Elena Garrido Madrona is a Spanish Soprano who recently graduated from the Alexander Gibson Opera School in Glasgow (2022) under the tutelage of Elizabeth McCormack. She graduated with honors in both Piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Málaga (2018) and Singing at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2020) and is currently working under the guidance of Janice Chapman and Mike Pugh.

Operatic roles include: Zerlina Don Giovanni with Córdoba Opera LAB (Alberto Cubero, Guillermo Amaya 2024); Charlotte (main role) in the premiere of Lisa Logan’s Brontë the Opera (Alex Ingram, Katharina Kastening), at the Grimeborn Festival (Arcola Theatre); Giannetta L’Elisir d’amore with Scottish Opera (Stuart Stratford, Roxana Haines 2021); Female ensemble Golijov's Ainadamar with Scottish Opera (Stuart Stratford, Deborah Colker 2022), Prilepa *Covered* The Queen of Spades (Paul Daniel, Paul Curran 2023) and Lady-in-waiting *Covered* Macbeth (Fancesco Cilluffo, Maxine Braham 2022) with the Grange Festival; Elisabeth from Philip Glass’ Les enfants terribles (Philip White, Lynne Hockney at RCS, 2021), Gretel from Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (Adam Hickox, Stephen Lawless at RCS, 2022), Sophie Werther, Governess The turn of the Screw and Clorinda La Cenerentola for RCS opera scenes (2021); Ilia Idomeneo, Despina Così fan tutte, 1st Lady The magic Flute, Juliette Roméo et Juliette in CSM opera scenes (2018); Page in Rigoletto (2018) and Handmaid in Turandot (2017), both for Teatro Cervantes de Malaga’s Opera Season; Ishtar in the premiere of Héctor Eliel’s opera Gilgamesh (2017), Child Spirit in The Magic Flute (2017), The Music in L'Orfeo (2013) for Conservatorio Superior de Málaga.

She has been a Young Artist of Le foyer des artistes and has performed in the Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow Cathedral, Edinburgh Queen’s Hall, Perth Concert Hall and St Columb's Hall, Sala Maria Cristina, Málaga, among others.

Elena has also trained under Carlos Aransay and Monica Campaña, to whom she is deeply grateful, and has participated in masterclasses from Francesco Izzo, Karen Cargill, Joan Rodgers, Jean Rigby, Caroline Dowdle, Anthony Legge, Damian Whiteley, Marcus van den Akker, Jane Irwin and Giulio Zappa, among others. 

Garrido’s awards include: Finalist at the Clonter Opera Prize 2022, Finalist at the “Estepona Crea” National Competition 2022, Winner of the Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing 2021, First Prize in the A Ramsay Calder Debussy Prize for Voice and Norma Greig French Song Prize 2021, Commended in the Tony and Tania Webster Prize of Russian Song 2021 (all three at RCS), Special Prize to the best performance of a Spanish composer piece in Malaga-Crea Competition for Young Musicians 2020, Second Prize in RCS Leonie Kayser Prize 2019, Winner of the Conservatoire of Málaga’s Annual Soloist Competition (2018) and finalist in The National Youth Music Competition of Spain in 2017.

Future engagements include Despina for the new Da Ponte Festival in Italy and covering the role of Virtù in L’incoronazione di Poppea for The Grange Festival.