Creative Spaces Opera Masterclass  ~  Marie Claire Breen

Marie Claire is currently on the Master of Opera course at the Alexander Gibson Opera School, RSAMD, under the tuition of Patricia Hay. Within the RSAMD, Marie Claire has taken part in several competitions, concerts and operas.

Marie’s opera roles include Dunyasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace, Najade in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos and Rowan in Britten's The Little Sweep. She was the recipient of the Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing 2009 following which she recorded a special performance for BBC Radio Scotland's Classics Unwrapped Show. In 2008 she was awarded the Norma Greig Prize for French Song and was second prize winner in the A. Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize and was the winner of the Hugh S Roberton Prize for Scots Song.

Recent engagements include two performances in America at St. Mary's College of Maryland's annual River Concert Series where she performed with trumpet virtuoso John Wallace and other internationally acclaimed trumpeters and public masterclass with Malcolm Martineau as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

Marie Claire is currently preparing the role of Susanna in Le Nozze of Figaro for the RSAMD's 2010 opera production and is due to perform Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music at the BBC Proms 2010 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Marie Claire has also been selected as a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist for their 2010/2011 season.