Elizabeth Marvelly

Elizabeth Lillian Marvelly, born July 5, 1989, is a young soprano from Rotorua, New Zealand. A scholarship student at King's College, Auckland in 2007, Marvelly recently won the New Zealand's Annual Variety Artists Club's Rising Star Award..Marvelly is currently signed with record label EMI Classics, a subsidiary of EMI Group.

Debut Album

Her debut album was released on 3 December, 2007 in New Zealand, and on 31 March 2008 in Australia. The self-titled pop-classical album was produced by Carl Doy. In its first week in the New Zealand charts [ [http://rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1594-10-dec-07.pdf RIANZ album chart 10/12/2007] ] the album went to number 8 after going gold in just five days.

On the album Marvelly sings songs taken from a range of different genres and includes two original pieces. Her song 'When You Are Sad' was reportedly written after a recent case of child abuse in her hometown shocked the nation. She has been quoted as to have said that she "wrote the song with the hope that we, together, can give these kids a better life."

Live performances

Tours of New Zealand

In 2006, Marvelly was part of the 'A Knight with a Dame'-tour with Sir Howard Morrison and Dame Malvina Major [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=274&objectid=10470328 "Star in tune with Sir Howard"] by Eloise Gibson, "New Zealand Herald", October 17, 2007 (accessed 2007-10-17)] . In 2007 she was the guest artist for Tim Beveridge's tour of the North Island.

International Appearances

In 2007 Marvelly appeared at a charity gala organized by Michelle Ong during the premiere of The Golden Compass in Hong Kong on December 16 2007 with an audience of multiple Hollywood stars. Later that month she appeared in Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

In July, 2008, Marvelly sang at the Beijing opening of Air New Zealand's inaugural Auckland-Beijing flight. Later, in August, Marvelly also made an appearance in Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysia New Zealand Business Council.

National Anthems

On June 7, 2008, Marvelly performed the New Zealand National Anthem at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington for the All Blacks vs Ireland rugby union Test match. Marvelly's song Tarakihi was also played as the All Blacks entered the field.

On August 2, 2008, Marvelly performed the Australian National Anthem at Eden Park in Auckland for the second Bledisloe Cup match between the All Blacks and the Wallabies and also the last match before the rennovations to Eden Park in preparations for the Rugby World Cup in 2011. After the game Marvelly sang a tribute to the South Stand, which was to be demolished later that evening.

International tours

In April 2008, Marvelly was Paul Potts' guest artist on the New Zealand and Australian legs of his worldwide tour.

Charity Work

Marvelly has been linked to charities such as the SPCA, Variety, the Children's Charity, and StarJam among others.

References

External links

* [http://www.elizabethmarvelly.com Official website]
* [http://www.rianz.com NZ Charts]