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Elena Garrido Madrona

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Elena Garrido Madrona is a Spanish Soprano who recently graduated from the Alexander Gibson Opera School in Glasgow (2022) under the tutelage of Elizabeth McCormack. She graduated with honors in both Piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Málaga (2018) and Singing at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2020) and is currently working under the guidance of Janice Chapman, Carlos Aransay and Monica Campaña.

Operatic roles include: Giannetta L’Elisir d’amore with Scottish Opera (Stuart Stratford, Roxana Haines 2021); Female ensemble Golijov's Ainadamar with Scottish Opera (Stuart Stratford, Deborah Colker 2022), Lady-in-waiting *Covered* Macbeth with The Grange Festival (Fancesco Cilluffo, Maxine Braham 2022); Elisabeth from Philip Glass’ Les enfants terribles (Philip White, Lynne Hockney at RCS, 2021), Gretel from Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (Adam Hickox, Stephen Lawless at RCS, 2022), Zerlina Don Giovanni, Sophie Werther, Governess The turn of the Screw and Clorinda La Cenerentola for RCS opera scenes (2021); Ilia Idomeneo, Despina Così fan tutte, 1st Lady The magic Flute, Juliette Roméo et Juliette in CSM opera scenes (2018); Page in Rigoletto (2018) and Handmaid in Turandot (2017), both for Teatro Cervantes de Malaga’s Opera Season; Ishtar in the premiere of Héctor Eliel’s opera Gilgamesh (2017), Child Spirit in The Magic Flute (2017), The Music in L'Orfeo (2013) for Conservatorio Superior de Málaga.

She has been a Young Artist of Le foyer des artistes and has performed in the Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow Cathedral, Edinburgh Queen’s Hall, Perth Concert Hall and St Columb's Hall, Sala Maria Cristina, Málaga, among others.

Elena has participated in masterclasses from Francesco Izzo, Karen Cargill, Joan Rodgers, Jean Rigby, Caroline Dowdle, Anthony Legge, Damian Whiteley, Marcus van den Akker, Jane Irwin and Giulio Zappa, among others.

Garrido’s awards include: Finalist at the Clonter Opera Prize 2022, Finalist at the “Estepona Crea” National Competition 2022, Winner of the Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing 2021, First Prize in the A Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize for Voice and Norma Greig French Song Prize 2021, Commended in the Tony and Tania Webster Prize of Russian Song 2021 (all three at RCS), Special Prize to the best performance of a Spanish composer piece in Malaga-Crea Competition for Young Musicians 2020, Second Prize in RCS Leonie Kayser Prize 2019, Winner of the Conservatoire of Málaga’s Annual Soloist Competition (2018) and finalist in The National Youth Music Competition of Spain in 2017.

Forthcoming engagements include the main role (Charlotte) in the premiere of Brontë (Alex Ingram, Katharina Kastening), a contemporary opera by Lisa Logan at the Grimeborn Festival (Arcola Theatre) and chorus for The Grange Festival (Così fan tutte and The Queen of Spades).

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Scottish Opera 
Giannetta: Elena Garrido Madrona
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Roxana Haines
Filmed at Theatre Royal Glasgow on 22nd of May, 2021 under appropriate social distancing restrictions.

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