Current INDEPENDENT OPERA Artist Support Fellowship & Scholarship Recipients:
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
28 & 30th June – Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), The New Atheneum Theatre, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), Glasgow
2 July – Mahler Kindertotenlieder, RSAMD Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Timothy Dean
Gaëlle Arquez
8 August – Recital with Anne Le Bozec (piano), Messiaen Festival, La Grave (France)
August – September 2011: Cherubini Medée (Première Servante), La Monnaie, Brussels
31 December 2011 – January 8 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Opéra Théâtre d’Avignon
30 March – 3 April 2012 – Le Nozze di Figaro, Opéra de Massy
April – May 2012– Massenet Cendrillon (Le Prince Charmant), Opéra de Lille
27 February – 31 March2013 – Falstaff (Meg Page), Opéra National de Paris
Monica Bancos
14 June – Royal College of Music’s Rising Stars, Shostakovich Spanish Songs op.100, Cadogan Hall
28 & 30 June, 2 & 3 July - Smetana The Bartered Bride (Marenka), Royal College of Music
22 June – Recital with Stephan Loges & Nigel Foster, London Song Festival, Church of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square
17, 20, 24, 26, 30 June, 2 July – Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena cover), Garsington Opera
Nicholas Lester
1, 3, 9, 11 & 16 June – Debussy Pelléas et Melisande (Doctor/Shepherd), Opera Holland Park
25 June – Concert including Haydn Theresienmesse & Mozart Requiem with Goldsmiths Choral Union, Conductor: Brian Wright, Cadogan Hall
21 May - 28 June – Puccini La Boheme (Shaunard) for Reis Opera (Holland)
Laurence Miekle
20 June – Opera South - The Marriage of Words and Music, including scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and others, Rombolds Farm Barn, Plaistow
June 25th - Handel Saul (title role) with Laurence Cummings & Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Spitalfields Festival
25 August - Recital with pianist Aura Go, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival
8 & 11 September - Oliver/Peri Euridice (Pluto) British Youth Opera, Peacock Theatre
16, 17, 21 August – Handel Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Opéra les Azuriales, Cap Ferrat.
23 September – Recital with Julius Drake, Wigmore Hall
25 March 2011– Concert with Joe Middleton for his Geoffrey Parson's Award, Wigmore Hall
John Pierce
4, 7 & 10 September – Puccini La bohème (Rodolfo), British Youth Opera
Meeta Raval
10 & 13 November - Samling Foundation Masterclass performances, Sage Gateshead
Duncan Rock
20, 23, 26, 29 May, 02, 05, 08, 11, 16, 19 June – Britten Billy Budd (Novice’s friend), Glyndebourne Festival Opera
14 June – Recital with Katarina Mina & Nigel Foster, London Song Festival, Church of St John, Waterloo
08, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 29 August – Stravinsky The Rake's Progress (Keeper of the Madhouse), Glyndebourne Festival Opera
22, 27, 30 May, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 23, 25, 30 June, 3, 8, 11, 14 & 17 July – Mozart Così fan tutte (Guglielmo cover), Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Helen Sherman
4, 12, 17, 20, 22 & 25 June & 2 July – Capriccio (Clairon cover), Grange Park Opera
8, 10, 11 & 13 July – Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), Grange Park Opera
17 July – Recital, Lichfield Festival
24 September – Recital, St Mary’s Church, Tenby Festival
Alessandro Talevi
8, 11, 15, 19, 24 July 2010 – Cornelius Der Barbier von Bagdad, Buxton Festival
20 July – A Samuel Barber Celebration, A Hand of Bridge, Andrew Greenwood conducting, Buxton Festival
16, 17, 21 August – Handel Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Opéra les Azuriales, Cap Ferrat.
02 October opening – Britten The Turn of the Screw, Opera North
July 2011 opening – Handel Amadigi, Central City Opera, Colorado
INDEPENDENT OPERA Artist Support Fellowship & Scholarship Alumni:
4 July - Debut Recital, The countertenor voice through the ages, with Gary Cooper, Wigmore Hall
29, 30 & 31 July - Duets Recitals, Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck & Arne, Concerts in the West, Lyme Regis, Taunton & Hatherleigh
November – Monteverdi L'incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone), Glyndebourne on Tour - Details to be announced
18 December – Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium with Graham Ross – Cadogan Hall
26 June opening – Puccini, Turandot, Theater Augsburg
8, 11, 15, 19, 24 July – Cornelius Der Barbier von Bagdad, Buxton Festival
16, 17, 21 August – Handel Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Opéra les Azuriales, Cap Ferrat.
02 October opening – Britten The Turn of the Screw, Opera North, Various venues
July 2011 opening – Handel Amadigi, Central City Opera, Colorado
Andrew Foster-Williams
11, 13, 14, 16 & 18 June – Handel Jephtha, Opera National de Bordeaux
27 June – Hayden The Seasons, Sir Colin Davis conducting, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall
Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy
15 January to 1 July – Puccini La Boheme (Schaunard), Opera North
6, 8, 10 & 12 November – Puccini La Boheme (Schaunard), Den Nye Opera, Bergen, Norway
Alinka Kozari
24, 27, 29, 31, July & 3, 5, and 7 August – Verdi Rigoletto (Gilda), Iford Arts Festival
Katherine Manley
17, 20, 24, 26, 30 June, 2 July – Britten Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Garsington Opera
16 July – Baroque arias concert, Academy of Ancient Music, St John’s Church, Buxton
29, 30, 31 July – Duets Recitals, Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck & Arne, Concerts in the West, Lyme Regis, Taunton & Hatherleigh
24 August - Purcell Indian Queen, Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival
14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 28, 30 January, 1 February – Britten Rape of Lucretia (Lucia), Angers-Nantes Opera
Benedict Nelson
4 July - Recital with Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra, Cheltenham Festival
16, 20, 21, 28 & 20 July - Langer The Lion's Face, The Opera Group, Cheltenham Festivals & Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
18, 21, 25 & 30 September & 2, 6, 9, 14 & 16 October – Gounod Faust, English National Opera
27 October - Recital with Joan Rogers, The Barber Institute
Eliana Pretorian
9 October to 4 December 2010 – Mozart Don Giovanni (Zerlina), Glyndebourne On Tour
9 December - Messiah with London Chamber Orchestraunder Christopher Warren-Green
Matthew Rose
20, 23, 26 & 29 May, 02, 05, 08, 11, 16 & 19 June – Billy Budd (Mr Flint), Glyndebourne Festival Opera
8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26 & 29 August – Stravinsky,The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow), Glyndebourne Festival
26 & 28 September, 1 & 3 October– Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (title role), Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater, Munich
16, 18 & 20 October– Rossini Guillaume Tell (Gualtiero), Antonio Pappano conducting, Accademia Santa Cecilia, Italy
23 October – Bach, Mass in B minor Chantry Singers & Steinitz Bach Players, Bath Abbey
11 November – Recital with Malcolm Martineau, Wigmore Hall
15 & 17 November – Tippett, A child of our time, Wiener Symphonika / Ticciati, Vienna Konzerthaus
22 November – Mozart, Requiem, Sir Colin Davis conducting, Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana & BandArt, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona
25 & 26 November – Handel, Messiah, Sir Charles Mackerras conducting, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
11 December – Mussorgsky, Songs and Dances of Death, Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall
Philip Smith
30 July - Mozart Opera Scenes directed by Claudio Desderi, Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
25 September - Handel Messiah, Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus, Hexham Abbey
10 & 13 November - Samling Foundation Masterclass performances, Sage Gateshead
10 December - Samling Showcase Concert, Wigmore Hall
11 December- Handel Messiah, Leeds Philharmonic Society, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds
Nathan Vale
16 July – Mozart Vespers & Haydn Requiem, Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford
4 December – Christmas Oratorio, Gloger Academy, Kongsberg Kirche, Kongsberg
16, 17 & 18 December – Messiah, Sonderjylland Symfoniorkester, Sondeborg, Kolding & Logumkloster
21 & 22 December – Messiah, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg
Adrian Ward
22, 27, 30 May, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 23, 25, 30 June, 3, 8, 11, 14 & 17 July – Mozart Così fan tutte (Ferando cover & chorus) Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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