Claire Galloway

Scottish-American soprano Claire Galloway’s theatricality covers the gamut of “palpable pain” and “splendid, funny moments” (B.I.T.R.). This season she is a featured artist with Baltimore Musicales, is the soprano soloist in Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, and premieres the roles of Mathilde Schechter and Miriam in Arnold Saltzman’s Geniza: Hidden Fragments with the Chesapeake Symphony Orchestra. Having performed Fiordiligi, Blanche de la Force, Vitellia, Dinah, Contessa, and Donna Elvira, she has also premiered roles in Friends House by Steven Crino, Dove’s Mansfield Park and Frances Pollock’s Stinney. In 2022, Claire won Second Prize in the International Clara Schumann Competition and in 2021 she was a semifinalist in the Jensen Vocal Competition. She has performed with Lidal North in Oslo, Opera NexGen, Saltworks Opera, Opera Baltimore, Savannah Opera, Bel Cantanti Opera, and Stillpointe Theatre. A recent Fellow at Songfest, the Nordic Song Festival in Sweden, and the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Claire’s innovative recital programing has resulted in the best-attended concert event at the Baltimore War Memorial Arts Initiative.