Martene Grimson (soprano) became an inaugural Associate Artist of The Mozartists (then Classical Opera) in 2006. She is a former winner of the Maggie Teyte Competition, and won second prize at the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Her previous engagements with The Mozartists include Hyacinthus (Apollo et Hyacinthus), Arbate (Mitridate, re di Ponto), Cinna (Lucio Silla), Aminta (Il re pastore), Sesto in the UK premiére of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito and concerts at Wigmore Hall and the Barbican. She also appeared on the company’s début CD, ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’. Other operatic appearances have included Glauce (Cherubini’s Medea) for Nationale Reisopera, Holland, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) for Opera East and Longborough Festival Opera, Ilia (Idomeneo) for Pinchgut Opera, Sydney, First Witch (Dido and Aeneas) for Opera North, and Laurette (Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle) and Mrs Gleaton (Floyd’s Susannah) for Wexford Festival Opera.
Previous events with The Mozartists:
An Exotic and Irrational Entertainment
21 Feb, 2015 – Milton Court, Barbican
New Year’s Eve Concert
31 Dec, 2013 – Wigmore Hall
Apollo et Hyacinthus Gala Performance
11 May, 2012 – St. George’s, Bristol
14 May, 2012 – Cadogan Hall
Handel Week: Handel’s Tragic Heroines
4 Dec, 2009 – Kings Place
Apollo et Hyacinthus
13 Jul, 2006 – Buxton Festival
10 Aug, 2006 – Les Azuriales Festival, Nice
Il re Pastore
24 Jun, 2006 – Barbican Hall
8 Jul, 2006 – Melbury House, Dorset
Apollo et Hyacinthus
10-25 Feb, 2006 – Various (Ireland)
1 Mar, 2006 – Britten Theatre, London
9 Mar, 2006 – The Anvil, Basingtoke
18 Mar, 2006 – – St. George’s, Bristol
3 Jun, 2006 – Tolentilo, Italy
13 Feb, 2006 – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Mozart Prodigy of Nature
7 Jan, 2006 – Wigmore Hall
A – Z, Mostly Mozart
24 Jul, 2005 – Barbican Hall
Gluck, La clemenza di Tito
26 May, 2005 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Apollo to Zauberflote
12 Oct, 2004 – Barbican Hall
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul, 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Salzburg
13 Jan, 2004 – Wigmore
Recordings with The Mozartists:
Mozart in London
2018 – Signum Classics
Martene Grimson (soprano) became an inaugural Associate Artist of The Mozartists (then Classical Opera) in 2006. She is a former winner of the Maggie Teyte Competition, and won second prize at the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Her previous engagements with The Mozartists include Hyacinthus (Apollo et Hyacinthus), Arbate (Mitridate, re di Ponto), Cinna (Lucio Silla), Aminta (Il re pastore), Sesto in the UK premiére of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito and concerts at Wigmore Hall and the Barbican. She also appeared on the company’s début CD, ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’. Other operatic appearances have included Glauce (Cherubini’s Medea) for Nationale Reisopera, Holland, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) for Opera East and Longborough Festival Opera, Ilia (Idomeneo) for Pinchgut Opera, Sydney, First Witch (Dido and Aeneas) for Opera North, and Laurette (Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle) and Mrs Gleaton (Floyd’s Susannah) for Wexford Festival Opera.
Previous events with The Mozartists:
An Exotic and Irrational Entertainment
21 Feb, 2015 – Milton Court, Barbican
New Year’s Eve Concert
31 Dec, 2013 – Wigmore Hall
Apollo et Hyacinthus Gala Performance
11 May, 2012 – St. George’s, Bristol
14 May, 2012 – Cadogan Hall
Handel Week: Handel’s Tragic Heroines
4 Dec, 2009 – Kings Place
Apollo et Hyacinthus
13 Jul, 2006 – Buxton Festival
10 Aug, 2006 – Les Azuriales Festival, Nice
Il re Pastore
24 Jun, 2006 – Barbican Hall
8 Jul, 2006 – Melbury House, Dorset
Apollo et Hyacinthus
10-25 Feb, 2006 – Various (Ireland)
1 Mar, 2006 – Britten Theatre, London
9 Mar, 2006 – The Anvil, Basingtoke
18 Mar, 2006 – – St. George’s, Bristol
3 Jun, 2006 – Tolentilo, Italy
13 Feb, 2006 – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Mozart Prodigy of Nature
7 Jan, 2006 – Wigmore Hall
A – Z, Mostly Mozart
24 Jul, 2005 – Barbican Hall
Gluck, La clemenza di Tito
26 May, 2005 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Apollo to Zauberflote
12 Oct, 2004 – Barbican Hall
Mitridate, re di Ponto
21 Jul, 2004 – St. John’s, Smith Square
Mozart in Salzburg
13 Jan, 2004 – Wigmore
Recordings with The Mozartists:
Mozart in London
2018 – Signum Classics