Cheryl Coutinho - Soprano
Soprano Cheryl Coutinho is a native of Poole, England, and of Goan/Portuguese heritage. She is currently finishing her studies towards a master’s degree in vocal performance at Trinity College of Music, where she was awarded a Gladys Bratton and TCM Trust Scholarship. Cheryl studies with Ameral Gunson and Helen Yorke.
Recently, Ms. Coutinho performed as Kay Amin, the wife of president Amin, in scenes of a new opera The Last King of Scotland by Stephen McNeff. This was performed at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden, in February 2012.
Cheryl has also recently toured in Switzerland, where she performed a new work by composer Duncan Ward for soprano and brass, in concert with the Meridian Brass Ensemble. This particular collaboration has also taken place at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank and at the PAW Festival in Swanage. Other concert performances include El Amor Brujo with conductor Jonathan Tilbrook and the Nottingham Orchestra, "A Night of Spanish Song" with the Iberian Quintet at the Peacock Theatre, and as a soloist in Mahler's 2nd Symphony.
Very much at home in the operatic repertoire, Cheryl's dramatic performances include Mimi (La Bohème), First Lady (The Magic Flute), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Casilda (The Gondoliers), Countess (Marriage of Figaro) and Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw - Trinity Opera Scenes).
Last year, Cheryl was a semi-finalist in the Trinity College of Music Soloists Competition and this year was a finalist in Trinity's French Song Competition. Other competitions include Bournemouth Music Festival, New Milton Music Festival and Bournemouth Evening Echo National Competition.
Ms. Coutinho has sung in many masterclasses with artists such as Simon Keenlyside, Rosalind Plowright, Jonathan Peter Kenny and Rita Susovsky. She is also a member of the Trinity College of Music Mentor Scheme at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House, and has had the opportunity to shadow many rehearsals and music calls with Willard White, Roberto Alagna and Nina Stemme, among others.
Cheryl's future engagements include performing as Mrs. Medlock in Stephen McNeff's opera The Secret Garden.
To contact Cheryl, email cherylcoutinho@hotmail.co.uk