Zoe Drummond & Ed Lyon "Rosa del Ciel" L'ORFEO (Monteverdi) 2022

The Australian soprano Zoe Drummond graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with a Masters of Music Performance with Distinction and a Concert Recital Diploma for exceptional performance. After attending the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, she completed a Bachelor of Music Performance with First Class Honours at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She then made her international debut with the English National Opera in 2019 as Papagena and as an Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera. Other international roles include Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with West Green House Opera and Giulietta in Bellini’s I Capuletti e i Montecchi with Bloomsbury Opera, in the UK. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Zoe performed the roles of Tytania in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Despina in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Susan in Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement to excellent reviews. She also performed excerpts from Werther (Sophie), Capriccio (Italian Singer), Idomeneo (Ilia), La bohème (Musetta) and Hamlet (Ophelié). In 2016, Zoe made her Opera Australia debut in The Eighth Wonder. In 2017 and 2019, she starred as Giroflé/Girofla in Two Weddings, One Bride.
This excerpt from Monteverdi's L'ORFEO captures Zoe as Euridice opposite the Orfeo of English tenor, Ed Lyon, in a production from Garsington Opera in October 2022. The English Consort is directed by Laurence Cummings.