Iván Ayón Rivas was born in 1993 in Perù. He studied opera under the tutelage of María Eloisa Aguirre at the National Conservatory of Music of Perù. He pursued his studies with Juan Diego Florez, Ernesto Palacio, Vincenzo Scalera, Maurizio Colaccichi and Luigi Alva. He is currently studying in Italy with baritone Roberto Servile. In … Continued
During the fourteen years he served as a concertmaster for the orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Parma, Michelangelo Mazza performed worked with such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Juri Temirkanov and Lorin Maazel. He also recorded all of Verdi’s operas with the orchestra and, as a violinist and conductor of an ensemble composed of the … Continued
French-Israeli bass-baritone Yuri Kissin was born in Perm (Russia). After starting his career in Israel, he moved to France and joined the Paris Opera Studio where he spent a couple of seasons. He was then invited back to take part in many productions both on the stages of the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier. … Continued
Ukrainian baritone Andrei Kymach was the First Prize Winner of the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019. Andrei graduated from the Bolshoi Young Artist Program in 2018. Within his tenure he made is role debut as Don Carlos in Dargomyzhsky’s The Stone Guest at the Bolshoi Theatre. In the 2021/22 season Andrei will … Continued
Kassie’s love for theatre began at her mother’s dance school and she made her professional debut as a child in GFO’s The Sound of Music. She went onto study voice at VCASS and holds a diploma (Musical Theatre) from NIDA. Kassie’s professional credits include Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Dance Captain/Swing), Wicked (Ensemble/Swing), Cats (Electra/Swing), … Continued
Thomas began dancing at the age of five and quickly expanded his repertoire, studying acting and singing. He went on to complete his full-time performing arts training at The Next Step Performing Arts in Sydney. So far in his career Thomas has performed on stage with Cher for The Sydney Mardi Gras, in shows for … Continued
Richard Stilgoe lives in Surrey (where he was born) and has five children and two grandchildren. He writes songs, runs the Orpheus Trust and is involved in music education – most recently the Stilgoe Family Concerts (Royal Festival Hall) and the National Foundation for Youth Music. He was brought up in Liverpool, and progressed through … Continued
Charles Hart was born in London and educated in Maidenhead and Cambridge. He has written words for musicals (The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, The Kissing-Dance, The Dreaming), opera (The Vampyr, BBC TV) and miscellaneous songs, as well as both words and music for television (Watching, Split Ends, Granada TV) and radio (Love … Continued
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969) to Cinderella (2021), his work has been consistently seen on world stages. Before the COVID pandemic hit, Lloyd Webber had shows continually running in the West End for 48 years and on … Continued
Christine Rowland has worked in both subsidised and commercial theatre. She was resident Costume Supervisor at the National Theatre London for several years and Head of Costume at the RSC. Work for Cameron Mackintosh includes: Carousel (London, New York and Japan), Oliver! (London, UK Tour,Toronto and Sydney), The Witches of Eastwick (London, Melbourne), My Fair … Continued