Louisa Haggerty Soprano

Louisa is a 22 year old classically trained soprano and actress from Hertfordshire/ Buckinghamshire. She has just achieved a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in Vocal Studies and Opera from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Louisa is currently training with the Fourth Monkey Theatre Company on their 1 Year Acting course (YOM).

Louisa has been performing from a young age. She began singing when she was 6 years old with vocal coach Liz Harley and, at the age of 8, made her West End début with the role of Young Eponine in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre. Since then, Louisa has performed in a variety of productions and venues throughout the UK. Highlights include solos at Hampton Court Palace, Windsor Castle, Bournemouth International Centre, Cardiff Millennium Centre and the Royal Albert Hall as well as playing the role of Tilly at the World Premiere of Howard Blake's The Bear at the Birmingham Symphony Hall and The Barbican Centre.

As a guest soloist, Louisa has performed alongside Chess Valley Male Voice Choir, WGC Male Voice Choir, Dacorum Community Choir, Hardynage Choir, Epiphany Chamber Orchestra and the Ameretti Chamber Orchestra. Louisa was also a guest soloist for The Big Music Project UK tour, performing alongside Rhydian, having been awarded runner-up and top vocalist in The Next Brit Thing competition at the 02 Indigo (classical section).

Louisa's operatic debut was in La Boheme at the Royal Albert Hall aged 9. Since then Louisa has performed in Carmen and Tosca (also at the RAH) as well as the role of Sara in Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel with Dacorum Community Choir. Roles at the RNCM include JouJou in Lehar's The Merry Widow, Emma Jones in Weill's Street Scene, Dorabella (Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte- excerpts) and Mignon (Thomas' Mignon- excerpts) as well as performing in the chorus for L'Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti).

Louisa was a member of the Capital Arts Children's Choir (Kathleen Shanks) and with them performed recitals at The 02 Arena, Chartres Cathedral, Disneyland Paris, the Royal Albert Hall, St Paul's Cathedral, Chequers (for Cherie Blair) and for the television programme 'Murder in Suburbia' (ITV).

Louisa's musical theatre highlights include Les Miserables in Concert: 25 Years at the 02 Arena, Young Eponine (Les Miserables, The Palace Theatre), Joseph (The New London Theatre, the West End), Cosette (Les Miserables) with Rare Productions and Brigitta (The Sound of Music) Green Room Productions.

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