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Michael England
Following a huge success conducting Derek Deane’s ‘Strictly Gershwin’ at Tulsa Ballet, Michael has just appeared with the CBSO and next month conducts three Sondheim concerts with the RTE Concert Orchestra
Harry Sever
Harry will conduct two performance of Opera North’s double-bill, Cavalleria rusticana & Aleko in March
Christopher Schumann
Christopher Schumann was until last season the 2nd Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, where he conducted regularly and with a a wide repertoire. Since his debut in 2018 with ‘The Love of Three Oranges’, staged by Axel Ranisch, he has conducted regularly, including titles such as ‘La Bohème’ (Andrea Moses), ‘Carmen’ (Sebastian...
Marlene Lichtenberg
Mezzo-soprano Marlene Lichtenberg completed her studies in singing and choral conducting at the Janacek Academy Brno (CZ) and at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Since 2011 she has been engaged as a concert and opera singer and inspires with her warm and full-bodied timbre. In 2024/2025 she will sing BRANGÄNE at the Glyndebourne Festival, LISA in...
Chunxi Stella Hu
Chunxi Stella Hu studied singing in China and in 2019 received the highest degree cum laude from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. She had previously won singing prizes in 2015 at the Rolando Nicolosi Competition (First) and in 2016 at the Torneo Internazionale di Musica. The same year she was selected by Jose Carreras to take part...
Tama Matheson
This month Tama appears with the London Mozart Players, performing his Beethoven play, I Shall Hear in Heaven. He then premieres his new Prokofiev programme in London and in June appears again with the Royal Philharmonic in a new version of Grieg’s Peer Gynt
Beatrice Venezi
Beatrice is now in rehearsal at the Teatro Lirico Cagliari for a new production of Tosca, following her great success there last year with La Traviata. In May she makes her debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires with Puccini’s Turandot in his Centenary year, then conducts Manon Lescaut at the Puccini Festival at Torre de Lago
Wojtek Gierlach
Wojtek has just returned from a successful production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the ABAO Bilbao Opera in the role of Osmin. He is currently performing in Poland and is in the UK this summer performing in Welsh National Opera’s production of Il Trittico
Tereza Gevorgyan
We are delighted to welcome soprano Tereza Gevorgyan to the Music Partnership! Before the Covid break, she established herself as one of the most exciting young singers in the country, with highlights including Lauretta/’Gianni Schicchi’ and Oscar/’Un ballo in maschera’ at Opera North, Oscar at Grange Park Opera and Frasquita/’Carmen’ at the Royal Opera
Jonathan Michie
Praised for performances which are “powerfully acted and ideally sung” (PBS Chicago), in the 2024/25 season Jonathan Michie will create the role of Richard Loving in the world premiere of Damien Geter and Jessica Murphy Moo’s Loving v. Virginia. Commissioned by the Richmond Symphony and Virginia Opera for their 50th anniversary season, the...
Osian Wyn Bowen
Osian is currently at Welsh National Opera, covering Ferrando in their production of Cosi fan tutte, before returning there in May for roles in Il Trittico
Roland Wood
After another huge success in the title role of ‘Marx in London’ at Scottish Opera, Roland steps in at short notice with them for two concerts, The French Collection, in March. In April he performs and records Tippett’s New Year with the BBC Scottish Symphony then in May reprises his Il Trittico roles from last year’s Scottish Opera production at Welsh National Opera