Wendy Grose (soprano) is an actor and musician.

Wendy’s numerous credits in theatre and opera include performances with The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Opera de Lyon, London Modern Music Theatre Troupe, Chamber Made Opera, Back to Back Theatre, Voiceworks Theatre, The Production Company, Mainstreet Theatre Company and the Queensland Theatre Company.

Operatic roles performed range from Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes to Mimi in La Boheme.

Wendy regularly performs recitals of diverse repertoire with her accompanist, Len Vorster and has appeared as a featured recitalist in Britain, Italy, France and Australia and in broadcasts for the BBC and ABC.

As soprano soloist, she has appeared with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestres de Bayonne et Bordeaux, Surrey Sinfonietta, London Civil Services Orchestra and the Australian Pops Orchestra performing works ranging from Ravel’s Sheherezade and Strauss’ Four Last Songs to popular and comedy songs.

Wendy’s television credits include Blue Heelers, Sea Change, Neighbours, Marshall Law and presenting for “This Week in Geelong”.

Recent engagements include performing in “Lucky Stiff” at Chapel off Chapel, playing the role of Ethel Toffelmier in “The Music Man” (The Production Company) and extensive touring (Australia wide and in USA) of her show, “A Different Hat”, based on the life of opera singer, Marjorie Lawrence.

Following the great success of “A Different Hat” (Wendy was featured in The Weekly Times’ Hall of Fame 2002 for her portrayal of Marjorie), Wendy and Len created “Perfect Timing” (A tribute to concert comedienne extraordinaire Anna Russell) which premiered at the Grampians Musical Discovery Music Festival in November 2002.

They have been invited to take “Perfect Timing” to USA in 2004 and Anna Russell declares that if anyone is going to be her, it’d have to be Wendy!

Most recently, Wendy performed the role of ‘mother’ in Amahl and the Night Visitors with the Australian Boys Choir and (with Len Vorster) premiered her new show, “When Love Comes to Call”, exploring the highs and lows of that mysterious thing called love through the beautiful melodies of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Weill, Kern and Blitzstein.

REVIEWS
“ Indeed, it would be worth attending just to hear Wendy Grose’s rich timbre and refinement. Let’s hope that this Australian-born singer plans on staying awhile. Chris Boyd, THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

“Wendy Grose ....... with a rich, sensual sound, notably during the solo Caritas Abundat. Grose sang with a kind of earthy luxuriousness.”
Clive O’Connell, THE AGE

.”....... all revolved around Wendy Grose’s vibrant and gutsy soprano ..........Grose would carry the composition’s weight, both dramatic and melodic content entrusted to her pretty much exclusively.” Clive O’Connell, THE AGE

“.... the first of four recitals by the outstanding soprano Wendy Grose. Grose was a brilliant choice for she has, apart from a fine and captivating voice, a natural and ingenuous manner that communicates with the audience with remarkable ease.

The audience responded to her generosity with full houses. She was equally at home with comedy songs, operatic arias and most especially in French chanson where her impeccable diction added a moving depth to songs by Hahn and Poulenc.” Michael J. Easton, THE AGE

“.... she was firm in pitch and Grose’s range was surprising. Grose used vivid tones to personify Chastity debating the devil.....great richness and dynamic theatre.” Keith Field, HERALD SUN

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