Celeste Haworth

Mezzo-Soprano

Celeste has performed many roles as a principal artist in Europe, Australia and Asia, including for Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden 2015-2018: Emilia (Otello, Verdi), Meg Page (Falstaff, Verdi), 3rd Maid (Elektra, Strauss), Kate Pinkerton and Suzuki (Madama Butterfly, Puccini), Innkeeper (Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart), and notably as Charlotte in Zimmerman’s challenging Die Soldaten.

An artist with Opera Australia since 2019, engagements include the role of First Norn in Opera Australia’s 2023 Ring Cycle in Brisbane, whilst simultaneously covering the role of Erda in both Siegfried and Götterdammerung, Flora in La Traviata on Sydney Harbour, Mercedes in Opera Australia’s National 2020 Tour of Carmen, OA’s Great Opera Hits Concert Series, her reprisal of Flora in 2022 in Sydney and Melbourne.

Upcoming performances include The Monitor in Suor Angelica for Opera Australia’s Il Trittico, as well as covering the role of La Ciesca in Gianni Schicci. Celeste will also be singing the Alto Solo in Mahler’s 2^nd Symphony with the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra.

Other soloist appearances include the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Early Music Ensemble, the Deutsches Kammerorchester, the Frankfurter Philharmoniker, Residenzorchester Wien, Sydney Sinfonietta.

Operatic roles for other companies include Marchesa Melibea (Il Viaggio A Reims), Tamerlano (Tamerlano), Dorabella  (Cosi Fan Tutte), Bertarido ( Rodelinda), La Voix, and Muse/Nicklausse  (Les Contes de Hoffmann), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Frau Reich (Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor), Florence Pike and Nancy Waters (Albert Herring).