{"id":6434,"date":"2022-07-19T10:43:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vvhl.nl\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:37:56","slug":"claire-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/claire-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6434\" class=\"elementor elementor-6434\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a97e392 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a97e392\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M738,99l262-93V0H0v5.6L738,99z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1b1d27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1b1d27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7da735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7da735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Claire Read<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13cfdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"d13cfdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8a51cc5 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">soprano<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9830d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"b9830d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tClaire lees completed her master's degree in voice and the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She was soon performing in song recitals and as a soloist in choral works and opera productions.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41cd8e elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f41cd8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73c365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a73c365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Claire-Lees-sopraan.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-380\" alt=\"Claire Lees-soprano\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Claire-Lees-sopraan.webp 400w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Claire-Lees-sopraan-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Claire-Lees-sopraan-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Claire-Lees-sopraan-80x80.webp 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4719be8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4719be8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9caca73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9caca73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9a48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e9a48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fbec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48fbec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soprano Claire Lees completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Masters and Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Yvonne Kenny. Claire Lees was soon performing in song recitals and as a soloist in choral works and opera productions in works from Monteverdi and Bach through Mozart to contemporary repertoire. She sang with the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, among others, and in 2010 won the prestigious <i>Delius Prize<\/i>. She took master classes with Sarah Walker and Susan Bullock, among others, competed in several competitions and was a finalist in The Maureen Lehane Vocal Award 2014 at Wigmore Hall. In 2016, Claire performed the role of Pamina with the chamber opera company Charles Court Opera for Iford Arts. In 2018, she joined the Glyndebourne opera company as <i>understudy<\/i> and choir member for several operas.<\/p><p>Since 2013, Claire Lees has collaborated with pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/groin-braakman\/\">Lies Braakman<\/a> and they are now also coached as a duo. They have already performed several times as a song duo and reached the final of the 2015 International Student Song Duo Competition in Enschede. In the process, they became the winners of <i>the Friends of Song Prize<\/i>. After a successful audition in 2016, the duo was admitted to the soloist list.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2691a2d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2691a2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clairelees.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f62c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79f62c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9d09ad elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a9d09ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab33fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ab33fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">programmes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23629e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"23629e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Before the interval, songs by Faur\u00e9 on texts by Paul Verlaine, by Chausson de <em>Sept M\u00e9lodies opus 2<\/em> and his <em>Chanson perp\u00e9tuelle<\/em>. After the break, Claire Lees and Lies Braakman perform songs by Debussy: <em>F\u00eates Galantes I<\/em> and <em>Ariettes Oubli\u00e9es<\/em>, both on texts by Verlaine concluding with <em>Apparition<\/em> On a poem by Mallarm\u00e9.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3711\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3711\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> British and American composers and poets <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3711\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fd6c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43fd6c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393a3bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"393a3bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Claire Lees, soprano<br \/>Lies Braakman, piano<\/p><p>Claire Lees and Lies Braakman's first programme for the Friends of Song is a warm plea for 20th-century English-language song. They open their recital with <em>Four Songs opus 13<\/em> by Samuel Barber and then let us hear a great selection from Rebecca Clarke's interesting song oeuvre. After the interval, this duo will perform the cycles <em>On this Island<\/em> of Britten and <em>I Hate Music!<\/em> By Bernstein. They conclude with <em>Three Songs to poems by Edith Sitwell<\/em> By William Walton.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire lees completed her master's degree in voice and the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. 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