Chloe Harris is an Australian mezzo soprano, and a graduate of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) and the Royal Academy of Music (RAM). She received a DipRAM for an outstanding performance in her final Master’s recital. Chloe has performed the roles of Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Nancy (Albert Herring), Public Opinion (Orphée aux enfers), as well as debuting the role of The Second Fairy in the world premiere of The Selfish Giant with Victorian Opera. Other roles in operas and scenes include Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Idamante (Idomeneo), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Charlotte (Werther), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). 

Chloe started as an Emerging Artist of Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme for 2019/20, and is now an Associate Artist with Melbourne Opera. Chloe was a Melba Opera Trust Artist for 2020 and 2021, and was the recipient of the Ryman Healthcare Opera Scholarship and Eleanor Blakemore Opera Society Scholarship. She also joined the Young Songmakers Development Program with Songmakers Australia in 2020.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music Opera School, Chloe also received a DipRAM for an outstanding performance in her final Master’s recital, studying with Susan Waters and Jonathan Papp. Chloe has won The Opera Foundation for young Australians 2023 Lady Galleghan London Award, which included the opportunity to perform with Opera Holland Park for their 2023 season. She is currently at Garsington Opera this summer as an Alvarez Young Artist, performing in the chorus of Le nozze di Figaro and covering the roles of Marcellina, 2nd Bridesmaid and Moon Queen for the opera A Trip to the Moon.

Chloe an Emerging Artist with Scottish Opera for their 2024/2025 season, which includes playing the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring this autumn.

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