Winner of the Loveday Song Prize at the 2024 Ferrier Awards, British soprano Charlotte Jane Kennedy is a member of The Royal College of Music International Opera School studying with Janis Kelly.
Charlotte’s recent roles include Sandrina in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, Vixen in Janáček‘s The Cunning Little Vixen, Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Mistinguett in Weill’s Chanson des Quais all for The Royal College of Music. For Garsington Opera she has performed Giannetta in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and as an Alvarez Emerging Artist sang in the chorus for both their 2025 and 2024 seasons, covered Amor in Rameau’s Platée and sang the role of Papagena at their Opera Gala. Charlotte recently made her international debut as Fiordiligi Mozart’s Così fan tutte for the Da Ponte Opera Festival, Italy. Other roles at The Royal College of Music have included Maturina in Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni Tenorio, Jenny Lind (cover) in the UK Premiere of Libby Larsen's Barnum's Bird, La Bergère & La Chouette in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Venus in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld in the Opera Studio's productions as well as scenes as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Marenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and the titular role in Handel’s Alcina. With British Youth Opera, Charlotte has performed Second Shining One, Branch-Bearer and Malice in Vaughan Williams’s The Pilgrim’s Progress with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and participated in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel at Opera Holland Park.
Most recently, Charlotte was awarded the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize for her performance of Satie’s Trois Mélodies at the 69th Ferrier Awards. Other experience in song includes being both a Leeds Lieder Young Artist and Bloomsbury Festival New Wave Artist alongside her duo partner Frasier Hickland; a recital at the Wigmore Hall for the 2023/4 season with RCM colleagues; competition success in the AESS Patricia Routledge English Song Competition; first prize in the both the RCM Lieder and Lies Askonas Competition; and masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen at the Gwyl Machynlleth Schubertiade and with Roger Vignoles and Olaf Bär at the Wigmore Hall. Highlights at the RCM include masterclasses with Sumi Jo, Louise Alder and Angela Gheorghiu as well as covering the soprano soloist in Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony. Charlotte performs regularly on the concert platform and recent repertoire includes Haydn's Nelson Mass for the Leith Hill Festival, Dvorak's Mass in D at St John's Smith Square and Bach's B Minor Mass with for City Music Society.
Charlotte is a first class graduate of The Royal Northern College of Music, where she won The Alexander Young Prize in her final year.
Charlotte has extensive experience in outreach and education, including roles as a Learning Support Assistant and involvement in the RNCM Pathfinder programme, The RNCM Children's Opera Project and the London Youth Choir.
Charlotte is a Andrea Bocelli Foundation - Community Jameel Scholar and is also kindly supported by the Drake Calleja Trust, The Wayne Sleep Foundation, The Josephine Baker Trust and Help Musician’s.