Clara Mouriz

We are delighted to announce that we have taken on the general representation of the mezzo-soprano, Clara Mouriz. Spanish born, Clara studied Piano, Violin and Architecture before graduating from the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid achieving the End of Studies Extraordinary Prize in 2002. In the same year she won an entrance scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Clara graduated from the Royal Academy Opera in 2005 with Distinction and the prestigious Outstanding Diploma of RAM. She was presented with the Vice-Principal's Award in recognition of her successes and during her studentship she won the celebrated Richard Lewis Award. She was also a winner of the Friends of the RAM Wigmore Award 2006.

Her recent operatic engagements include the role of Olga in Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' for British Youth Opera and Tirinto in Händel´s 'Imeneo' for the Cambridge Händel Opera Group. She has sung La Marquesa Melibea in 'Il Viaggio a Reims' at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and, at the Spanish Mozart Festival, she has appeared in Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte', Rossini's 'La Cenerentola' and Monteverdi's 'L’Incoronazione di Poppea.'

A committed recital singer, Clara Mouriz made her debut in Wigmore Hall last season in a recital presented by the Kirckman Concert Society. She has also appeared at venues including the Cheltenham International Festival and London Music Nights as well as Juventudes Musicales, Amigos de la Opera and Quincena Musical in Spain. She has led workshops for the Wigmore Hall's Education Department in Latin and Spanish repertoire and recorded Turina's Poema en Forma de Canciones for the Royal Academy of Music.

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