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'''Caitlin Hulcup''' is an Australian [[mezzo-soprano]], who |
'''Caitlin Hulcup''' is an Australian [[mezzo-soprano]], who has performed both in Australia and internationally, particularly in Europe. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Hulcup was born in Melbourne and grew up in Perth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boy role is child's play|work=The Courier Mail|date=1 July 2007|page=4|first=Douglas|last=Kennedy}}</ref> At age eleven she took up the violin, going on to study the instrument at the [[UWA Conservatorium of Music]]. She received scholarships to the UK and Canada, the latter at the [[Banff Center for the Arts]], with her string quartet. After it broke up, she returned to Perth, switched to viola (which she played in the [[Western Australian Symphony Orchestra]] in 1999 and 2000), and took up vocal studies privately with independent teacher Molly McGurk while singing in the [[Western Australian Opera]] Chorus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://today.thewest.com.au/20030812/arts/td-arts-home-sto107817.html|title=Violin now second string for opera star|work=The Western Australian|date=12 August 2003|first=Melissa|last=Kent|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030828202354/http://today.thewest.com.au/20030812/arts/td-arts-home-sto107817.html|archive-date=28 August 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="covent">{{cite news|title=Covent Garden, here I come|work=The Australian|first=Anne|last=Lim|date=May 2002|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Young women will be on song|work=The Hobart Mercury|date=9 August 2001|first=Elizabeth|last=Delaney|page=30}}</ref><ref name="National Opera Studio"/> |
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==Singing career== |
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Hulcup was chosen by West Australian Opera to be a Young Artist in 2000, where she performed as Kate Pinkerton in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' and as Cherubino in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''.<ref name="National Opera Studio">{{cite web | title = National Opera Studio | url = http://www.nationaloperastudio.org.uk/studentbiogs/hulcup.htm | access-date = 2010-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720122610/http://www.nationaloperastudio.org.uk/studentbiogs/hulcup.htm | archive-date = 2011-07-20 | url-status = dead }}</ref> She then studied voice with Anna Connolly at the [[Victorian College of the Arts]], where she won prizes in [[lied]]er competitions. She sang Strauss Lieder as the winner of the [[ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards]] with the Tasmanian and [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra]]—which was broadcast on national radio and television—and sang in the [[Mass in C major, K. 257 "Credo"|"Credo Mass"]] by Mozart with the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]] in 2001.<ref name="covent"/><ref name="National Opera Studio"/> Hulcup won Opera Foundation Australia's Covent Garden [[National Opera Studio]] Scholarship in 2002, aged 28, and was the Australian candidate for the 2002 [[International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition]].<ref name="covent"/><ref name="National Opera Studio"/> As a result of the National Opera Studio scholarship, in London she sang Dorabella in ''[[Cosi fan Tutte]]'', Meg Page in ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'', and the title role of ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]''. She was also a soloist in Bach's [[Mass in B Minor]] with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. After winning the Opera Foundation Australia [[Vienna State Opera]] Award in 2003, she performed for that opera company Enrichetta in ''[[I Puritani]]'' and Annina in ''[[La Traviata]]'' in 2004 .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theoperafoundation.com.au/2018/12/11/artist-updates-past-winners-of-the-vienna-state-opera-award/|title=Artist Updates – Past Winners of the Vienna State Opera Award|publisher=The Opera Foundation for young Australians|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="rock">{{cite news|title=Opera singer with husband in rock|work=The Courier Mail|date=22 September 2005|first=Patricia|last=Kelly|page=18}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Hulcup made an impression on the international opera scene in 2007, when she replaced [[Angelika Kirchschlager]], who had laryngitis, as [[Handel]]'s ''[[Ariodante]]'' in London and [[Madrid]].<ref name="Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater">Taylor, V. {{cite web | title = Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater | url = http://www.opera-opera.com.au/archive/caitlinhulcup.htm | access-date = 2010-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110216030858/http://www.opera-opera.com.au/archive/caitlinhulcup.htm | archive-date = 2011-02-16 | url-status = dead }} Opera (Pellinor) Pty. Ltd., 2006.</ref> The ''[[Financial Times]]'' wrote that: |
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⚫ | Hulcup made an impression on the international opera scene in 2007, when she replaced [[Angelika Kirchschlager]], who had laryngitis, as [[Handel]]'s ''[[Ariodante]]'' in London and [[Madrid]].<ref name="Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater">Taylor, V. {{cite web | title = Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater | url = http://www.opera-opera.com.au/archive/caitlinhulcup.htm | |
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:she rode the fearsome coloratura of her great Act 1 aria with aplomb. In "Scherza infida" she wrung our hearts, while "Dopo notte" showcased her open-heartedness as well as her brilliant way with the da capo decoration.<ref name="Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater"/> |
:she rode the fearsome coloratura of her great Act 1 aria with aplomb. In "Scherza infida" she wrung our hearts, while "Dopo notte" showcased her open-heartedness as well as her brilliant way with the da capo decoration.<ref name="Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater"/> |
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Following her successes in London and Madrid, she sang the role of Meg Page in '' |
Following her successes in London and Madrid, she sang the role of Meg Page in ''Falstaff'' at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] the next year and ''Ariodante'' at the Handel Festival in Germany. |
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During the 2010–11 season, she was a principal singer at the Vienna State Opera<ref name="Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater"/> and then performed Vivaldi's ''[[Griselda (Vivaldi)|Griselda]]'' in Sydney for early music group [[Pinchgut Opera]]. In 2012 she performed in two newly staged productions, singing the role of Donna Elvira in Valencia and Octavian in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' in Florence, both under [[Zubin Mehta]]. She also performed Cyrus in ''[[Belshazzar (Handel)|Belshazzar]]'' with [[Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)|Les Arts Florissants]] conducted by [[William Christie (musician)|William Christie]] in a tour of France, the UK and Spain.<ref>Julia Savage, [http://bachtrack.com/review-barbican-arts-florissants-handel-belshazzar "Handel's ''Belshazzar'' at the Barbican with Les Arts Florissants"], bachtrack.com, 18 December 2012</ref> |
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<ref>Julia Savage, [http://bachtrack.com/review-barbican-arts-florissants-handel-belshazzar "Handel's ''Belshazzar'' at the Barbican with Les Arts Florissants"], bachtrack.com, 18 December 2012</ref> |
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In 2013, Hulcup repeated the role of Donna Elvira with Zubin Mehta in Florence in a new production by director Lorenzo Mariani. She sang Calbo in [[Rossini]]'s ''[[Maometto II]]'' for [[Garsington Opera]] under [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]],<ref>George Hall, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/10/maometto-secondo-review "''Maometto Secondo''–review"], ''The Guardian'' (London), 10 June 2013</ref><ref> |
In 2013, Hulcup repeated the role of Donna Elvira with Zubin Mehta in Florence in a new production by director Lorenzo Mariani. She sang Calbo in [[Rossini]]'s ''[[Maometto II]]'' for [[Garsington Opera]] under [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]],<ref>George Hall, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/10/maometto-secondo-review "''Maometto Secondo''–review"], ''The Guardian'' (London), 10 June 2013</ref><ref> |
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Rupert Christiansen, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/10116195/Maometto-Secondo-Garsington-Opera-review.html "''Maometto Secondo'', Garsington Opera, review"], ''Telegraph'' (London), 13 June 2013</ref> which was recorded, and then returned to the role of Octavian, performing for the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow under Vassily Sinaisky. After giving recitals and masterclasses at the University of Western Australia, she sang the title role of Sesto in Taipei, in a new Justin Way production of |
Rupert Christiansen, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/10116195/Maometto-Secondo-Garsington-Opera-review.html "''Maometto Secondo'', Garsington Opera, review"], ''Telegraph'' (London), 13 June 2013</ref> which was recorded, and then returned to the role of Octavian, performing for the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow under Vassily Sinaisky. After giving recitals and masterclasses at the University of Western Australia, she sang the title role of ''Sesto'' in ''[[La Clemenza di Tito]]'', in Taipei, in a new Justin Way production of La Clemenza di Tito conducted by Benjamin Bayl. |
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In 2014, the mezzo performed the role of Cesare in [[Vivaldi]]'s ''[[Catone in Utica]]'' at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in Paris, Alceste in ''[[Admeto]]'' in the [[Theater an der Wien]] in Vienna with Alan Curtis, and in ''[[Il Complesso Barocco]]''. Additionally, Beethoven's ''[[Missa solemnis (Beethoven')|Missa solemnis]]'' with Martin Haselböck and Wiener Akademie was also presented at the Theatre an der Wien. |
In 2014, the mezzo performed the role of Cesare in [[Vivaldi]]'s ''[[Catone in Utica]]'' at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in Paris, Alceste in ''[[Admeto]]'' in the [[Theater an der Wien]] in Vienna with Alan Curtis, and in ''[[Il Complesso Barocco]]''. Additionally, Beethoven's ''[[Missa solemnis (Beethoven')|Missa solemnis]]'' with Martin Haselböck and Wiener Akademie was also presented at the Theatre an der Wien. |
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Having taught singing at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London from 2019 and as a visiting academic to the [[University of Melbourne]],<ref name="ray">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/caitlin-hulcup |title=Caitlin Hulcup |website=Rayfield Allied |access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> in 2021 she took up a position as a Professor of Voice at the [[Universität der Künste]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. PhD Caitlin Hulcup |url=https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/person/caitlin-hulcup/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.udk-berlin.de |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Hulcup is married to Florian Thomas, an Austrian tenor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osneybenefice.org.uk/news/oxford-voice-coaching-newly-founded|title=Oxford Voice Coaching is newly founded|publisher=Osney Benefice, Oxford|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.florianthomastenor.com/about|title=About|author=Florian Thomas|access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> Her first husband was Malte Ebach, a paleontologist.<ref name="rock"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/2002/711/people.html|title=Caitlin wins her way to London!|publisher=University of Melbourne|date=20 May 2002|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030719012842/http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/2002/711/people.html|archive-date=19 July 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*[https://www.caitlinhulcup.com Official website] |
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*[https://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/caitlin-hulcup/ "Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano":] Artist's profile on her management's website, rayfieldallied.com |
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*[http://www.caitlinhulcup.com Artist's own website] |
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Latest revision as of 19:43, 10 November 2024
Caitlin Hulcup is an Australian mezzo-soprano, who has performed both in Australia and internationally, particularly in Europe.
Early life and education
[edit]Hulcup was born in Melbourne and grew up in Perth.[1] At age eleven she took up the violin, going on to study the instrument at the UWA Conservatorium of Music. She received scholarships to the UK and Canada, the latter at the Banff Center for the Arts, with her string quartet. After it broke up, she returned to Perth, switched to viola (which she played in the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra in 1999 and 2000), and took up vocal studies privately with independent teacher Molly McGurk while singing in the Western Australian Opera Chorus.[2][3][4][5]
Singing career
[edit]Hulcup was chosen by West Australian Opera to be a Young Artist in 2000, where she performed as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro.[5] She then studied voice with Anna Connolly at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she won prizes in lieder competitions. She sang Strauss Lieder as the winner of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards with the Tasmanian and Sydney Symphony Orchestra—which was broadcast on national radio and television—and sang in the "Credo Mass" by Mozart with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2001.[3][5] Hulcup won Opera Foundation Australia's Covent Garden National Opera Studio Scholarship in 2002, aged 28, and was the Australian candidate for the 2002 International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.[3][5] As a result of the National Opera Studio scholarship, in London she sang Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, Meg Page in Falstaff, and the title role of Elektra. She was also a soloist in Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. After winning the Opera Foundation Australia Vienna State Opera Award in 2003, she performed for that opera company Enrichetta in I Puritani and Annina in La Traviata in 2004 .[6][7]
Hulcup made an impression on the international opera scene in 2007, when she replaced Angelika Kirchschlager, who had laryngitis, as Handel's Ariodante in London and Madrid.[8] The Financial Times wrote that:
- she rode the fearsome coloratura of her great Act 1 aria with aplomb. In "Scherza infida" she wrung our hearts, while "Dopo notte" showcased her open-heartedness as well as her brilliant way with the da capo decoration.[8]
Following her successes in London and Madrid, she sang the role of Meg Page in Falstaff at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées the next year and Ariodante at the Handel Festival in Germany.
During the 2010–11 season, she was a principal singer at the Vienna State Opera[8] and then performed Vivaldi's Griselda in Sydney for early music group Pinchgut Opera. In 2012 she performed in two newly staged productions, singing the role of Donna Elvira in Valencia and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier in Florence, both under Zubin Mehta. She also performed Cyrus in Belshazzar with Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie in a tour of France, the UK and Spain.[9]
In 2013, Hulcup repeated the role of Donna Elvira with Zubin Mehta in Florence in a new production by director Lorenzo Mariani. She sang Calbo in Rossini's Maometto II for Garsington Opera under David Parry,[10][11] which was recorded, and then returned to the role of Octavian, performing for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow under Vassily Sinaisky. After giving recitals and masterclasses at the University of Western Australia, she sang the title role of Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, in Taipei, in a new Justin Way production of La Clemenza di Tito conducted by Benjamin Bayl.
In 2014, the mezzo performed the role of Cesare in Vivaldi's Catone in Utica at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Alceste in Admeto in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with Alan Curtis, and in Il Complesso Barocco. Additionally, Beethoven's Missa solemnis with Martin Haselböck and Wiener Akademie was also presented at the Theatre an der Wien.
Having taught singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 2019 and as a visiting academic to the University of Melbourne,[12] in 2021 she took up a position as a Professor of Voice at the Universität der Künste.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Hulcup is married to Florian Thomas, an Austrian tenor.[14][15] Her first husband was Malte Ebach, a paleontologist.[7][16]
References
[edit]- ^ Kennedy, Douglas (1 July 2007). "Boy role is child's play". The Courier Mail. p. 4.
- ^ Kent, Melissa (12 August 2003). "Violin now second string for opera star". The Western Australian. Archived from the original on 28 August 2003.
- ^ a b c Lim, Anne (May 2002). "Covent Garden, here I come". The Australian. p. 13.
- ^ Delaney, Elizabeth (9 August 2001). "Young women will be on song". The Hobart Mercury. p. 30.
- ^ a b c d "National Opera Studio". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Artist Updates – Past Winners of the Vienna State Opera Award". The Opera Foundation for young Australians. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b Kelly, Patricia (22 September 2005). "Opera singer with husband in rock". The Courier Mail. p. 18.
- ^ a b c Taylor, V. "Opera Australia's Monthly Newspaper of Musical Theater". Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010. Opera (Pellinor) Pty. Ltd., 2006.
- ^ Julia Savage, "Handel's Belshazzar at the Barbican with Les Arts Florissants", bachtrack.com, 18 December 2012
- ^ George Hall, "Maometto Secondo–review", The Guardian (London), 10 June 2013
- ^ Rupert Christiansen, "Maometto Secondo, Garsington Opera, review", Telegraph (London), 13 June 2013
- ^ "Caitlin Hulcup". Rayfield Allied. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Prof. PhD Caitlin Hulcup". www.udk-berlin.de. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Oxford Voice Coaching is newly founded". Osney Benefice, Oxford. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Florian Thomas. "About". Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Caitlin wins her way to London!". University of Melbourne. 20 May 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2003.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-soprano": Artist's profile on her management's website, rayfieldallied.com
- 1970s births
- Living people
- Operatic mezzo-sopranos
- 21st-century Australian women opera singers
- 20th-century violists
- Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
- Singers from Melbourne
- University of Western Australia alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts alumni
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
- Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts
- Voice teachers
- Australian women academics
- Women classical violinists
- 20th-century Australian classical violinists
- Australian classical violists
- Australian women violists