

Trustees Highlights
Gaëlle Arquez
21 April 2013 – Wigmore Hall | Independent Opera, Fellowship Recital
CURRENT FELLOWS
Rosie Aldridge
4 December – Lunchtime Recital with Simon Lepper, piano, Musee D’Orsay, Paris
15 December – Opera Gala, City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Cambridge
6 February – Elgar Dream of Gerontius, Sherbourne Abbey, Dorset
3 & 6 May 2013 – Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, John Wilson conducting
16 May – Verdi Requiem, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwich, David Parry conducting
15 May – 8 June 2013 – Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), Scottish Opera
11 June – 20 July 2013 – Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), Promenade Productions
19 October 2013 – Mozart Requiem, Royal Festival Hall
Oliver Dunn
2 December – Lehár The Merry Widow (Cascada), the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall
15 February – 16 March 2013 – Charpentier Médée (Arcas), English National Opera
21 March – Rutter Mass of the Children, Chelsea Opera Group chorus & orchestra, Salisbury Cathedral
14 May – 2 June 2013 – Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello), Opera de Lille, Antonello Allemandi conducting
14 May – 2 June 2013 – Verdi La Traviata (Marchese d’Orbigny), Glyndebourne Festival
October – December 2013 – Britten The Rape of Lucretia (Junis), Glyndebourne on Tour
Summer 2014 – Verdi La Traviata (Marchese), Glyndebourne Festival
Jimmy Holliday
6 December - Juice of the Pomegranate concert of old and new music, EXAUDI concert, Temple Church
7 December – Bach Christmas Oratorio (solos), Southwark Cathedral
14, 15 & 21 December – Lang A Little Match Girl Passion & Bach Jesu Meine Freude, I Fagiolini concert in collaboration with Opera North, Spitalfields, Leeds & Warwick
17 – 19 December – recording with the Gabrielli Consort at Douai Abbey
23 December – Handel Messiah, Polyphony (chorus), St John's, Smith Square
30 December – Bach Christmas & New Year Cantatas (Solos), Florilegium, Kings Place
24, 27 & 28 January 2013 – Gervasoni Dir – In dir with L’Instant Donné, EXAUDI, Toulouse, Geneva & Lausanne
7, 9, 17 & 19 March & 11 May 2013 – Wagner Lohengrin (King Heinrich), National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava, Czech Republic
29 March – EXAUDI concert at the Aldeburgh Easter Festival
30 March – Bach Cantata & Easter Oratorio, Florilegium, Wigmore Hall
Anna Huntley
21 December – Handel Messiah, Perugia, Italy
18 January 2013 – Recital for Classic Music Live! Falkirk
February – April 2013– Puccini Madama Butterfly (Cover for Suzuki), Welsh National Opera
May 2013–Concerts at Bath International Festival
21 August 2013–Recital for North Norfolk Music Festival
Dominik Köninger
25, 19 November, 3, 8, 13, 21, 26, 31 December – Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Komische Oper Berlin, Henrik Nánási conducting
13 December – 3 January 2013 – Weber Der Freischütz, Komische Oper Berkin, Mikhel Kütson conducting
16 February, 1 March – Puccini La bohéme, Komische Oper Berlin, Kristiina Poska conducting
3, 22 March, 27 April, 4, 9, 11 May – Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Komische Oper Berlin, Kristiina Poska conducting
3 – 15 June – Mozart Cosi fan tutte, New National Theatre Tokyo, Yves Abel conducting
5 July 2013 – Monteverdi / Kat-Chernin Orpheus, Komische Oper Berlin, André de Ridder conducting
Koji Terada
16 December – Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Soloist)
9 January 2013 – Recital in Japan
Summer 2013 – Donizetti Don Pasquale (Cover of Malatesta), Glyndebourne Festival
CURRENT SCHOLARS
Katherine Crompton
8 December 2012– Handel Messiah(excerpts) & pieces for Christmas (Soprano soloist), Thames Philharmonic Choir
15 December 2012– BachCantata 214,HandelDettingen Te Deum (Soprano soloist), Burgess Hill Choral Society
9 February 2013–Mozart Arias-Dorking Chamber Orchestra
9 March 2013– BrahmsRequiem (Soprano soloist), Ross on Wye
27 April 2013– Vaughan WilliamsA Sea Symphony (Soprano soloist),Northampton Bach Choir
11 May 2013–Bizet Carmen (selected arias),City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra
21 December 2013 –Handel Messiah(Soprano soloist), Norwich Cathedral
Nicholas Crawley
Spring 2013 - Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (Prince Gremin), Royal Academy Opera
Summer 2013 – Ravel L’enfant et les Sortileges (L’Arbre), Royal Academy Opera
8 – 22 June 2013 – Verdi La Traviata (Marchese d’Obigny),Iford Arts Festival
Summer 2013 – Nicholas will be performing at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Raoni Hübner
13 December - Quatro Cantos, Debut Recital at Westbourne Music
31 December – Beethoven 9th Symphony, Bamberg, Germany
26 & 31 January 2013 – Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander), Theatre Royal, Glasgow & Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
7 February 2013 – Season's Wheel Song Studio, Edinburgh Art Club
24 February 2013 – Bruce Millar Gulliver Prize 2013, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
17 March 2013 - Mozart Vesperae Soleminis Confessore & Haydn Nelson Mass, Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society
James Platt
28 February & 2, 4 & 6 March - Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Doctor Bartolo), Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Daniel Shelvey
9, 11, 13 & 15 December - Monteverdi Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Ulisse), RNCM Theatre, Manchester
21 & 26 March 2013 - Shostakovich / McBurney Moscow, Cheremushki (Boris), RNCM Theatre, Manchester
FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI
Christopher Ainslie
7, 8 & 9 December – Handel Messiah, St Louis Symphony, Powell Hall, St Louis, USA, Christopher Warren-Green conducting
12 December – Handel Messiah, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Lighthouse, Poole, Nicholas McGegan conducting
13 December – Handel Messiah, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Exeter Festival Chorus, Exeter University Great Hall, Nigel Perrin conducting
23 December – Handel Messiah, Wigmore Hall, Classical Opera Company, Ian Page conducting
25 & 27 January 2013 – Recital with Les Passions de l’Ame, Bern, Swizerland & Brugge, Belgium
15 – 29 March 2013 – Cavalli Eliogabalo (Title Role), The Box, New York, James Marvel conducting
18, 21 & 28 July 2013 – Tchaikovsky The Merchant of Venice (Antonio), World Premiere, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Festspielhaus Bregenz Festival, Austria
Autumn 2013 – Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Opera North
March 2014 – Handel Rodelinda (Unulfo), Details to be announced, England
2015 – Chris Ainslie will present his first solo recital at Wigmore Hall
Gaëlle Arquez
20 November – 31 December – Offenbach La Belle Hélène (Hélène), Theatre du Capitole, Toulouse
30 January, 1 & 3 February 2013 – Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), La Ville de Saint Etienne
27 February – 31 March2013 – Verdi Falstaff (Meg Page), Opéra National de Paris
21 April 2013 – Wigmore Hall / Independent Opera Fellowship Recital
20 May – 9 June 2013 – Handel Teseo (Medea), Oper Frankfurt
24 June – 31 July 2013 – Gounod Romeo & Juliette (Stephano), Santiago
13 – 24 November 2013 – Mozart Idomeneo (Idamante), Theater an der Wein
Madeleine Boyd
Opening 7 September 2013 – Donizetti Anna Bolena, Welsh National Opera, Alessandro Talevi directing
Opening 13 September 2013 – Donizetti Maria Stuarda, Welsh National Opera, Rudolf Frei directing
Opening 3 October 2013 – Donizetti Roberto Devereaux, Welsh National Opera, Alessandro Talevi directing
Leslie Davis
4 October – 8 December – Chorus member for Glyndebourne on Tour
Anna Devin
9 December – Handel Messiah (Soprano Solo), Mozart Festival Orchestra & The London Chorus, Royal Festival Hall, Oliver Gooch conducting
14 – 23 December – Carols by Candlelight, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Steven Devine conducting at Southampton Mayflower, Royal Albert Hall, Guildford G Live, Bristol Colston Hall, Watford Coliseum
15 February – 2 March 2013 –Massenet Werther (Sophie), Scottish Opera
23 March 2013 – Mozart Exsultate Jubilate & Great Mass in C Minor for Kingston Choral Society
March - April 2013 – Haydn's L'isola Disabitata (Silvia) for ROH at Hobart Festival, Tazmania
20 May 2013 – Tales from Ovid, Classical Opera Company, Wigmore Hall
May - July 2013 – Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Gretel), Garsington Opera
August - November 2013 – Mozart Don Giovanni (Zerlina) for Scottish Opera
October - December 2013 – Wagner Parsifal (Flower Maiden) for Royal Opera House
Andrew Foster-Williams
3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 December – Handel Messiah, Opera de Lyon, Deborah Warner directing & Laurence Cummings conducting
19 December – Handel Messiah, Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, William Lacey conducting
9 January 2013 – Haydn Creation, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Festival Hall, Ivan Fischer conducting
13 January 2013 – Mozart Requiem, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, Sir Colin Davis conducting
25 January 2013 – Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’, RTÉ National Symphony orchestra & Philharmonic Choir, National Concert Hall Dublin, Gerhard Markson conducting
2 February 2013 – Bach Lucio Silla, Mozarteum Orchestra, Saltzburg, Ivor Bolton conducting
18 – 22 February 2013 – Joncieres Dimitri (CD Recording), Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Hiquet conducting
27 February 2013 – Handel Judas Maccabaeus, Concerto Köln / NDR Chor, Grober Saal, Hamburg, Philipp Ahmann conducting
8 March 2013 – Lully Phaéton, Les Talens Lyriques, Barbican Hall, Christophe Rousset conducting
Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy
5 January – 7 February 2013 – Puccini La Boheme (Rodolfo), Nationale Reisopera
25 May – 13 June 2013 – Martin Le Vin Herbé, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
2 – 8 November 2013 – Beethoven Fidelio (Jacquino), Den Nye Opera
Alinka Kozari
December – Alinka will perform Christmas concerts in Spain
8 – 22 June 2013 – Verdi La Traviata (Violetta),Iford Arts Festival
Nicholas Lester
26 April – 4 May 2013 – Quincy Grant & Jane Goldney Ode to Nonsense (Edward Lear), Slingsby Theatre Company, Adelaide
Kate Manley
14 December – Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Ludus Baroque, The Queen’s Hall Edinburgh
18 & 22 December – Bach Christmas Oratorio, Kox Vocaal, Lochem and Leiden
15 February – 16 March 2013 – Charpentier Médée (Creuse), English National Opera
12 – 20 April 2013 – Van der Aa Sunken Garden (Zenna Law), ENO at Barbican Theatre
3 – 6 June 2013 – Van der Aa Sunken Garden (Zenna Law), Holland Festival
Clara Mouriz
26 December – Beethoven Sinfonia no 9, Christmas Concert, Orquesta Nacional de España, Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid, Rafael Frühbek de Burgos conducting
18 January 2013 – Songs to the Moon, Songs and duets by Szulc, Debussy, Chausson, Hahn, Duparc, Mompou, and Faure, recital with The Myrthen Ensemble, Wigmore Hall
Early February 2013 – release of JoaquínTurina recording with BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena conducting (Chandos)
June 2013 (TBC) - "Heroines in song"solo recording with Joseph Middleton for Champs Hill Records
17 - 31 May 2013 - Nebra Viento es la dicha de Amor (Céfiro), Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Alan Curtis conducting
Benedict Nelson
8 December – Messiah, Wells Cathedral
14 & 15 December – Messiah, Ulster Orchestra
25 February – 17 March 2013 – Rossini Barber of Seville (Title Role), English National Opera
Patricia Orr
29 January 2013 – Bach Minor Mass, Charity Concert in Bristol with David Lowe
8 February – 2 April – Berg Lulu (Wardrobe Mistress/Schoolboy), Welsh National Opera touring
5 June – 13 July 2013 – Puccini Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), Opera Holland Park
Kirstin Sharpin
25 – 31 January 2013 - Selected for the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Ireland
Philip Smith
22 & 24 March 2013 – Britten Rape of Lucretia (Junius), Ravenna Festival, Italy
5 & 7 April 2013 – Britten Rape of Lucretia (Junius), I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Italy
13 April 2013 – Fauré Requiem, Altrincham Choral Society
17 – 25 May 2013 – Britten Rape of Lucretia (Junius), Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy
Jung Soo Yun
5 November – 21 December – Meyerbeer Robert le Diable (cover Raimbaud), Royal Opera House
19 December – Opera Gala Concert, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
31 January – 2 March 2013 – Massenet Werther (cover Werther), Scottish Opera
19 & 27 February 2013 – ‘Unwrap’ performances of excerpts of Werther, Scottish Opera, Glasgow
14 – 21 April 2013 – Samling Masterclass
6 May – 20 July 2013 – Bizet Les Pecheurs de Perles (Nadir), Opera Holland Park
14 July 2013 - Wigmore Hall Solo Recital with pianist Joseph Middleton
Michel de Souza
In September Michel will join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for two years.
Alessandro Talevi
Opening 12 February 2013 - Britten The Turn of the Screw, the Israeli Opera
Opening 27 April 2013 - Cornelius Der Barbier von Bagdad Landestheater Coburg, Germany
Summer 2013 – Ricci Crispino e la Comare, Festival della valle d’Itria, Puglia, Italy
Opening 3 October 2013 – Donizetti Roberto Devereux, Welsh National Opera, Alessandro Talevi directing
SCHOLARSHIP ALUMNI
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
January 2013 - Ravel Sheherazade & Commedia dell'arte recital for Leeds Lieder
8 February – 2 April 2013 – Berg Lulu (cover Countess Geschwitz), Welsh National Opera touring
Louise Collett
September – December – Mozart The Magic Flute (3rd Lady), Scottish Opera
Sipho Fubesi
4 October – 8 December – Ravel L’heure espagnole (cover Gonzalve) and Glyndebourne Chorus, Glyndebourne on tour
Anthony Gregory
8 December – Handel Messiah (Tenor soloist), Wells Cathedral
30 March 2013 – Handel Messiah (Tenor soloist), RSNO
Spring/Summer 2013 – Mozart Cosi fan tutte (Ferrando), English Touring Opera
Ben Johnson
18 & 19 December – Messiah (Tenor soloist), Huddersfield Choral Society
2 February – 3 March 2013 – Verdi La Traviata (Alfredo), English National Opera
22 & 24 March 2013 – Britten Serenade with Residentie Orkest
1 May 2013 – Tippett Child of our Time with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Laura Kelly
2013 – Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), Diva Opera, touring in UK & France
Nadine Livingston
17, 21, 24, 26, 28 January 2013 – Birtwhistle Minotaur (Innocent 2), Royal Opera House
20, 22, 24, 29 June, 2, 4, 6 July 2013 – Britten Gloriana, Royal Opera House
Laurence Miekle
26 January 2013 – Mahler Rucker Lieder, Bromley Symphony Orchestral, Langley Park School
8 June – 4 July 2013 – Puccini Madama Butterfly, Opera Holland Park
Natalie Montakhab
6 & 11 December, 23 January 2013 – 4uartet performances in Osprey Music Society, Lockerbie & Dollar
14 January 2013 – Dvorak Sabat Mater, Perth Choral Society
20 January 2013 – Mozart Requiem & Vivaldi Gloria, Buckie Choral Union
James Oldfield
6 December – Handel Messiah, St George’s Church, Hanover Square, The London Handel Orchestra, Simon Williams conducting
8 December – Handel Messiah, York Musical Society, York Minster, David Pipe conducting
9 December – Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Beccles Choral Society
6 March 2013 – Walton Belshazzar’s Feast, Emanuel School, London
16 March 2013 – Haydn Stabat Mater & Mealor Stabat Mater St James the Greater Church, Leicester
4 May 2013 – Rossini Stabat Mater & Mozart Requiem, Beverley Minster, Yorkshire
Mikhail Pavlov
6 & 8 December - Ian Smith of Stornoway Opera Scenes Performance, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
27 January 2013 - Verdi Simon Boccanegra (Paolo), Verdi & Wagner Gala with Scottish Opera City Halls, Glasgow
January - March 2013 - Burns Clubs of Scotland recitals
Emilie Renard
18 December – Vivaldi’s Angels recital, Spitalfields Winter Festival, Christ Church Spitalfields, Christian Curnyn conducting
23 January – 10 February 2013 – Monteverdi Orfeo (Messaggera), Silent Opera, Trinity Buoy Wharf
12, 13, 19 & 20 March 2013 - Academy of Le Jardin des Voix, Théâtre de Caen, France, Director: William Christie
28 March – 30 April 2013 - International Concert Tour with Le Jardin des Voix, Brussels, Paris & New York
Duncan Rock
Autumn 2013 – Britten The Rape of Lucretia (Tarquinis), Glyndebourne on Tour
Natalya Romaniw
Natalya is at Houston Opera on the Young artist programme from September 2012 until June 2014.
23 July – 2 August 2013 – Wolf-Ferrari I gioielli della Madonna, Opera Holland Park
Helen Sherman
19 Dec 2012 – Opera Gala for Manchester Mid-day Recitals / Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
20 Feb 2013 – Recital for King’s Lynn Musical Society
26 Feb 2013 – Recital for Oriental Club, London
9 March – 21 May 2013 – Donizetti L’assedio di Calais (Aurelio), English Touring Opera
Victor Sicard
26 January 2013 – Recital of songs and arias, St. John at Hampstead Church, London
2 March 2013 - Elmbridge Society Concert
24 February - 20 March 2013 - Academy of Le Jardin des Voix, Théâtre de Caen, France, Director: William Christie (Performances 12, 13 & 19 March)
28 March – 30 April 2013 - International Concert Tour with Le Jardin des Voix, Brussels, Paris & New York
11 April 2013 - Voice and piano Recital, Petit Palais de Paris, France
19 April 2013 – Recital with Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society
11 May 2013 – Recital of opera arias at the Chorégies d'Orange, Palais des Princes, Orange, France
12 October 2013 – Recital for the Isle of White Concert Society
Andrea Tweedale
8 December – Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice), Opera Seria
24 – 16 January 2013 – Donizetti L’elisir d’Amore (Stefania), Pint-sized Opera, Manchester
16 March 2013 – Verdi Nabucco (Abigaille), Come and Sing series, Pint-sized Opera, Manchester
March 2013 – Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder, Westmoreland Orchestra, Kendall
8 – 11 May 2013 – Mozart Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Pint-sized Opera, Manchester
Summer 2013 – Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena), the Winter Gardens in Sheffield.
Nathan Vale
9 December – Handel Messiah by candlelight, Mozart Festival Orchestra & The London Chorus, Royal Festival Hall, Oliver Gooch conducting
3 March 2013 – Bach St Matthew Passion (arias), London Concert Choir, Cadogan Hall
3 – 22 March 2013 –Mozart La Finta Giardiniera (Belfiore), Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg
23 March 2013 – Haydn Creation, Stratford Upon Avon Choral Society, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Upon Avon
29 March 2013 – Handel St Matthew Passion Evangelist & Arias, London Handel Society, St George’s Hanover Square
8 – 26 November 2013 – Mozart La Finta Giardiniera (Belfiore), Toulon Opera
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