María Dolores Campos has specialised in classical spanish songs and is well known for her recitals (togheter with her British pianist Katharine Durran she has released a CD) in Spain and in the UK.

Her other main interest is in ópera. She first sang in the UK as Pamina in The Magic Flute in 1991. Since then she has sung solo parts in The Magic Flute, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, L’Elisir d’Amore, Idomeneo, Un Ballo in Maschera, Carmen and the soprano solo in Faure’s Requiem.

She speaks Spanish, her native language, English, French and Italian. She lived and performed in England from 1992 to 1999 when she returned to Spain.

Her repertoire includes: Gilda (Rigoletto), Violetta (La Traviata), Nannetta (Falstaff), Mimi (La Bohème), Musetta (La Bohème), Giorgietta (Il Tavarro), Marzelline (Fidelio), Norina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Juliette (Romèo et Juliette) and other arias and parts such as Blanche (Dialogue des Carmelites), Adèle (Die Fledermaus) , Manon (Manon), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Olimpia (Contes d’Hoffman), La Contesse Adèle (Le Comte Ory).

Maria-Dolores Campos es una de las sopranos españolas más reconocidas por sus interpretaciones de canciones españolas. Ha cantado ampliamente en el Reino Unido, incluyendo giras por Escocia e Irlanda del norte con la pianista Katharine Durran. Ha dado conciertos en St. Martin-in-the-Fields, el Royal Festival Hall, el Queen’s Hall en Edimburgo, el Reading Hexagon y St. John’s, Smith Square en Londres. Ha dado recitales de canciones y ópera con la pianista del Coven Garden Nina Walker. Entre sus últimas giras destacan las realizadas en Inglaterra, Escocia, Irlanda, Italia, Francia y España (Auditorio de Zaragoza y Fundación Juan March de Madrid con el pianista Carlos Gallardo) 

Se interesa también por la ópera y su primer papel fue Pamina de La Flauta Mágica. Desde entonces ha cantado Papagena de La Flauta Mágica, Adina de L’Elisir d’Amore, Oscar de Un Ballo in Maschera, Zerlina de Don Giovanni, Ilia de Idomeneo y Micaela de Carmen, entre otras.

Ha grabado un CD de canciones españolas con Katharine Durran para el sello discográfico Herald (HAVP CD 184).

María Dolores Campos nació en Valladolid en el centro de España, donde estudió canto con Dña. Pilar Pinilla y violín en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música. Hizo los cursos superiores de canto en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de San Sebastián. Siempre obtuvo las máximas calificaciones. En el Reino Unido estudió con Junewyn Jones y luego con Patricia MacMahon y Chris Cowell.

Carmen, Bizet 

Micaela Chorleywood Opera Group, February 1998

A Masked Ball, Verdi 

Oscar BelCanto Opera, Hawth Theatre, Crawley, May 1997

The Magic Flute, Mozart 

Papagena (1) Chorleywood Opera Group, March 1995

Papagena (2) Figaro Productions, tour of East Anglia, December 1995

Pamina Bedford School, Bedford, December 1991

1st Child (1) Beaufort Opera, London, November 1992

1st Child (2) Teatro Calderón, Valladolid, Spain, Apr 2000

Idomeneo, Mozart 

Ilia Floral Opera, De Valois Room, Covent Garden, April 1994

L’Elisir d’Amore, Doniz 

Adina Floral Opera, De Valois Room, Covent Garden, Dec 1993

La Traviata, Verdi Annina 

Southgate College Opera, London, April-May 1993

Don Giovanni, Mozart 

Zerlina Chorleywood Opera Group, February 1993

Marriage of Figaro, Moz Susanna 

Apollo Opera, Cambridge Oct-Nov 1992

Recital Performances of Arias / Duets / Scenes fro Other Opera Roles

Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor); Gilda (Rigoletto); Violetta (La Traviata); Nannetta (Falstaff); Mimi (La Bohème); Musetta (La Bohème), Giorgetta (Il Tabarro); Marzelline (Fidelio); Norina (Don Pasquale); Despina (Così fan Tutte); Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia); Juliette (Romèo et Juliette)

Blanche (Dialogue des Carmelites); Adèle (Die Fledermaus); Manon (Manon); Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica); Olympia (Contes d’Hoffman); La Comtesse Adèle (Le Comte Ory) 

CD of Spanish songs (with pianist Katharine Durran) – songs by Esplá, Obradors, Mompou, Falla, Granados and Turina, Herald HAVP CD 184, released August 1995

(all solo recitals unless otherwise stated)

• Solo song recital, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, with pianist Carlos Gallardo, Madrid 10 Jan 2005

• Franz Liszt Cycle, Zaragoza Auditorium, with pianist Carlos Gallardo, Zaragoza, Spain, 15 Dic 2004

• Pablo Bruna, Villancico, participation in organ concert (organist Bruno Forst), Segovia’s Cathedral, Spain, 5 Oct 2002

• Opera recital (Verdi) with Alejandro Roy (tenor) & Bruno Forst (piano), Palacio de Congresos Conde Ansúrez, Valladolid, Spain, 19 Feb 2002

• Participation in two concert with the chorus of the RTVE, Madrid, Spain, Beethoven Messe Solemnis, 24 & 25 Jan 2002

• New Year’s Concert, La Cistérniga, Valladolid, Spain, with pianist Juan P Gallegos, 2 Jan 2001

• Solo song recital, Toulouse, with pianist Annette Sounders, Toulouse, France, 4 May 1999

• Song recital, Aberdeen Music Hall, with Katharine Durran (piano), 29 Jan 1998

• Recital at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, presented by the Instituto Cervantes & the Spanish Embassy, with Salvador Parrón (tenor), Carlos Cogul (Baritone), Jordi Domènech (piano), 22 May 1997

• Songs with Juan Pablo Gallegos (piano) in Spain during 1996 – 1997: Peñaranda de Bracamonte; Castillo de la Mota, Medina del Campo; Medina de Rioseco; Quintanar de la Sierra

• Opera and songs in the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, lunchtime series: January 1996 with Martin Oxenham (baritone) & Katharine Durran (piano); January 1995 & August 1994 with Simon Neal (baritone) & Katharine Durran (piano)

• Spanish songs – tour of solo song recitals with Katharine Durran (piano) in 1995: Scottich tour Queen’s Hall (Edinburgh), Ross Priory (Loch Lomond), Fort Augustus (Highlands), West Linton (Midlothian); Cambridge, Beaconsfield

• Soloist in master class with Jonathan Hinden at Lauderdale House (aria of Ilia), May 1995

• Falla’s “Seven popular songs” with Sonia Levy (piano), Roxwell Mill, Essex, April 1995

• Opera arias and duets, with Edward Peters (baritone) & Katharine Durran (piano): Irish tour Newry (Northern Ireland), Newtownards (Northern Ireland), Dundalk (Republic of Ireland) November 1994; The Hexagon, Reading June 1994

• Spanish songs – St. Martin-in-the-Fields, with Denise Patton (piano), May 1994

• Fauré requiem “Pie Jesu”, Mendelssohn “Hear my prayer” – soprano solo, Rutland Choral Society, May 1994

• Opera Arias & Duets with Nina Walker of Covent Garden (piano) & Edward Peters (Baritone), Cambridge 1993

• Songs & Opera – recital in Urbania, Italy with various artists, July 1993

• Spanish songs with Nina Walker (piano), Cambridge, May 1993

Patricia McMahon of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (advanced singing)

Chris Cowell of Glyndebourne (stagecraft)

Experience as Stage manager, English and Italian interpreter, producer’s assistant and lighting manager in operatic performances, Teatro Calderón, Valladolid, Spain

Singing – Junewyn Jones, Ealing, London (1993-1997)

Summer Music Summer School at Wellington College (August 1995)

Hereford Summer School, Opera Studies (August 1993)

English Touring Opera Summer School, La Traviata (July 1993)

Singing – Ellis Keeler, Great Shelford, Cambridge (1992-1993)

Diploma of the regional Board of Directors, Castilla y León “Youth Concerts” (1990)

Singing – Doña Pilar Pinilla, Valladolid (1988-1992)

Singing – Professional Conservatory of Music, San Sebastián, 7th & 8th grades, both with distinction

Singing and Violin – at the Professional Conservatory of Music, Valladolid, leading to diplomas in Singin & Violin (Exhibition prizes “Matrícula de Honor” in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th years)

First language: Spanish

Other languages:

English - lived in England since 1992, prior to that 3 years formal study 

German – intensive beginners and “German for singers” courses at the Goethe Institut, London. Continuing private tuition

French – 7 years formal study and Certificate of Ability, French Embassy, Madrid

Italian – two 1-month intensive courses “Italian for singers”, Centro Studi Italiani, Urbania, Italy, 1993 and 1994. A level (grade A) – 1999.