Autumn Performances 2020

The Magic Flute

PERFORMANCES ON 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 AND 21 NOVEMBER 9 AND 10 DECEMBER A new Magic Flute

At last year’s Festival we premiered a needs to tell a story through music brand new, large-scale production of and theatre. Die Zauberflöte. We threw everything Our dedication at Glyndebourne is to at it: masses of scene changes, ensemble music making, ensemble props galore, puppets, and exquisite acting, and a way of working which costumes… Our plan was to revive is collaborative. So while we call this the production at Glyndebourne a semi-staging, the performers don’t this autumn, and take it out on the view it that way: for them it is the full road to visit our regular touring thing. Mozart and Schikaneder were partners’ theatres. both practical theatre people, and we Alas, Covid-19 struck, and we all know think they would have approved of how 2020 has developed since. We left our refusal to give up in the face of it as late as possible to cancel our Tour, adversity! hoping that everything would right It is an unusual year, and this is an itself in time, but with social distancing unusual performance – and we hope in place, and touring venues closed, we you enjoy it: it’s not often you get to sit had to start to think very differently. in this beautiful theatre to experience We realised that an interval doesn’t great music and theatre with so much work with social distancing, nor does space around you. Think of it as an up a costume fitting, nor can a stage crew grade to first class, and sit back... but function properly (for this production don’t relax too much: theatre is a two they operated with the energy and way, live activity and we need you to proximity of a rugby scrum). At some provide the noise, laughs and energy of point we said, enough of what’s not a packed auditorium. In years to come possible, and asked ourselves instead: you’ll be able to say, ‘I was there during what can we do? the pandemic, and saw a wonderful The answer is before you today. A semi- performance of The Magic Flute…’ and staged, abbreviated version of The Magic then you’ll regale your friends with the Flute, performed in English. It’s the names of world famous singers who same fantastic cast, led by conductor you first heard here, today. Leo McFall and director Donna Stirrup Thanks for coming to join us, for (who, together, came up with this arriving as arranged, following one- shortened version). Our orchestra is a way systems, sanitising your hands, little smaller than normal, but they are and for sitting separately, muzzled like on stage so you can actually see them, Papageno is after his encounter with and there are no boys because they’ve the Three Ladies. Hopefully soon we missed too much school! will be able to return to our anarchic, There’s no scenery, and the costumes un-masked selves, but for the moment and props are what we could find that it’s only possible to make live if we thought helped the story and fitted we all work together. Thank you. the singers. Opera has the reputation of being a lavish art form, and sometimes Stephen Langridge it is, but it is amazing how little one Artistic Director

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English version by Jeremy Sams CAST in order of appearance Performed by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Tamino Limited Thomas Atkins Nick Pritchard 9 & 10 December ___ First Lady Conductor Carrie-Ann Williams Leo McFall Second Lady Director Kamilla Dunstan Donna Stirrup Third Lady Assistant Conductor Eirlys Myfanwy Davies & Chorus Director The Magic Flute Aidan Oliver Papageno Huw Montague Rendall Sung in English, with English supertitles Assistant Director Ian Rutherford Queen of Night Nazan Fikret Vocal Coach Steven Maughan Monostatos David Shaw Répétiteur & Glockenspiel Matthew Fletcher Pamina Gemma Summerfield Lighting design Performances on 1, 7, 10, 15, 17 and 21 November; Jonny Venn Speaker 9 and 10 December at 4.oopm John Mackenzie-Lavansch Costume Coordinator Performances on Sarah Umney Sarastro 3, 5, 12 and 19 November David Shipley start at 7.00pm Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra Second Priest/ Leader Richard Milone First Man in Armour Brenden Gunnell The Glyndebourne Chorus First Priest/ Second Man in Armour The edition of Die Zauberflöte William Thomas (The Magic Flute) used in these performances is published by Papagena Bärenreiter-Edition, Kassel. Madison Nonoa-Horsefield Performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd, London.

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Alone in a foreign land, Prince Tamino is and Papageno face the first trial: silence. attacked by a giant serpent. He faints, but Papageno fails almost immediately, but when he comes to, realises that he has Tamino holds firm. The Queen of Night been rescued – someone else has killed the still seeks revenge, and orders Pamina to monster. Papageno, the Queen of Night’s kill Sarastro. Monostatos overhears and bird-catcher is quick to claim the credit, but threatens to expose the plot unless Pamina is soon corrected by the queen’s three ladies. surrenders to his desires. But Sarastro They give Tamino a portrait of Pamina, the discovers his scheme, dismisses Monostatos queen’s daughter, who has been abducted and forgives Pamina. Papageno and Tamino by the tyrant Sarastro. Tamino falls instantly are still sworn to silence. Papageno once in love. The queen herself appears, and again fails by talking to an old woman. promises the Prince her daughter’s hand if he Tamino plays his magic flute, which can rescue her. To help him on his quest the summons Pamina to him. She speaks but he ladies give him a magic flute and Papageno a cannot reply, forcing her to believe that he no set of magic bells. Tamino sets off, joined by longer loves her. Sarastro orders Pamina and a reluctant Papageno. Tamino to bid each other a final farewell – they must now prepare for the final trials. Imprisoned in Sarastro’s temple underground, Pamina is at the mercy of Monostatos. But his Papageno expresses his wish for a wife of lecherous plans are interrupted by Papageno, his own, and is rewarded by the return of the who tells Pamina of Tamino’s love and his old lady. The instant he reluctantly agrees to quest to rescue her. Arriving at the temple, marry her she is transformed into his perfect Tamino is greeted by a priest, who tells him Papagena. that he has been deceived by the Queen of Two men in armour help Tamino prepare Night; all is not as she described. for his final trials. Free now to speak, he Papageno and Pamina have escaped, but is reunited with Pamina who resolves are pursued by Monostatos. Papageno uses to undergo the trials of fire and water his magic bells to enchant their pursuers, alongside him. but just as they are once again free they hear The Queen of Night, Monostatos and their Sarastro and his followers approaching. allies make one final attempt to overthrow Pamina confesses all and is forgiven, Sarastro but fail. ‘The banner of sunlight at but Sarastro still refuses to release her. last is unfurled; an end to all evil and light Tamino enters, captured by a triumphant to the world’ proclaims Sarastro. He Monostatos. He and Pamina meet briefly for welcomes Tamino and Pamina into the the first time before Tamino is led away to brotherhood as members of the order prepare for his initiation into Sarastro’s order. celebrate a new era of wisdom. Monostatos is punished. Sarastro has persuaded the brotherhood to accept Tamino as a member if he passes Our synopsis is based on Jeremy Sams’ English the order’s tests of initiation. Tamino translation.

GLYNDEBOURNE.COM | 4 Glyndebourne FIRST VIOLIN FLUTE Richard Milone LEADER Julian Sperry PRINCIPAL Malu Lin Swayne PRINCIPAL Katey Thomas Tour Orchestra Andrew Roberts Leo Payne 2020 Robert Yeomans Juliet Lee Alun Darbyshire PRINCIPAL Ilid Jones

SECOND VIOLIN Clare Thompson PRINCIPAL Ruth Funnell Fiona Cross PRINCIPAL Chris Windass Sarah Thurlow Rebecca Dinning Jeremy Metcalfe Emma Harding PRINCIPAL ORCHESTRA MANAGER VIOLA Stuart Russell Jonathan Tunnell Daisy Spiers PRINCIPAL Catherine Bradshaw Bryony Mycroft PIT MANAGER & Alexia Cammish PRINCIPAL ORCHESTRA ASSISTANT Alexandra Carr Seif O’Reilly CELLO Jonathan Tunnell PRINCIPAL Sarah Butcher TRUMPET Penny Bradshaw Simon Munday PRINCIPAL Simon Gabriel

BASS Chris West PRINCIPAL TIMPANI David Johnson Adrian Bending PRINCIPAL

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Mezzo Sopranos Natalia Brzezińska Emma Kerr

Tenors Peter Haydn Ferris Niel Joubert Sean Kerr Anthony Osborne David Shaw

Basses Andrew Davies John Mackenzie-Lavansch Michael Wallace

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Thomas Atkins Eirlys Myfanwy Davies Kamilla Dunstan Mezzo-Soprano Mezzo-Soprano TAMINO THIRD LADY SECOND LADY

Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Second Priest, First Man in Armour/ Countess Ceprano/Rigoletto, (Cover) (Cover) Second Lady/Die Zauberflöte (GF) Die Zauberflöte (GF) Madame de la Haltière/Cendrillon, Chorus/ Recent engagements La traviata: Behind the Curtain, Cendrillon, Recent engagements Saul (Théâtre du Châtelet); (Cover) La traviata (GT); Cio-Cio-San’s Mother/ Rodolfo/La bohème (New Zealand Opera, Eurydice Woman/The Mask of Orpheus Madama Butterfly, (Cover) Annina/La ON, Göteborg Opera); Roderigo/Otello (ENO); Flosshilde/Das Rheingold traviata, Chorus/Madama Butterfly, Der (ROH, Bayerische); Lysander/A Midsummer (Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra); Rosenkavalier, Saul, Vanessa, La traviata, Night’s Dream (Montpellier); Empsaele/Il / (Opera South); Don Pasquale, La clemenza di Tito, (Cover) paria (Opera Rara) Title role/Ariodante (LHF); Orlofsky/ Third Lady/Die Zauberflöte, Madame de la Die Fledermaus, Dorabella/Così fan tutte Forthcoming engagements Haltière/Cendrillon (GF); Hamlet (GF, GT) (Clonter Opera) Jaquino/Fidelio (Concertgebouw Recent engagements Amsterdam); Vána Kudrjaš/Kát’a Kabanová Forthcoming engagements Cornelia/Giulio Cesare, (Cover) Dorabella/ (GF); Alfredo/La traviata (Israeli Opera) (Cover) Waltraute/The Valkyrie (ENO) Così fan tutte (ETO); (Cover) Portia/ He studied at New Zealand School of The Merchant of Venice (WNO); Dido/ Born in Yorkshire, she emigrated to Music and GSMD, where he was supported Dido and Aeneas, Mistress Ford/Sir John New Zealand before returning to the by the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation and the in Love, Penelope/Il ritorno d’Ulisse in UK. She studied at RCM International New Zealand Arts Foundation Patronage. patria (Alexander Gibson Opera School); Opera School, GSMD and RCS, and was A former Jerwood Young Artist and a Pompea/The Little Green Swallow (BYO); an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington 2018 graduate of the ROH Jette Parker Elijah (Harlow Chorus); Amenofi/Mosè in Opera. Her concerts include Vaughan Young Artist Programme, he has made Egitto concert performance (Chelsea Opera Williams’s Serenade to Music with CBSO, successful debuts with Bayerische, Opéra Group, Cadogan Hall); Elgar’s The Music also broadcast on BBC Radio 3. She was de Montpellier, ON, Göteborg Opera Makers (Ealing Symphony Orchestra); a finalist at the Maureen Lehane Singing and New Zealand Opera. On the concert Copland’s In the Beginning, Bernstein’s Competition at Wigmore Hall in 2018 platform he joined Marin Alsop and Chichester Psalms, Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces and is a Wagner Stipendien (Bayreuth the LSO in performances of Candide as (Tonbridge Philharmonic Society) Festspiele) and Samling Artist. well as appearing in the Kiri Te Kanawa She graduated in Vocal Studies from the Foundation Gala at Wigmore Hall and RWCMD, Cardiff and has also studied at making his debut with Opera Rara as the Alexander Gibson Opera School at Empsaele/Il Paria at the Barbican with the RCS, and at RAM, where she was awarded Britten Sinfonia under Sir Mark Elder. the Maida Jones and Alfred Alexander Awards. A National Opera Studio Young Artist graduate and Samling Artist, she won the 2017 London Welsh Young Singer of the Year and was named Voice of the Future at Llangollen International Festival. She is a winner of the 2016 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year, W Towyn Roberts Memorial Award, Ye Cronies Opera Award, Miriam Licette Award, the prestigious Worshipful Company of Musician’s Silver Medal Award and the Llais Llwyfan Llambed Award. She has performed at RAH, QEH, Cadogan Hall, Brussels Cathedral, St David’s Hall, Wales Millennium Centre and The Vatican.

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Nazan Fikret Brenden Gunnell John Mackenzie- Soprano Tenor Lavansch QUEEN OF NIGHT SECOND PRIEST/ Baritone FIRST MAN IN ARMOUR SPEAKER

Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Elin/Agreed (Glyndebourne education) Prince/Rusalka, Pedrillo/Die Entführung Dandini/La Cenerentola, Hunter/Rusalka, aus dem Serail (GF); Mademoiselle Baritone Solo/The Fairy Queen, First Recent engagements Bouillabaisse/In the Market for Love Apparition/ (GF); Imperial Blonde/The Seraglio (ETO); Königin der (Glyndebourne Open House) Commissioner/Madama Butterfly, Nacht/Die Zauberflöte (Opera på Skäret/ Belcore/L’elisir d’amore, Malatesta/Don Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Garsington, Recent engagements Pasquale, Papageno/Die Zauberflöte, Hunter/ SO Dementia friendly performances); Siegmund/Die Walküre, Loge/Das Rusalka, Marchese D’Obigny, Messenger/ Arasse/Siroe re di Persia, Handel’s Messiah Rheingold (Göteborg Opera); Erik/Der La traviata, Customs Sergeant/La bohème, (Nederlandse Reisopera); Euridice/Orfeo ed fliegende Holländer (Bari Opera); Sergei/ Marcellus, Player 4/Hamlet, Court Usher/ Euridice (Longborough Festival Opera) Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (BOC); Jeník/ Rigoletto (GT); Duncan, Assassin/Luke The Bartered Bride (Garsington); Hüon de She performed extensively in adolescent Styles’ Macbeth (Glyndebourne/ROH) Bordeaux/Oberon (Bayerische); David/Die roles including at ENO and Teatro Real, Meistersinger von Nürnberg (National Centre Recent engagements before formally training at GSMD and for Performing Arts, Beijing) Dandini/La Cenerentola (Bury Court, Erin continuing her private studies with Marie Arts Centre); Pagano/I Lombardi alla prima McLaughlin and Yvonne Kenny. She is Forthcoming engagements crociata (University College Opera); Primo an Opera Awards Foundation Bursary Earl of Kent/Lear (Bayerische); Siegmund/ Pastore/L’Orfeo, Hymen/The Fairy Queen Recipient, Britten-Pears scholar, former Die Walküre (Saarländische Staatstheater); (Le Concert d’Astrée) Making Music Young Artist and finalist Oedipus Rex (Norddeutscher Rundfunk, in the 2017 Das Lied International Song Hamburg); Loge/Das Rheingold (BOC); Title Born in Dumbarton, he graduated Competition. role/Lohengrin (Bolshoi) from the Opera School at RCS. He is an alumnus of the Steans Institute at the One of the most promising young-heroic Ravinia Festival and a Samling Scholar. of his generation, his repertoire Winner of the Mary Garden International includes the title roles in Peter Grimes, Prize, he has also received the Bill Idomeneo and Parsifal, Siegmund/Die McCue Memorial Award and the Wessex Walküre, Jimmy Mahoney/Aufstieg und Glyndebourne Association Award. Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Laça Klemen/ Jenůfa, Eric/Der fliegende Holländer and Loge/Das Rheingold. From 2007 to 2011 he was an ensemble member of the Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck under KS Brigitte Fassbaender, before spending 3 years as an ensemble member of the Norwegian National Opera. A native of Indiana, USA, he received his diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia in 2006.

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Leo McFall Huw Montague Madison Conductor Rendall Nonoa-Horsefield Baritone Soprano PAPAGENO PAPAGENA

Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Renard, Mavra, The Yellow Sofa, Vanessa (GF); Fiorillo/Il barbiere di Siviglia (GF) Siren 1/Rinaldo (GF); Almirena/Rinaldo (GT) Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Rusalka, The Recent engagements Recent engagements Turn of the Screw (GT) Count Almaviva/Le nozze di Figaro (Opéra Wigmore Hall debut Recent engagements national de Lorraine); Harlequin/ The New Zealand Soprano is a recent La traviata (ENO); The Turn of the Screw Ariadne auf Naxos (Aix, Champs-Élysées); graduate of the prestigious opera course (ON); BBC Philharmonic Schaunard/La bohème (Zürich); Marcello/ at GSMD, a former Young Artist with New La bohème (Komische); Prince of Mantua/ Forthcoming engagements Zealand Opera and the recipient of the Fantasio (Garsington) Concerts with Alma Mahler Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Most Promising Kammerorchester, Orchestre National du Forthcoming engagements Singer award in the Lexus Song Quest. Capitole de Toulouse, Gävle Symphoniker, Title role/Pelléas et Mélisande (Opéra de She is a Glyndebourne 2020/21 Jerwood Singapore Symphony; recordings with Rouen Normandie); Harlequin/Ariadne auf Young Artist. She was also selected as a Bamberger Symphoniker; Verdi’s Macbeth Naxos (Bayerische); Lieder eines fahrenden 2020 Britten-Pears Young Artist for the (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden) Gesellen with Filarmonica della Scala (La Aldeburgh Festival and will make her Scala); Guglielmo/Così fan tutte (GF) Wigmore recital debut this November as The London-born conductor has worked a 2019/2020 Samling Young Artist. Roles extensively throughout Germany and The British baritone is an alumnus performed include Susanna/Le nozze di Finland and won the 2015 Deutsche of RCM and in 2016, at the age of just Figaro, Despina/Così fan tutte, Almirena/ Dirigentenpreis. He worked as Bernard 22, he became a Jerwood Young Artist Rinaldo, Giulietta/I Capuleti e i Montecchi Haitink’s assistant in Amsterdam and a recipient of the John Christie and Tytania/A Midsummer Night’s Dream. and Chicago. He is chief conductor Award. He joined the International She has been a soloist with the New of Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg in Opera Studio in Zürich the same year Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Australian Bregenz, and will appear with them in as one of the youngest singers ever to Brandenburg Orchestra and was recently a Salzburg and at the Bregenzer Festspiele. join the prestigious programme, and cover soloist for the London Philharmonia in 2017 he took part in the Young Artist at Festival Hall. She acknowledges the Programme in Salzburg. Current and ongoing support and encouragement future appearances include leading opera of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Dame stages such as ROH, Paris, Aix, Chicago, Malvina Major foundations. Komische, Bayerische and Glyndebourne.

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Aidan Oliver Nick Pritchard David Shaw Chorus Director Tenor Tenor TAMINO MONOSTATOS

Aidan was appointed Chorus Director at Glyndebourne debut Previously for Glyndebourne Glyndebourne in 2019. He is one of the Herald/Rinaldo, Giuseppe/La traviata, Recent engagements UK’s leading choral directors, with wide Officer/Ariadne auf Naxos, Footman to The Indian Queen (Le Concert d’Astrée, experience across the whole spectrum the Marschallin, Major Domo to the Opéra de Lille); Bach Cantatas (Les of symphonic, liturgical, operatic and Marschallin/Der Rosenkavalier, (Cover) Violons du Roy); Tamino/Die Zauberflöte contemporary music. Alongside his Eisslinger/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, (Irish National Opera); Ferrando/Così work at Glyndebourne, he directs the (Cover) Basilio/Le nozze di Figaro, (Cover) fan tutte (Nevill Holt Opera, OHP); Edinburgh Festival Chorus, which Gastone/La traviata, (Cover) Lucano/ Amphinomus/Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria performs in several high-profile concerts L’incoronazione di Poppea, (Cover) Parpignol/ (ROH); /Mansfield Park each year at the EIF; he is also the La bohème (GF); Sergeant, First murderer/ (The Grange Festival) founding director of Philharmonia Voices, Macbeth (Linbury Theatre); The Fox/Renard the professional that collaborates Forthcoming engagements (Jerwood Chorus Development Scheme); with the Philharmonia Orchestra on many Acis/Acis and Galatea (Early Opera (Cover) Novice/Billy Budd (GT, BAM) of its most ambitious choral-orchestral Company); St John Passion tour Recent engagements projects, particularly under its Principal (Monteverdi Choir); Gabriel Jackson Jonathan/Saul (Châtelet); Ferrando/Così Conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has premiere (Three Festival) fan tutte (Bury Court Opera); Sergeant, worked regularly on the music staff of First murderer/Macbeth (Linbury Theatre) ROH and ENO, and his former positions Born in West Sussex, he read music as a choral scholar at New College, Oxford include Director of Music at St Margaret’s Forthcoming engagements and studied with Russell Smythe at Westminster and Associate Conductor Monostatos/The Magic Flute (GT) of the St Endellion Summer Festival in RCM International Opera School where Cornwall. he was the recipient of the Eric Joseph Born in Manchester, he studied at RNCM. Shilling Prize. He was awarded the In addition to his operatic commitments, London Bach Society Singer’s Prize in he is a keen cricket player and represented 2013 and is currently both a Samling his county of Lancashire. Artist and a member of the OAE’s ‘Rising Stars’ scheme. In 2017, he won the WhatsOnStage Opera Poll award for Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera.

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David Shipley Donna Stirrup Gemma Summerfield Bass Director Soprano SARASTRO PAMINA

Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Chorus/Billy Budd (GF) Saul (Associate Director and Assistant (Cover) Michal/Saul (GF); 2018 Director, GF, Revival Director, GT); Glyndebourne Opera Cup finalist (2018) Recent engagements Die Zauberflöte (Assistant Director, GF, Sparafucile/Rigoletto (Houston); Monk/ Recent engagements Director, Prom); Hamlet, The Cunning Don Carlo (GPO); Truffaldino/Ariadne auf Marzelline/Fidelio (The Hallé); Pamina/ Little Vixen, Billy Budd, Rusalka (Assistant Naxos (Champs-Élysées); Sparafucile/ Die Zauberflöte (SO); Paula Jordan/Dinner Director, GF); Rusalka (Assistant Director, Rigoletto (SO); Truffaldino/Ariadne auf at Eight (Wexford Festival Opera); (Cover) GT, Staff Director, GF);La traviata, Eugene Naxos (Aix); Ratcliffe/Billy Budd (Rome); Title role/Rodelinda (ENO); Fiordiligi/ Onegin (Assistant Director, GT); St. Zuniga/Carmen (ROH) Così fan tutte (Bury Court Opera); Matthew Passion, The Miserly Knight/ Barmherzigkeit/Die schuldigkeit des ersten Forthcoming engagements Gianni Schicchi (Staff Director, GF) Gebots, Hyacinthus/Apollo et Hyacinthus Prince Gremin/Eugene Onegin (Zürich) Recent engagements (Classical Opera) The British bass is a graduate of the Jette Saul (Revival Director, Châtelet, Houston, Forthcoming engagements Parker Young Artists Programme at ROH Adelaide Festival); Rodelinda (Revival Governess/The Turn of the Screw (Opéra and the opera course at GSMD. He studied Director, ENO; Bolshoi); Katya Kabanova national de Lorraine) at RAM, where he was awarded first-class (Associate Director, Liceu); The Turn of the BMus (Hons) and MA degrees, as well as Screw (Director, Barnes Festival); St Mark A graduate of the RCM International a DipRAM. He has performed as a soloist Passion, The Damnation of Faust (Director, Opera School, The Georg Solti Accademia with LSO, the Monteverdi Choir and St. Endellion Festivals); Rusalka (Revival and The Verbier Festival Academy, she Classical Opera and has sung under Sir Director, Houston); Peter Grimes (Director, won First Prize in the 2019 Concorso Antonio Pappano, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, ENO Prom) Lirico Internazionale de Portofino and Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Mark Elder, the Duo Prize at the 2017 Wigmore Hall Forthcoming engagements and at venues including Salle Pleyel, International Song Competition alongside Die Zauberflöte (Revival Director, GF); Tosca L’Auditori, Kölner Philharmonie, Kings regular accompanist Sebastian Wybrew. (Revival Director, ENO) Place, Cadogan Hall, the Barbican, Christ She was awarded First Prize and the Church Spitalfields, and RAH. In 2008 She has worked extensively at ENO as a Loveday Song Prize at the 2015 Kathleen he won the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary for Staff Director, and as an Assistant Director Ferrier Awards, and was a finalist in the Young Singers. at both Glyndebourne and ROH. She inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup and has directed each revival of Saul since its the 2018 Concours musical international Glyndebourne premiere in 2015, including de Montréal. Working under the tutelage the award-winning 2015 Tour and Adelaide of Rosa Mannion, she is a Yeoman of Festival 2017 productions and the recent the Worshipful Company of Musicians, revivals in Houston and Paris. having been awarded The Silver Medal, and is an RPS Chilcott Award holder and a Carne Scholar.

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William Thomas Carrie-Ann Williams Bass Soprano FIRST PRIEST/ FIRST LADY SECOND MAN IN ARMOUR

Previously for Glyndebourne Previously for Glyndebourne Nicholas/Vanessa (GF); Jerwood Young Gianetta/L’elisir d’amore, (Cover) Armida/ Artist Rinaldo (GT); (Cover) First Lady/Die Zauberflöte (GF) Recent engagements Colline/La bohème (ENO); Shepherd/ Recent engagements Pelléas et Mélisande (Garsington); Snug/A (Cover) Merab/Saul (Châtelet); The Fox/ Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vienna) The Cunning Little Vixen, Anna Maurrant/ Street Scene (Birmingham Conservatoire); Forthcoming engagements Sãvitri/Sãvitri, Miss Wingrave/Owen Masetto/Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera); Wingrave (BYO); Alcina/Alcina, Lucy/Die First Priest, Second Man in Armour/Die Dreigroschenoper, Donna Anna/Don Giovanni Zauberflöte (GF); Poacher/The Cunning Little (Royal Academy Opera); / Vixen (ENO) Mansfield Park (Opera South) A recent graduate of the Opera Course Forthcoming engagements at GSMD, he is the winner of the 2019 Marzelline/Fidelio (GT) Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition and of the 2018 Kathleen She graduated in summer 2018 from Royal Ferrier Award and 2018 John Christie Academy Opera under the tutelage of Award. Elizabeth Ritchie and Ingrid Surgenor. Her competition success includes the Mario Lanza Operatic Prize, the John Ireland Prize, the Ashleyan Opera Prize, the Stuart Cameron Smith American Song Prize and the St Clare Barfield Operatic Distinction Rose Bowl Award.

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