What is unique about this performer is the dynamic and versatile range of her repertoire and capabilities. Her blend of Broadway musicals, opera, chamber music, Gaelic arias and pop songs has enabled her to share studio and stage with such top artists as Placido Domingo, Wyclef Jean, Billy Gilman and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Her talent is clear to anyone who has experienced and enjoyed albums like “Voice Of An Angel” (1998), “Charlotte Church” (1999), “Dream A Dream”(2000) and last year’s “Enchantment”. Outside the confines of the recording studio, she has also showed that she is a force to be reckoned with,appearing in concert before vast crowds at Hyde Park in London to the Hollywood Bowl.

To coincide with her appearance on stage at A Royal Christmas, “Prelude…The Best Of Charlotte Church” has gone on release all around the world.  Featuring selections of her most captivating and powerful vocal performances, the album serves both as an ideal introduction to her world for new comers and an opportunity for her fans to enjoy the ultimate Charlotte Church compilation.

As you would expect from an artist of Ms Church’s caliber, there are many highlights. For some, it will be such traditional Irish songs as “My Lagan Love” or “She Moved Through The Fair”. Others will long for such delights as “Pie Jesu", "In Trutina", "Panis Angelicus" or "Amazing Grace". “All Love Can Be”, her contribution to the soundtrack for “A Beautiful Mind”, will be the favorite of many while “The Flower Duet", Habañera" and "The Prayer" are selected from last year’s “Enchantment” collection. There are also four new tracks on “Prelude” including "It's The Heart That Matters Most," Gabriel Faure's "Tantum Ergo", Pietro Mascagni's "Sancta Maria” and a superb version of Paul Simon’s "Bridge Over Troubled Water”, showing yet again Ms Church’s extraordinary diversity.

Remarkable, despite all she has achieved to date, she remains very much a down to earth teenager, as keen to hang out with her friends as she is to collaborate with other music stars. “I’m 16 so I go with the flow” she explains. “It's important to meet challenges head-on. If there's something you really want to accomplish, but you're scared to try, that probably means you should give it a go. You only live once."

For Ms Church, it has always been about a desire to sing. “I never wanted to be famous, I just wanted to sing. I didn't want to be just another pop star. I love so many different styles of music, I wanted to be able to do them all. I don't mind being considered a classical artist because that's what my background and training have been. But I don't want to be stuck in any one category. It's true that, because of my age, I don't have the life experience to sing about things like love and death. But, as I get older, I find I can be a bit more of a narrator, telling the story and conveying the emotion of a song. And that opens a whole new world of possibilities."

This holiday season, it’s her rendition of such classics as “Silent Night” and “Ave Maria” which will be thrilling A Royal Christmas patrons. For those in attendance, it promises to be an unforgettable experience.
 

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