Scottish-born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with classical accordion pioneer Mogens Ellegaard and was awarded the Carl Nielsen Music Prize, Denmark in 1991. He was professor of classical accordion at the Royal Danish Academy of … Continued

Baritone Duncan Rock studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and subsequently at the National Opera Studio, London. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Duncan grew up in Perth, Western Australia where is studied Law before pursuing singing. Fast establishing himself as an outstanding young singer and performer, recent engagements have included Schaunard La Boheme … Continued

Winner of the Rising Talent award at the 2022 International Opera Awards, Nardus Williams has established herself as one of the most exciting and versatile young British singers of her generation. This season, Williams makes her debut at Boston Lyric Opera as Leontine Anonymous Lover, a return to Opéra de Rouen Normandie for concert performances … Continued

New Zealand-raised tenor of Tongan heritage Filipe Manu is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most compelling tenors of his generation. In 2024, he became the first singer from the Pacific and Australasia to win the prestigious Tenor Viñas International Singing Competition. A graduate of the esteemed Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the … Continued

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