Core Team
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Jenny Miller - Founder and Outreach Director
A National Opera Studio alumnus, Jenny Miller sang as a soloist for Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, ENO and ROH before moving to dramatic soprano repertoire, singing Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, the title role in Puccini’s Tosca, and the Witch In Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel for Longborough Festival Opera, and developing a parallel career as a director.
Her directing credits include Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, Krasa’s Brundibar, a touring production of L’Incoronazione Di Poppea (Complete Singer), and ‘Hell Hath No Fury’ (based on 17th century solo cantatas) which also toured London and the South East.
Jenny directed Le Nozze Di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, and Die Zauberflote, Rinaldo, Xerxes, and Alcina, L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Donizetti’s Anna Bolena for Longborough Festival Opera, also directing young singers in a touring version of these productions for venues in South East England, and Bizet’s Pearl Fishers for Opera South East. She founded Barefoot Opera in 2011 and has worked to create a style and methodology to impart to young professional singers ever since.
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Charlotte Tingley - Marketing Manager
Charlotte is a classically trained vocalist, stage manager, producer and marketer, who has worked in a variety of roles in theatre, opera, film and music.
Charlotte started her career in the film industry, working her way up to Assistant Director and Producer on a handful of feature films. This then led to a switch into live performance where the film work turned to the stage. Starting out as Assistant Producer for a pantomime in Rye which has since then grown into regular Stage Manager roles throughout Sussex. Charlotte has a passion for music and professionally sings in the local area. She has performed in St James Theatre London, on BBC, ITV, and in a wide range of Kent, Sussex and London venues.
Having worked on and off the stage she is the perfect blend to take on any challenge Barefoot Opera might throw at her.
Charlotte loves photography, open water diving, board games, family days out and spending time with her three cats.
