Background: Born United Kingdom, Studied St John’s College, Cambridge; Royal Academy of Music, London OA repertoire: N/A Other Companies: Peter Grimes/Peter Grimes (Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York); Hamlet/Hamlet (Glyndebourne, Metropolitan Opera, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich), David/ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich; Jake/The … Continued
London-based Australian soprano Alexandra Oomens is a Harewood Artist with English National Opera. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy Opera Programme at the Royal Academy of Music, and an alumna of the Georg Solti Accademia, where she worked with Alessandro Corbelli, Barbara Frittoli, and Sir Richard Bonynge. In the 2023-2024 season Alexandra will … Continued
Countertenor Russell Harcourt, a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music London, an Associate of the Jette Parker Young Artists’ Program, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Alumnus of the Britten–Pears Young Artist Program. Russell’s recent and upcoming engagements include the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo (West Australian Opera), … Continued
Armenian dramatic baritone Gevorg Hakobyan studied at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan with Maestro Sergey Danielyan. Looking ahead, Gevorg will make his house debuts at L’Opéra National de Paris, Metropolitan Opera New York, Deutsche Oper Berlin and will return to the Teatro Real Madrid and Dutch National Opera Gevorg has appeared at Wiener Staatsoper, … Continued
American baritone Rod Gilfry, whom The New York Times describes as “a tour-de-force…[who] sings every phrase with crisp diction and dramatic point, delivering phrases with virile energy, sudden bluster, or, during vulnerable moments, an aching confusion that takes you by surprise…” is a two-time Grammy award nominee, singer and actor, has performed in all of … Continued
With 27 performances of Cavaradossi Tosca to his credit last season, South Korean tenor Young Woo Kim returns to the role in 2024-25 at Staatsoper Hamburg and Deutsche Oper am Rhein. At Oper Frankfurt he sings Radames Aida and at Oper Köln, where he’s a member of the ensemble, he sings Ismaele Nabucco and Don … Continued
Zoe Zeniodi, hailed by the press as “Ms Dynamite”, has an international career which has led to collaborations with Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Queensland, New Zealand Opera, Opera Southwest, Florida Grand Opera, Bremen Opera and orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Orchestre de Paris, Köln Gürzenich Orchestra, Bremen Philharmonic, Brno Philharmonic, … Continued
Anglo-German conductor Tim Anderson is rapidly making a name for himself as an interpreter of 20th and 21st century repertoire. He has conducted for companies such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Teatro Real Madrid, Dutch National Opera, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Future plans include his house debut at Semperoper Dresden. … Continued
In 2023 Northern Irish soprano Giselle Allen revived Tosca for Opera North and sang Praskov’ya Osipovna Nos (The Nose) at La Monnaie, Brussels and 3rd Norn Götterdämmerung for Opernhaus Zürich. Celebrated for her strong character portrayals, other highlights include Elektra for Irish National Opera, Miss Jessel The Turn of the Screw for La Monnaie (live-streamed to European audiences) and Ellen Orford at Bergen International Festival, Berlin’s Komische Oper and … Continued
British keyboardist and director Chad Kelly emigrated to Australia at the end of 2021. Since arriving, he has received regular invitations to perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as conducting engagements with the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Victorian Opera, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In 2022 he joined the music staff of Opera Australia, … Continued