Hope Lavelle

Nanoka

Hope is a London-based singer-actor of Kale Romani heritage whose work spans opera, musical theatre, screen and stage. Equally at home in Shakespeare, Mozart or Sondheim, she is acclaimed for her communicative, versatile artistry.

Fresh from the international tour of The Phantom of the Opera (Hal Prince revival), where she covered and regularly performed as Carlotta Giudicelli, becoming the first Romani woman to portray the role, Hope has appeared at major venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican, the British Museum and the Royal Opera House. She has sung for the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary Concert and collaborated with Oscar-winning composer Allan Rich as a Resident Guest Entertainer with Princess Cruises.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (MA, Distinction) and Trinity Laban (First-Class BMus Hons), Hope is also a writer and storyteller, developing new music-theatre works and one-woman shows that blend classical training with contemporary creativity.