Described as ‘outstanding and extraordinarily expressive’ (Ham and High), Myrna Tennant is a Dutch/British mezzo-soprano based in Bristol, UK. She graduated with Distinction from the Artist Masters programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Yvonne Kenny. She previously studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating with a Bachelor with Honours of the First Class, under the tutelage of Helen Lawson and Wilma MacDougall.

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Myrna’s opera highlights include creating the role of Diana in the world premiere of To Die For, a new comic opera by Elena Langer with de Nederlandse Reisopera, the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with Hampstead Garden Opera, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas with Longborough Festival Opera, and Una Conversa in a filmed version of Suor Angelica with Grange Park Opera, with whom Myrna also performed the role of Employee for Gods of the Game, a work commissioned for Sky Arts.

Myrna is a keen recitalist and has performed as a soloist with orchestras and companies including the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the Oxford International Song Festival.

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Upcoming engagements include the role of Beatrix in The Rose of Castile with Wexford Festival Opera, and her house debut at the London Coliseum as she reprises the role of Diana in To Die For in a co-production between de Nederlandse Reisopera and English National Opera.

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Myrna was a Britten Pears Young Artist for their 2023-24 English Song programme, and a BYO Serena Fenwick Young Artist for 2024, where she had the privilege of receiving mentorship from industry leading professionals.

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She has been a finalist and prize winner in competitions including the Bampton Classical Opera ‘Young Singers Competition’, Hurn Court Opera’s ‘Singer of the Year’, and the London Choral Sinfonia ‘Leach Award for Singing’.

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As an ensemble singer, Myrna performed as part of the Grange Park Opera chorus (2021-24) and has sung as a member of reduced chorus ensemble for If Opera and Britten Pears Arts. She is a member of Scottish Voices, with whom she has done several recording projects and performed in concerts around Scotland, as well as the USA and Portugal. Myrna was proud to be selected for the Genesis Sixteen 2017/18 programme with Harry Christophers and Eamonn Dougan.

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During her studies, Myrna was enormously grateful to be generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Kathleen Trust, the Mario Lanza Educational Foundation, the Clemence Charitable Trust, and the Dewar Arts Awards, as well as a Guildhall School Financial Award scholarship.