus, Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society and Saint Andrews Chorus.

In 2009 Elin was a finalist in the Towyn Roberts scholarship at the National Eisteddfod and has won the prestigious Dame Shirley Bassey Scholarship in 2007 and 2008. She was also awarded the Welsh Livery Guild prize and the Elias Singing Prize for Soprano. Elin has also been accepted as an artist on Live Music Now.