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Franco-British soprano Fabienne Wood

has trained in London and San Francisco, has performed across France and throughout California, and continues to seek new opportunities in Europe and beyond.

Recent engagements include Laeticia (The Old Maid and the Thief) for the Arcola Grimeborn Festival, Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffman) with Brasov Opera in Romania, Laeticia in Sullivan’s The Zoo with Charles Court Opera, and Serpetta (La Finta Giardiniera) with Viva La Musica in France. In California she has performed the roles of Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera) with San Francisco Lyric Opera, Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress) with Oakland Opera Theatre, Valencienne (The Merry Widow) with Pocket Opera, Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) and La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi) with Berkeley Opera. Other roles include Roland in Offenbach's Les Bavards with the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute, Laeticia (The Old Maid and the Thief) and Mother (Hansel and Gretel) with San Francisco Conservatory Opera as well as Shian in the world premiere of McLeod's Black Harvest with the Guildhall School of Music in London.

Fabienne holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has completed internships with the International Summer Academy of Nice, the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute, the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa and OperaWorks in Los Angeles.

As well as winning First Prize in the East Bay Opera League Competition, Fabienne has placed First in the NATS competition and took Silver in the Henry & Maria Holt Competition, and most recently, won Second Grand Prize in the Concours International des Jeunes Talents Lyriques in France.