Marta Fontanals-Simmons

Current and future engagements of Marta Fontanals-Simmons include ZWEITE DAME Die Zauberflöte, and LINDA in the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Royal Ballet and Opera, LUCY 4.48 Psychosis RBO Linbury, THERESA HART in Missy Mazzoli’s Galloping Cure (cover) Scottish Opera, VLASTA Die Passagierin City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mozart’s Requiem BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and MARTA Francisco Coll’s Enemigo del Pueblo Les Arts Valencia and Teatro Real Madrid.

Recent engagements include Carlos Simon’s Songs of Separation 1&2 Brussels Philharmonic (Kazushi Ono), MATRIOSHA War and Peace, ERSTE MAGD Elektra Grand Théâtre de Genève, JACQUET Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, ZWEITE DAME Glyndebourne Festival and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, CHERUBINO Le Nozze di Figaro Garsington Opera and Théâtre de Champs Elysées, world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ The Monstrous Child (title role) Linbury Theatre, SIEBEL Faust Royal Ballet and Opera, MARTA in David Matthews’ Anna Grange Festival, Gavin Higgins’ The Faerie Bride (title role) Aldeburgh Festival, VLASTA Die Passagierin Teatro Real Madrid, EURIDICE WOMAN Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus English National Opera, and AMANDO Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

She has performed concerts with Aurora Orchestra at the BBC PROMS, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC NOW, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and BBC Last Night of the Proms.

Marta has performed with Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside, Roger Vignoles, Sholto Kynoch, Christopher Glynn, Simon Lepper, Bengt Forsberg and her trio The Erda Ensemble at Wigmore Hall Bath International Music Festival, Lammermuir Festival, Juan March Foundation, Madrid, Oxford International Song Festival, Life Victoria Barcelona, Zeist Lieder Festival, Netherlands, Barber Institute Concert Series, Opéra de Lille, BBC Radio 3, Aldeburgh Festival, Den Norske Opera, Leeds Lieder, Roman River Festival and Presteigne Festival.

Marta graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was a Jerwood Artist at Glyndebourne Festival and Jeune Ensemble Member at Grand Théâtre de Genève. She was awarded prices at Le Concours international de chant-piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger Paris, was a finalist in the Paris Opera Competition and Kathleen Ferrier Award. Her debut album with collaborator Lana Bode I and Silence; Women’s Voices in American Song had five star reviews.