Celeste Haworth
Celeste Haworth
[SYDNEY]
Mezzo-soprano Celeste Haworth has performed many roles as a principal artist in Europe, Australia and Asia and has been a regular principal artist with Opera Australia, the State Theatre of Wiesbaden, Germany, and with the annual Wien Modern Festival in Vienna.
Celeste has also had arias and recitals broadcast on national radio and performed extensively with renowned orchestras including the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Early Music Ensemble, the Deutsches Kammer Orchester in connection with the Frankfurter Philharmoniker, Wien Residenz Orchester and the Sydney Symphonietta.
Currently based in Sydney as a principal artist with Opera Australia, Celeste sings throughout 2019 and 2020 at the Sydney Opera House in the Opera Australia’s Great Opera Hits Concert Series, and further upcoming performances for the 2020 season for Opera Australia include the role of Mercedes in the National Tour of Bizet’s Carmen, as well as for Victoria Chorale at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
Celeste has been a prize winner in both national and major singing competitions including the German Australia Opera Grant and the Opera Scholarship Competition (The Sun Aria), the Sydney City Eisteddfods, and Mathy Singing Competition.
As the winner of the 2015 German Australia Opera Grant, the Australian mezzo made several role debuts for the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden over a number of seasons, with roles including Emilia (Otello, Verdi), Meg Page (Falstaff, Verdi), 3rd Maid (Elektra, Strauss), Suzuki and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly, Puccini), Innkeeper (Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky), Marcellina (Le Nozze Di Figaro, Mozart), and notably as Charlotte in Zimmerman’s challenging Die Soldaten. All performances were a critical and public success. (Refer below for a comprehensive list of Roles).
She has also given several recitals at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Giessen Musik Festival, Schloss Burg Reichenstein, Trechtingshausen and Kammer Musik Wiesbaden.
An extensive concert and oratorio performer, Celeste has been engaged as a soloist for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Bruckner Mass No.3, the the Deutsches Kammer Orchester as a guest artist, the Sydney Symphonietta as a soloist featuring modern composition, a Guest Artist at Deakin Edge Melbourne for the GAOG Finals, Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen for the Penrith Symphony Orchestra, as the alto soloist for the Haydn Nelson Mass Manly Warringah Choir and Orchestra, the alto soloist in Händel’s Messiah for Sydney’s annual presentation at Angel Place/Town Hall, the alto soloist for Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: Mass for Peace for the Allegri Singers, ORC Symphonic Choir and Orange Symphony Orchestra, and several recitals for regional Music Societies in NSW.
“.. mezzo-soprano Celeste Haworth, who has recently returned to Sydney after a number of years studying and performing in Germany....Her stage experience was evident with assured dramatic storytelling in both the Letter Aria from Werther by Massenet and Rossini’s popular Una Voce poco from The Barber of Seville. The arias were well contrasted and showed her warm lower range to advantage...”
ROLES
Celeste has sung many major operatic roles in both Europe and Australia, including:
Charlotte (Die Soldaten, Zimmerman), Emilia (Otello, Verdi), Meg Page (Falstaff, Verdi), 3rd Maid (Elektra, Strauss), Suzuki and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly, Puccini), Innkeeper (Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky), Marcellina (Le Nozze Di Figaro, Mozart), Marchesa Melibea, (Il Viaggio A Reims, Rossini), Frau Reich ( Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor, Nicolai), Mercedes (Carmen, Bizet), La Voix, and Muse/Nicklausse (Les Contes de Hoffmann, Offenbach), both Florence Pike and Nancy Waters (Albert Herring, Britten), Tamerlano (Tamerlano, Händel), Dorabella (Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart), Bertarido (Rodelinda, Händel), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini), Mother Goose (The Rake’s Progress, Stravinsky), Madame Rosa (Il Campanello, Donizetti), Sally (A Hand of Bridge, Barber), Deuxieme Commere (Angelique, Ibert), The Maid (Hin Und Zuruck, Hindermith), La Marchande (Les Maremelles de Tiresias, Poulenc).
Please refer to Opera Australia's website for more information.
TRAINING
Celeste has also completed a Bachelor of Music Studies, an Advanced Diploma of Opera and a Post Graduate (Diploma of Music- Opera) at the Sydney Conservatorium, and her Masters of Opera from the Vienna Conservatorium of Music and Art, Private University (Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien).
2012 -2014/15 Masters Of Opera, Vienna Conservatorium of Music (Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität)
2010 Post Graduate Diploma of Music: Opera, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
2007-2009 Advanced Diploma of Opera, Distinction, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
2004-2006 Bachelor of Music Studies, Voice, Distinction, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Her Master’s Thesis “Rossini Heroines” was published and is available on amazon.com.
AWARDS
2018 Prize Winner Sydney Opera Scholarship (Sun Aria)
2014/15 Published Master’sThesis “Rossini Heroines, with Publishing House Akadamiker Verlag
2014 Winner German Australian Opera Grant Competition
2013 Acceptance to Vienna Conservatorium of Music Masters of Opera Program (Konservatorium Wien, Privaat Universität)
2012 National finalist, MacDonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Aria
2011 National Finalist, Italian Opera Foundation Scholarship
2011 National Semi-Finalist MacDonald’s Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Aria
2010 National Finalist, Opera Foundation Australia, German Scholarship
2010 Winner George and Margaret Henderson Travelling Scholarship
2009 Winner Warringah Aria 1st place and Eisteddfod Champion
2008 Winner, Radzyminski Prize, Winner, Merenda Prize, Mathy Australian Singing Competition
REVIEWS
"...A happy choice was made with the mezzo soprano Celeste Haworth.... In Sesto's aria from Mozart's 'Clemenza di Tito' she flaunted effortless coloratura, but even this was outclassed by her charmingly sung and acted presentation of Rosina's aria from Rossini's "Barber". The 'Habanera' from Bizet's "Carmen" depicted the jubilant acclaimed finale."
“Mit der Mezzosopranistin Celeste Haworth, die ein einjähriges Engagement am Wiesbadener Staatstheater als Preis des German Australia Opera Grant gewann, ist eine glückliche Wahl getrotten. In der Arie des Sesto aus Mozarts Clemenza di Tito prunkte sie mit mühelosen Koloraturen, übertroffen noch durch die stimmlich wie spielerisch charmant servierte Arie der Rosina aus Rossinis Barbiere. Die Habanera aus Bizets Carmen bildete den zu Recht umjubelten Schlusspunkt.”
-Gerhard Schroth, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 5.11.16.
“With her charmingly darkened mezzo soprano voice... Celeste Haworth demonstrated versatility even in a short program: Rossini's Rosina aria from the 'Barber of Seville" ("Una voce poco fa") announced a well running technique, while the Rose-song from the Berlioz song cycle "Les nuits d'été" demonstrated a flair for melancholy."
"Mit ihrem reizvoll abgedunkelten, im Zweifel die vokale Linie über die exakte Artikulation ordnenden Mezzosopran demonstrierte Celeste Haworth auch in aller Kürze Vielseitigkeit: Von geläufiger Technik kündete Rossinis Rosina-Arie aus dem „Barbier von Sevilla“ („Una voce poco fa“), von Gespür für Melancholie das Rosenlied aus dem Berlioz-Zyklus „Les nuits d‘ été“.
-Axel Zibulski, Wiesbadener Kurier 1.11.16
”Celeste Haworth, winner of the 2015 Grant, who in the foyer also presented Rossini's Rosina aria 'Una voce poco fa' from "The Barber of Seville", for example - proud and authoritative in her low range and perfect in the coloratura... Celeste Haworth also made a particularly strong resonating appearance with the 'Habanera' from "Carmen".”
“Celeste Haworth, Grant Gewinnerin 2015 und im Foyer beispielweise mit Rossinis Rosina-Arie 'Una voce poco fa' aus dem"Barbier von Sevilla" vertreten- stolz und fundiert in der Tiefe, perfekt in den Koloraturen…Ein ganz besonders stark nach hallender Auftritt gelang Celeste Haworth mit der "Carmen-Habanera".
-Axel Zibulski, Wiesbadener Kurier 9.11.16
“Thanks to her strong stage presence and powerful vocal performance, Celeste Haworth adds greatly to the show as Marie's sister Charlotte, who handles the twists of fate with which her family is confronted better than Marie.”
“Dank starker Bühnenpräsenz und vokaler Durchschlagskraft wertete Celeste Haworth, Maries Schwester Charlotte auf, die Schicksalswendungen, mit denen ihre Famile konfrontiert wird, besser verarbeitet als Marie.”
- L.E Gerth (Das Opernglas)
“Celeste Haworth was enchanting in the role of the poem-reciting older sister.”
Bezaubernd Celeste Haworth als die Gedichte rezitierende grosse Schwester Charlotte.
-Elenore Büning (Frankfuter Allgemeine Zeitung)
“Celeste Haworth is in all registers an unusually powerful Charlotte.”
Celeste Haworth ist eine in allen Registern ungewohnt kraftvolle Charlotte.
- Detlef Brandenburg (Die Deutsche Bühne-online)
“Celeste Haworth as Emeila was very present.”
Als Emelia ist Celeste Haworth sehr präsent.
- Volker Milch, Wiesbaden Kurier