singers

JANET FAIRLIE

Janet Fairlie, born in Glasgow, was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music in London. She has won many singing awards including 1st prize In the 1992 National Mozart Competition and her wide concert and operatic experience includes tours of Switzerland, the Czech Republic, New York and Russia as well a command performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall, London and Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany. She has appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, understudied at English National Opera and Garsington Opera and performed with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She has performed many of the popular lyric soprano roles including MIMI (La Boheme), FIORDILIGI (Cosi Fan Tutti) NEDDA (Pagliacci), COUNTESS (Marriage of Figaro), TATYANA (Eugene Onegin), LEILA (The Pearl Fishers) and PAMINA (The Magic Flute).

Janet is equally at home on the operatic stage and the concert platform and has performed extensively in oratorio and recital in Great Britain and abroad. She recently began performing recitals and Gala Evenings with pianist Linda Ang.

More unusual engagements have included performing for Sir Elton John at a Charity Ball and singing on a Spanish mountain top for Matthew Parris' (of The Times) 50th birthday!