Spanish soprano Elena Garrido Madrona is in her final year at the Alexander Gibson Opera School under the tutelage of Elizabeth McCormack. She graduated in Piano at Conservatorio Superior in Malaga in 2018 and then moved to Glasgow, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Voice at the RCS in 2020.
Elena has been a member of the Young Choir of Andalusia and the Opera Choir of Malaga.
Operatic roles include: Giannetta with Scottish Opera, Elisabeth in Glass’ Les enfants terribles (RCS), Page in Verdi’s Rigoletto and Handmaid in Puccini’s Turandot (Malaga’s Cervantes Theatre). Garrido’s awards include winner of the Governors Recital Prize for Singing 2021, Winner of the Norma Greig French Song Prize 2021 and Foundation Prize in Young Musicians Competition “Málaga Crea” 2020. She is generously supported by The RCS Trust. Upcoming engagements include the final of Clonter Opera Prize 2022.
