Opera Roles

 

(* roles studied or partially performed)

 

Monteverdi, C. (1567-1643)

Damigella in The Coronation of Poppea (English) - English National Opera, London UK

Virtù (cover) in The Coronation of Poppea (English) - English National Opera, London UK

Poppea * in L'Incoronazione di Poppea

 

Purcell, H. (1659-1695)

Belinda in Dido and Aeneas - Músicos do Tejo, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Portugal

1st Witch in Dido and Aeneas - Músicos do Tejo, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon PT

 

Handel, G. F. (1685-1759)

Dorinda in Orlando - Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells, London UK

Angelica * in Orlando

Galatea in Acis and Galatea - New European Opera, tour France

Poppea in Agrippina (English) - Cambridge Handel Opera, UK

Cleopatra * in Giulio Cesare

 

Almeyda, F. A. (c.1702- c.1755)

Vespina in La Spinalba (recorded by Naxos) - Músicos do Tejo, tour PT

Nerina in Il Trionfo d'Amore - Músicos do Tejo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon PT

Termosia in Il Trionfo d'Amore (recorded by Naxos)

 

Lampe, J. F. (1703-1751)

Margery in The Dragon of Wantley - Opera Restor'd, Potsdam Festival, Germany

 

Pergolesi, G. B. (1710-1736)

Vannella in Lo frate 'nnamorato - Músicos do Tejo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon PT

 

Arne, Thomas (1710-1778)

Juno in The Judgement of Paris - Bampton Classica Opera, tour UK

Queen Eltruda in Alfred - Bampton Classical Opera, Wigmore Hall, UK

 

Beethoven, L. (1712-1773)

Marzelline * in Fidelio

 

Benda, G. (1722-1795)

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (English) - Bampton Classical Opera, tour UK

 

Souza Carvalho, J. (1745-1799)

Angelica in L'Angelica - Concerto Campestre, tour PT

 

Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791)

Ninetta in La finta semplice - GSMD, UK

Despina in Cosi fan tutte (Italian and English) - Opera Holland Park, Castleward, BYO, Young London Opera

Zerlina in Don Giovanni (English) - Young London Opera, Netherlands

Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro - Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisbon PT

Countess * in Le nozze di Figaro

Donna Elvira * in Don Giovanni
 

Portugal, M. A. (1762-1830)

Cherubino in Marriage of Figaro (English) - Bampton Classical Opera, tour UK

 

Donizetti, D.G. (1797-1848)

Adina * in L'elisir d'amore

 

Nicolai, C.O.E. (1810-1849)

Alice Ford * in The Merry Wives of Windsor (English)

 

Verdi, G (1813-1901)

Nannetta in Falstaff - GSMD, UK

Tebaldo in Don Carlo - Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisbon PT

Ines in Il Trovatore - Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisbon PT

Flora in La Traviata - Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisbon PT

Oscar* in Un Ballo in Machera

 

Humperdinck, E. (1854-1921)

Gretel in Hansel und Gretel - Opera Holland Park and Glyndebourne Festival (cover), UK

Sandman * in Hansel und Gretel

Dew Fairy * in Hansel und Gretel

 

Puccini, G. (1858-1924)

Lauretta * in Gianni Schicchi

Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica - Talent Unlimited Opera, London, UK

Suor Genovieffa * in Suor Angelica

Giorgetta in Il Tabarro - Grimeborne Opera Festival, London UK

Mimi * in La Bohème

Musetta * in La Bohème

 

Ravel, M. (1875-1937)

The Armchair in L'Enfant et les sortilèges - GSMD, UK

 

Britten, B. (1913-1976)

Helena * in Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Scruton, R. (1944- )

Violet in Violet (world première) - GSMD, UK

 

Dove, J. (1959- )

Tartagliona in The Little Green Swallow (English) - GSMD, UK

 

Joana's concert repertoire spans from Bach to Honegger, from Handel to William Walton, from Rossini to Puccini.