Clementine Thompson

Hailing from South London, soprano Clementine Thompson currently studies with Elizabeth Ritchie at the Royal Northern College of Music. She previously studied at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music under the tutelage of Jean-Claude Ohms. Last year, she originated the role of the ‘Philosopher’ in David Bicarregui’s opera ‘Capsule’, other roles include Bastienne, Alison The Wandering Scholar (Fenwold Opera), Belinda (RCMJD) and scenes as Aspasia, Titania and Ora 2 L’Egisto. 

Clementine was awarded the Pamela Hart Third Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary Competition last October and has received the RNCM Elsie Thurston, James Martin Oncken and Alexander Young Prizes alongside the David Clover Festival of Singing German Lied prize. In concert she has appeared as part of the Wimbledon International Music Festival in Handel’s Jephtha, with the Manchester Bach Choir and in recital with Dame Emma Kirkby. She was in the chorus for Rimsky Korsakoff’s The Snow Maiden and Bernstein’s Mass (RNCM) and joined the Edvard Grieg Kor at the BBC Proms for Ligeti’s Requiem.

Recently, Clementine has been exploring folk music in Ventis Vocal Ensemble, introducing world folk music to Manchester audiences. She also sings with the Mancunium Consort and is a Scholar with the Diocese of Manchester.