Erica Eloff is a South African born, French soprano specializing in opera, lieder and oratorio, currently residing in Linz, Austria. She made her professional debut in the UK during the summer of 2008 at Garsington Opera as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte. She also made her Wigmore Hall debut in their 2008/09 season with the pianist James Baillieu Archived 27 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine as a Kirckman Concert Society Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Artist and made a critically acclaimed return in their 2009/10 season.
Erica Eloff | |
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| Occupation(s) | Soprano |
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Eloff graduated from the North-West University, Potchefstroom, where she earned multiple prizes and scholarships. She also won numerous singing prizes including the London Handel Singing Competition (2008), the UNISA National Singing Competition (2005), the UFAM Concours Internationaux de Chant, degré Honneur (2003) in France, and the Singing Category and Overall winner of ATKV Forté (2000) (renamed ATKV Muziq). In the UK she was also selected by Making Music Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine as a Philip and Dorothy Green Young Concert Artist. Eloff has been featured on BBC Radio 3's In Tune[1] and interviewed by Bob Jones for Classic FM.
Eloff works extensively as oratorio singer and recitalist in the UK, Germany, Belgium and South Africa and has also performed for various smaller opera companies in the UK. Her performance credits include Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, The Queen of the Night and First Lady in Mozart's Zauberflöte, Floria Tosca in Puccini's Tosca and Violetta Valéry in Verdi's La Traviata. She also understudied the title role in Beethoven's Fidelio for Garsington Opera.
Discography edit
- Somerkersfees - Christmas compilation with Singkronies Chamber Choir, 2000
- Songs – Lieder by Grieg, Wolf, Rachmaninov, Wilding and de Villiers, 2010
References edit
- ^ "BBC - In Tune - 8 April 2008". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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