13.07.2012
An Australian Carmen
On 17 July, the lead role in the concert performance of Carmen will be performed by Caitlin Hulcup, who is making her first appearance in Russia.
Hulcup first sang Carmen in April 2010 with the West Australian Opera. «Hulcup’s multi-faceted Carmen is worth catching», claimed the national press there. «Caitlin Hulcup sings with razor-sharp technique, impeccable accuracy, and an unusual (for Bizet) lightness. Don’t expect a blazing Carmen: Hulcup’s gypsy is a troubled siren and not the stereotypical raunchy redhead. Her Habanera was languid, as though she almost couldn’t be bothered seducing a courtyard full of admiring soldiers. Elsewhere, there was a reckless haughtiness mixed with moments of real love and visible fear. It was hard to tear the eyes away from the constant shadows of emotions playing across her face».
Caitlin Hulcup started studying music at a relatively young age; she played the violin and viola. She received a scholarship to the Banff Centre for the Arts, and for a time played in the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, the West Australian Opera accepted Hulcup on their Young Artist programme, and she sang the roles of Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.
While studying voice at the Victorian College of the Arts, Caitlin Hulcup won several prizes in national competitions. Most notably, she was victorious at the ABC Young Performers Awards, where she sang pieces by Strauss, accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Her competition performance was heard on national radio and broadcast on television. In 2002, Hulcup won Opera Foundation Australia’s Covent Garden National Opera Studio Scholarship, and in the same year she represented Australia at the Belvedere Singing Competition.
Caitlin Hulcup first made her mark on the international stage in 2007; her debut in Handel’s Ariodante was so successful that she was invited to sing with operas in London, Paris, Brussels, and other European capitals, principally in baroque operas. Her European engagements include performances with the Vienna State Opera (Rosina in The Barber of Seville) and the Scottish Opera (Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte). In Valencia, she sang the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni under the direction of Zubin Mehta.
Hulcup first sang Carmen in April 2010 with the West Australian Opera. «Hulcup’s multi-faceted Carmen is worth catching», claimed the national press there. «Caitlin Hulcup sings with razor-sharp technique, impeccable accuracy, and an unusual (for Bizet) lightness. Don’t expect a blazing Carmen: Hulcup’s gypsy is a troubled siren and not the stereotypical raunchy redhead. Her Habanera was languid, as though she almost couldn’t be bothered seducing a courtyard full of admiring soldiers. Elsewhere, there was a reckless haughtiness mixed with moments of real love and visible fear. It was hard to tear the eyes away from the constant shadows of emotions playing across her face».
Caitlin Hulcup started studying music at a relatively young age; she played the violin and viola. She received a scholarship to the Banff Centre for the Arts, and for a time played in the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, the West Australian Opera accepted Hulcup on their Young Artist programme, and she sang the roles of Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.
While studying voice at the Victorian College of the Arts, Caitlin Hulcup won several prizes in national competitions. Most notably, she was victorious at the ABC Young Performers Awards, where she sang pieces by Strauss, accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Her competition performance was heard on national radio and broadcast on television. In 2002, Hulcup won Opera Foundation Australia’s Covent Garden National Opera Studio Scholarship, and in the same year she represented Australia at the Belvedere Singing Competition.
Caitlin Hulcup first made her mark on the international stage in 2007; her debut in Handel’s Ariodante was so successful that she was invited to sing with operas in London, Paris, Brussels, and other European capitals, principally in baroque operas. Her European engagements include performances with the Vienna State Opera (Rosina in The Barber of Seville) and the Scottish Opera (Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte). In Valencia, she sang the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni under the direction of Zubin Mehta.
