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Masterclasses Age Nationality Sopranos MARLENA DEVOE 25 New Zealand ANNA GILLINGHAM 24 British KATIE LOWE 26 British SONIA GRANÉ 24 Portuguese Mezzo-sopranos CLARE GHIGO 27 Maltese LAURA MARGARET SMITH 26 British 52=$11$0$'</86 8NUDQLDQ Tenors ADAM SMITH 25 British JOHN LONGMUIR 29 Australian 026(60$&.$< 6DPRDQ Bass-baritone $17+21<5((' $PHULFDQ Bass g1$<.g6( 7XUNLVK Sopranos MARLENA DEVOE is a New Zealand born Samoan soprano currently studying with Dennis O’Neill at the Wales International Academy of Voice. Marlena graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in Italian and German, and studied singing privately under the tutelage of Frances Wilson. She followed this with a language exchange programme in Florence before returning to undertake a Bachelor of Music Honours in Performance Voice. Marlena completed her ¿UVW\HDURID0DVWHUVGHJUHHDWWKH0DQKDWWDQ6FKRRORI0XVLFLQ1HZ<RUNVWXG\LQJ with Marlena Malas, and performed in The Ghosts of Versailles and scenes from Les Contes d’Hoffman (Antonia) with the Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio. MARLENA Operatic experience includes performing in the Auckland Opera Studio’s productions DEVOE of La Sonnambula (Amina) and La Clemenza di Tito (Servilia) and performing as the New Zealand | 25 Soprano Soloist in the University of Auckland’s staged production of Carmina Burana. Marlena is the fortunate recipient of sponsorship from AMP New Zealand, Rothbury and Risk, Creative New Zealand and The Kelliher Trust. ANNA studies on the opera course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She won the Hamburger Prize 2011 and the MBF Miriam Licette Prize 2012 for her interpretations of lied and French song. Anna has sung in the Oxford Lieder, City of /RQGRQDQG&KHOWHQKDP)HVWLYDOVLQWKH%DUELFDQIRU,Q7XQHRQ5DGLRDQGLQ venues across Italy. Anna’s concert repertoire includes Exultate Jubilate, Nelson Mass and Messiah. She made her professional opera debut with Garsington Opera in 2011. Roles performed at Guildhall include Mrs. Julian in Britten Owen Wingrave; in scenes she has sung Manon, Donna Elvira, Violetta, Nannetta, Pamina, Norina, Poppea and Fiordiligi.Anna read Music at Queens’ College, Cambridge and graduated with a Double ANNA First in 2010. Future roles include the lead in Donizetti’s Francesca di Foix at Guildhall; GILLINGHAM Weir’s one woman opera King Harald’s Saga at the Southbank; and the Blue Fairy in British | 24 Dove’s Pinocchio at Guildhall. KATIE is a British Soprano. Katie has studied at the RNCM,RCM,CIAV and has recently completed her MA in advanced Vocal studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice. Operatic experiences include Innkeepers Wife and Woodpecker in the Cunning Little Vixen, the Vixen in the Threepenny Opera and Maman in Ravels L`enfant et Les Sortileges, Kabanicha in Katja Kabanowa ,The Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, and the role of Una Voce Interno in La Rondine. Opera Excerpts include Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Electkra in Idomeneo, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte and Mimi in La Boheme. KATIE Katie is a recipient of the Ian Fleming Award, the Sybil Tutton Award, the Josephine LOWE %DNHU7UXVWWKH&RXQWHVVRI0XQVWHU0XVLFDO7UXVW$ZDUGDQGWKH/HV$]XULHOHV<RXQJ British | 26 Artist Award. Future performances include The First Lady in the Magic Flute (Heritage Opera) Queen Elizebeth 1 in Roberto Devereux (Opera Seria) Clonter Opera Gala, Katie LVD6DPOLQJ6FKRODU SÓNIA GRANÉ LVD3RUWXJXHVHVRSUDQRFXUUHQWO\¿QLVKLQJWKH2SHUD&RXUVHDWWKH 5R\DO$FDGHP\RI0XVLFDQGLVMRLQLQJWKH<RXQJ$UWLVWV3URJUDPDWWKH6WDDWVRSHU Unter den Linden in Berlin from August. 2SHUDWLFH[SHULHQFHLQFOXGHV3DPLQDLQ'LH=DXEHUÀ|WH/LVHWWDLQ/DYHUDFRVWDQ]D Princesse in L’enfant et les Sortiléges and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas for Royal Academy Opera, Dido in Dido and Aeneas and Papagena, First Lady and First Boy in 'LH=DXEHUÀ|WHIRU7HDWUR1DFLRQDO6mR&DUORV'HVSLQDLQ&RVuIDQWXWWHIRU9HUELHU )HVWLYDODQG/XFLDLQ7KH5DSHRI/XFUHWLDIRU%ULWLVK<RXWK2SHUD/DVWVXPPHUVKH covered Ninetta in La Périchole at Garsington Opera. SONIA Sónia has had the privilege to sing in halls such as the Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and GRANÉ 6W-RKQ¶V6PLWK6TXDUH)XWXUHSODQVLQYROYH3DSDJHQD'LH=DXEHUÀ|WH%DUEDULQD/H Portuguese | 24 Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo Don Carlo for the Staatsoper. Mezzosopranos Mezzo-soprano CLARE GHIGO is a graduate of Napier University (Edinburgh) and Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London). Clare’s operatic roles include Hansel in Humperdinck‘s Hansel and Gretel the Third /DG\LQ0R]DUW¶V'LH=DXEHUÀ|WHWKHROG*\SV\:RPDQLQ5DFKPDQLQRY¶V$OHNR DOODW Teatru Manoel, Malta), and Hope and Prosperina in Monteverdi’s Orfeo (Hampstead Garden Opera). Whilst still studying at the GSMD, she debuted at Wigmore Hall. Clare’s recent engagements have included a collaboration with the Jeune Orchestre $WODQWLTXHIRUWKH9DOOHWWD,QWHUQDWLRQDO%DURTXH)HVWLYDO -DQXDU\ DVZHOODV CLARE singing De Falla’s El Amor Brujo with the Ensemble Télémaque at the International GHIGO 6SULQJ2UFKHVWUD)HVWLYDOLQ0DOWD $SULO ,Q-XO\&ODUHZLOOEHVLQJLQJLQ Bath at the Holburne Museum with Les Bougies Baroques, before she starts an MA in Maltese | 27 Opera performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Scottish mezzo-soprano LAURA MARGARET SMITH read music at the University of Edinburgh before gaining a Masters in Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire RI6FRWODQG6WXG\LQJZLWK&ODUH6KHDUHUVKHLVQRZLQKHU¿QDO\HDURIWKH$OH[DQGHU Gibson Opera School with generous support from the RCS Trust, and holds a Sir James &DLUG7UDYHOOLQJ6FKRODUVKLS$VD6DPOLQJVFKRODUDQG%ULWWHQ3HDUV<RXQJ$UWLVW Laura has had the pleasure of working with Sir Thomas Allen, Ann Murray DBE and Ian Partridge, and was awarded a place at both Dartington and Oxenfoord International Summer Schools, working with Janis Kelly and James Gilchrist. In masterclasses, Laura has worked with Dame Felicity Palmer, Elly Ameling, Jane Eaglen, Lisa Milne, and LAURA Malcolm Martineau. MARGARET Operatic engagements include Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Scottish SMITH Opera and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; Ottavia, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, British | 26 Lucretia, The Rape of Lucretia, Duenna, Betrothal in a Monastery (cover), Florence Pike, Albert Herring with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the title role in Carmen with Edinburgh Grand Opera. Born in England of Ukrainian descent, ROZANNA gained a degree in English Literature and Philosophy before joining the postgraduate programme at the Royal Academy of 0XVLFZKHUHVKHZDVUHFLSLHQWRIWKH.RKQ)RXQGDWLRQ$ZDUG6KHLVQRZLQKHU¿UVW year with Royal Academy Opera, and is the recipient of the Karaviotis Scholarship, Sir Charles Mackerras Award and Carr Gregory Trust Award. She is also grateful for the support of the Josephine Baker Trust. ,Q5R]DQQDZDVDZDUGHGWKH.DUDYLRWLV3UL]HDW/HV$]XULDOHV<RXQJ$UWLVW 3URJUDPPHDQG&RPSHWLWLRQLQ1LFHDQGVHFRQGSODFHLQWKHSUHVWLJLRXV<RXQJ$UWLVW Platform at the Oxford Lieder Festival. ROZANNA Previous roles include Maddalena (Rigoletto), Olga and Filipyevna (Eugene Onegin), MADYLUS Hänsel (Hänsel and Gretel), L’enfant (L’enfant et les sortilèges) and Sorceress (Dido Ukranian | 27 DQG$HQHDV )XWXUHSODQVLQFOXGHWKHFRYHURI)LGDOPDLQ%<2¶VSURGXFWLRQRI,O Matrimonio Segreto. Tenors ADAM SMITHJUDGXDWHGIURPWKH5R\DO1RUWKHUQ&ROOHJHRI0XVLFZLWKD¿UVW FODVVKRQRXUVGHJUHHLQPXVLFDQGKDVQRZ¿QLVKHGKLVVWXGLHVRQWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after being awarded a full scholarship. Operatic highlights include Oronte in Verdi’s I Lombardi, Araquil in Massenet’s La Navarraise, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème, Jenik in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, Arturo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, Anatol in Barber’s Vanessa, Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen, Tito in Mozart’s La Clemenza Di Tito. Concert highlights include Liszt’s Petrarch sonnets, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonelle, ADAM Haydn’s The Seasons, Nelson Mass, Harmoniemesse and Stabat Mater, Handel’s SMITH Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise. Future engagements include Alfredo in Verdi’s British | 25 La Traviata and Mendelsohn’s Elijah. Adam is represented by Neil Dalrymple at Music International. JOHN LONGMUIR was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated from the Emerging Performers Program at the Australian Opera Studio in 2008.John has made concert appearances in Germany, Italy, Japan and Australia with highlights including Faure’s La Naissance de Venus at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Berliner Cappella and Gala Concerts at the Shinjuku Bunka Centre in Tokyo, Japan.His awards encompass all of Australia’s major Eisteddfods and competitions and in 2009 he won the prestigious Herald Sun Aria and the Opera and Arts Support Group Scholarship and in 2011 the inaugural Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award. Among John’s operatic repertoire are roles such as Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, JOHN Fenton in Falstaff, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Tamino in the magic Flute, Italian Singer in LONGMUIR Capriccio, Ismaele in Nabucco, Camille in The Merry Widow, Ballad Singer in Of Mice Australian | 29 and Men, the title role in Mavra (Stravinsky), Arbace in Idomeneo, Rinuccio in Gianni 6FKLFFKLDQG%ULJKHOODLQ$ULDGQHDXI1D[RV,QWKHVHDVRQ-RKQZLOOVLQJ0D\RU Upfold in Albert Herring, Almaviva in the Barber of Seville, Narcisco in Il Turco in Italia, Tamino in the Magic Flute, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Ernesto in Don Pasquale. Baritone MOSES made his operatic debut at the age of 19 as part of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus in The
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