Canberra based, Greta Claringbould is a Baroque Soprano at freelance, with extensive performance experience as a soprano soloist of principally baroque oratorio and cantata.
Greta holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours in Viola Performance, an AMusA in voice, and an ATCL in Violin Performance. Currently Greta is Principal Soprano of ensemble Adhoc Baroque, Principal Soprano Soloist with Canberra Bach Ensemble, and a Private Vocal Coach. Greta is a former professional orchestral violist, leader of the Violas in the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra, chorister with the Wellington Cathedral Choir and Director of the iconic Canberra Children's Choir.
Greta has advanced vocal aptitude and passion for Baroque music and has developed an extensive specialist repertoire in baroque oratorio and cantata. Her vocal timbre combines purity and clarity combined with warmth and richness. Greta's fluent execution of florid baroque runs is renown. She frequently performs as soprano soloist with various Canberra choirs and ensembles.
2016 Sydney Morning Herald Review " Soprano Greta Claringbould has a neat elegance in her delivery, skilfully executing ornaments and articulating every note of each run."
In 2016, Greta along with alto Maartje Sevenster and harpsichord/continuo player Peter Young collectively formed the Trio Adhoc Baroque which regularly performs esoteric sacred and secular Baroque chamber works, including the 2017 Antipodean premier of Brunetti's 1764 Stabat Mater. In October 2018 Adhoc Baroque debuted at the prestigious Canonwindra Baroque Festival and in 2019 they performed as the opening act of the Canonwindra Baroque Festival.
Concert Appearances:
Brunetti - Stabat Mater - Antipodean Premiere with Adhoc Baroque, Bach - St Matthew Passion, Bach - St John Passion, Bach -Magnificat, Handel - Messiah, Handel - Ode to St Cecilia, Buxtehude - Jesu Mebra Nostri , Pergolesi - Salve Regina, Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Bach - Actus Tragicus , Schütz - Jauchzet dem herren , Bach - Jauchzet gott in allen landen , Bach -Magnificat, Schütz - A Christmas Story, ORFF Carmina Burana, Bach, Cantata BWV 105, Bach Cantata BWV 78 Handel - Fronda leggiera e mobile, Handel- Tanti Strali, Handel- Tu Fedel, Scarlatti - Lidio e Clori, Vivaldi- Nulla in Mundo , Vivaldi - Gloria, Haydn - Nelson Messe , Respighi - Laud to the Nativity , Ralph Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony , Finzi - In Terra Pax , Ralph Vaughan Williams- Benedicite , Vivaldi - La farfalletta s'aggira, Scarlatti - Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra, Bononcini - Luci barbare spietate, Bellinzani - La partenza d'Enea da Didone, Scarlatti - Salve Regina, Telemann - Hemmet den Eifer, Hasse - Salve Regina, Charpentier - Magdalena lugens, Couperin - Venite exultemus Domino, Lambert - Dialogue de la paix et la felicit, Dumont - O Nomen Jesu, Campra - Laudate Dominum, Clerambault - Hodie Christus Natus Est, Clerambault - Exaltabo te Domine, Charpentier - Ave Regina, Charpertier Pour La Conception H313, Charpentier - In Nativitatem, Lotti - Giuramento amoroso, Pepusch - When Love's Soft Passion, Handel - No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, Scarlatti - Augellin vago e canoro, Strozzi - Sospira, respire, Lotti - Scherzo d'amore, Marcello - Farfalletta semplicetta, Telemann - Ich seh' euch fast mit bittern Tränen, Galuppi - Confitebor tibi in Domine Steffani,- Crudo amor, Caldara - A voi luci adorate, Clari - Fuoco e la chioma bionda, Marcello - Tirsi e Fileno, Beethoven Mass in C Major, Beethoven Choral Fantasia, Scarlatti - Il Giardino D'amore, Vivaldi - Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera,
Performances as soloist with Ensembles:
Igitur Nos, Canberra Choral Society, The Llewellyn Choir, Oriana Chorale, Clarion Vocal Quartet, Coro, Limestone Consort, National Capital Orchestra, Adhoc Baroque, Canberra Bach Ensemble, Canowindra Baroque Festival, Scholas Baroque Aotearoa & NZ Barok
Greta holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours in Viola Performance, an AMusA in voice, and an ATCL in Violin Performance. Currently Greta is Principal Soprano of ensemble Adhoc Baroque, Principal Soprano Soloist with Canberra Bach Ensemble, and a Private Vocal Coach. Greta is a former professional orchestral violist, leader of the Violas in the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra, chorister with the Wellington Cathedral Choir and Director of the iconic Canberra Children's Choir.
Greta has advanced vocal aptitude and passion for Baroque music and has developed an extensive specialist repertoire in baroque oratorio and cantata. Her vocal timbre combines purity and clarity combined with warmth and richness. Greta's fluent execution of florid baroque runs is renown. She frequently performs as soprano soloist with various Canberra choirs and ensembles.
2016 Sydney Morning Herald Review " Soprano Greta Claringbould has a neat elegance in her delivery, skilfully executing ornaments and articulating every note of each run."
In 2016, Greta along with alto Maartje Sevenster and harpsichord/continuo player Peter Young collectively formed the Trio Adhoc Baroque which regularly performs esoteric sacred and secular Baroque chamber works, including the 2017 Antipodean premier of Brunetti's 1764 Stabat Mater. In October 2018 Adhoc Baroque debuted at the prestigious Canonwindra Baroque Festival and in 2019 they performed as the opening act of the Canonwindra Baroque Festival.
Concert Appearances:
Brunetti - Stabat Mater - Antipodean Premiere with Adhoc Baroque, Bach - St Matthew Passion, Bach - St John Passion, Bach -Magnificat, Handel - Messiah, Handel - Ode to St Cecilia, Buxtehude - Jesu Mebra Nostri , Pergolesi - Salve Regina, Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Bach - Actus Tragicus , Schütz - Jauchzet dem herren , Bach - Jauchzet gott in allen landen , Bach -Magnificat, Schütz - A Christmas Story, ORFF Carmina Burana, Bach, Cantata BWV 105, Bach Cantata BWV 78 Handel - Fronda leggiera e mobile, Handel- Tanti Strali, Handel- Tu Fedel, Scarlatti - Lidio e Clori, Vivaldi- Nulla in Mundo , Vivaldi - Gloria, Haydn - Nelson Messe , Respighi - Laud to the Nativity , Ralph Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony , Finzi - In Terra Pax , Ralph Vaughan Williams- Benedicite , Vivaldi - La farfalletta s'aggira, Scarlatti - Marc' Antonio E Cleopatra, Bononcini - Luci barbare spietate, Bellinzani - La partenza d'Enea da Didone, Scarlatti - Salve Regina, Telemann - Hemmet den Eifer, Hasse - Salve Regina, Charpentier - Magdalena lugens, Couperin - Venite exultemus Domino, Lambert - Dialogue de la paix et la felicit, Dumont - O Nomen Jesu, Campra - Laudate Dominum, Clerambault - Hodie Christus Natus Est, Clerambault - Exaltabo te Domine, Charpentier - Ave Regina, Charpertier Pour La Conception H313, Charpentier - In Nativitatem, Lotti - Giuramento amoroso, Pepusch - When Love's Soft Passion, Handel - No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, Scarlatti - Augellin vago e canoro, Strozzi - Sospira, respire, Lotti - Scherzo d'amore, Marcello - Farfalletta semplicetta, Telemann - Ich seh' euch fast mit bittern Tränen, Galuppi - Confitebor tibi in Domine Steffani,- Crudo amor, Caldara - A voi luci adorate, Clari - Fuoco e la chioma bionda, Marcello - Tirsi e Fileno, Beethoven Mass in C Major, Beethoven Choral Fantasia, Scarlatti - Il Giardino D'amore, Vivaldi - Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera,
Performances as soloist with Ensembles:
Igitur Nos, Canberra Choral Society, The Llewellyn Choir, Oriana Chorale, Clarion Vocal Quartet, Coro, Limestone Consort, National Capital Orchestra, Adhoc Baroque, Canberra Bach Ensemble, Canowindra Baroque Festival, Scholas Baroque Aotearoa & NZ Barok