About Joanna

Joanna Campion is a British mezzo-soprano based in Oxford, whose career spans opera, concert and recital. A former Choral Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, she trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the National Opera Studio.

Her operatic roles include Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen at Sadler’s Wells; the title role in Prokofiev’s The Duenna, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich; Cenerentola in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Feodor in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov and Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel for Welsh National Opera; Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata at Glyndebourne; Annina in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier for Scottish Opera; Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville for English Touring Opera; Sabina in Respighi’s La Fiamma and Rufina in Zandonai’s La Conchita at Wexford Festival Opera; and L’Innocente in Cilea’s L’Arlesiana at Opera Holland Park.

International appearances include Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Singapore Opera and the Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, in a production subsequently released on film.

On the concert platform, Joanna has performed extensively in oratorio and recital, with repertoire including Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St Matthew and St John Passions, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Sea Pictures, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Verdi’s Requiem. She toured Poland performing Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater with Arte dei Suonatori and has performed Mozart arias at the Strasbourg Festival.

An experienced recitalist, Joanna enjoys a diverse range of repertoire, from Baroque to contemporary music, as well as folk and jazz. Alongside her performing career, she works as a vocal coach at the University of Oxford, leads inclusive community singing groups and is training in the Alexander Technique.