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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Clover Kayne

SINGER

Clover Kayne

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Pan Xiao

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Clover Kayne is a London-born mezzo-soprano and recent graduate of the Royal Academy Opera, where she studied with Kate Paterson and Jonathan Papp. Supported by the Carr-Gregory Award, the Hannah Horowitz Award, and the Opera Awards Foundation, she graduated with the Regency Award for exceptional achievement. A finalist in the 2025 ROSL Annual Music Competition and runner-up in the 2024 Richard Lewis Award, her operatic roles span the mezzo repertoire, including Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ariodante (Ariodante), Florence Pike (Albert Herring), and the Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen). She was a 2024 Young Artist at the Georg Solti Accademia. In 2025–2026 she is a Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange artist and a 2026 Opera Prelude Young Artist.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

The Cherry Blossom Wand – 9th November 2025

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

Song of a Nightclub Proprietress – 24th November 2025

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

SEMI–FINAL (10′50″)

1. The Joy of the Earth – Ina Boyle (1’55″)
2. Return of Spring – Rebecca Clarke (1′50″)
3. Greeting – Rebecca Clarke (1′30″)
4. Shy One – Rebecca Clarke (1′30″)
5. My feet may take a little while – Errollyn Wallen (3′30″)

FINAL (19′55″)
1. Tiger, tiger – Rebecca Clarke (4′15″)
2. The Cherry-Blossom Wand – Rebecca Clarke (3′00″)
3. So we’ll go no more a-roving – Maude Valerie White (4′30″)
4. A Song of Enchantment – Ina Boyle (2′50″)
5. On White Meadows – Judith Weir (3′50″)
6. Shy One – Rebecca Clarke (1′30″)

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