Repertoire
Joanne’s opera repertoire is extensive. Here are just some of the operas she has appeared in:
- Puccini: La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot.
- Bizet: Carmen.
- Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni.
- Britten: Peter Grimes, Gloriana.
- Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier.
- Lehar: The Merry Widow.
- Offenbach: Die Fledermaus.
- Verdi: La Traviata, Otello, Macbeth, Luisa Miller.
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville
- Purcell: Dido and Aenaes.
- Sondheim: Sweeney Todd.
Her Concert Platform and Oratorio back catalogue is equally impressive.
- Handel – Messiah, Judas Maccabeus, Samson, Joshua, Acis and Galatea.
- Bach – Christmas Oratorio, B minor Mass, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Bach Cantatas.
- Haydn – The Creation, The Seasons.
- Beethoven – Mass in C Major.
- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elijah, Hear My Prayer.
- Mozart – Requiem, Mass in C minor.
- Faure – Requiem.
- Dvorak – Stabat Mater.
- Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater.
- Vaughan Williams – Sea Symphony, Five Mystical Songs.
- Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man.
The list of major orchestras she has performed with includes:
The orchestra of Opera North, The London Philharmonic, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Liverpool Sinfonia and the Leeds Sinfonia.
Her broadcast credits include:
- “Masterclass” with Sir Thomas Allen (BBC2).
- The inaugural Leeds Lieder+ Festival (BBC Radio3).
- The Messiah (Handel) with the combined Halifax and Huddersfield Choral Societies (BBC Radio 2).
- Recordings include the First Lady (Idomeneo) for Chandos, conducted by David Parry with the Opera North Chorus and the Orchestra of Opera North.