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"Esther Shea was both convincing and vocally excellent as Mrs Coyle"
The Arts Desk
about
Esther Shea is from Jersey in the Channel Islands and is studying for her Master of Music in vocal studies and opera at the Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ritchie.
She is the 2025 winner of both The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss and The Williams Howard Prize.
Her operatic roles include Mrs Coyle (Owen Wingrave), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), and Ninette (L'amour des trois oranges). She is looking forward to singing the role of Fox Goldenmane (The Cunning Little Vixen) next March.
On the concert platform, Esther has performed Mozart’s C Minor Mass, Handel's Solomon, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem and Bach's B Minor Mass.
9th December 2025
RNCM Opera Theatre
19:30
Esther will be singing the role of Ninette in RNCM Opera's performance of Prokofiev's L'amour des trois oranges.
13th December 2025
RNCM Opera Theatre
15:00
Esther will be singing the role of Ninette in RNCM Opera's performance of Prokofiev's L'amour des trois oranges.
21st January 2026
RNCM Opera Theatre
19:00
Esther will be singing the role of Elisabetta in opera scenes from Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.
30th January 2026
Carol Nash Recital Room
19:00
The RNCM Songsters will be singing a recital themed on Legends and Lore.
22nd March 2026
RNCM Opera Theatre
15:00
Esther will be singing the role of Fox Goldenmane in RNCM Opera's performance of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.
26th March 2026
RNCM Opera Theatre
19:30
Esther will be singing the role of Fox Goldenmane in RNCM Opera's performance of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.
upcoming engagements
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