Eva-Marie Middleton

Eva-Marie Middleton is a young dramatic soprano from Perth, Western Australia. A graduate of the University of Western Australia, holding a Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) as well as a PhD, Eva-Marie turned her attention to operatic singing in 2010 under the guidance of Jolanta Nagajek.

Since then, roles have included Pamina: Die Zauberflöte, (Opera Pannonica), Giovanna Seymour: Anna Bolena, Witch/Mother: Hansel and Gretel, Musetta: La Boheme, Despina: Cosi Fan Tutte, (OperaBox), and Josephine: HMS Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan Society of WA).

Oratorio performances have included Brahms German Requiem (Pipe Organ Plus); Haydn Nelson Mass (Lux et Veritas); Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace; Rutter Requiem (Albany Choral Society); Haydn Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Pipe Organ Plus/Perth Undergraduate Choral Society); Duruflé Requiem (Pipe Organ Plus/University of Western Australia Choral Society); Bach Cantata 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt im Blut (Pipe Organ Plus); and Vivaldi Gloria (University of Western Australia Choral Society).

As concert soloist Eva-Marie has appeared with South Side Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic South West, and Fremantle Symphony Orchestra, with repertoire including Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) and Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer).

In 2013, Eva-Marie was awarded the Anne Watson Encouragement Award from Art Song Perth. Her 2017 solo show Dream of Childhood's End, a staged performance of Mahler Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) and Wagner Wesendonck Lieder as part of Fringeworld Perth, received rave reviews.