Clare Shearer - About:
Clare Shearer was born in Hamilton and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She received several scholarships and in 1985 won the John Noble Bursary. She was the first recipient of an English Speaking Union Scholarship to study at the Banff Centre in Canada where she sang the roles of Madam Popova The Bear, Miranda L’Ormindo, Nancy Albert Herring and Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia. Clare was a member of Scottish Opera from 1987 to 1990 where her roles included Tzeitel Fiddler on the Roof, Kate PInkerton Madama Butterfly, Jennie Hildebrand Street Scene, Wellgunde Das Rheingold, Flora La Traviata, Second Lady The Magic Flute, Mercedes Carmen, Olga Eugene Onegin, Cherubino The Marriage of Figaro, Preziosilla La Forza del Destino, Mary Wollstonecraft in Sally Beamish’s Monster,and Dorabella Cosi fan Tutte.