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$0$'

Tenors ADAM SMITH 25 British JOHN LONGMUIR 29 Australian 026(60$&.$<   6DPRDQ

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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\HDURID0DVWHUVGHJUHHDWWKH0DQKDWWDQ6FKRRORI0XVLFLQ1HZOpera 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$ZDUGDQGWKH/HV$]XULHOHVthe 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\RI0XVLFDQGLVMRLQLQJWKHBerlin 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

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%ULWWHQ3HDUVCarmen 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$ZDUG6KHLVQRZLQKHU¿UVW year with Royal Academy Opera, and is the recipient of the Karaviotis Scholarship, Sir Charles Mackerras Award and Carr Gregory Trust Award. She is also grateful for the support of the Josephine Baker Trust. ,Q5R]DQQDZDVDZDUGHGWKH.DUDYLRWLV3UL]HDW/HV$]XULDOHVEugene 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 NBR New Zealand Opera’s 2010 production of The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart). He has since appeared in the production of Xerxes, Macbeth, Cavalleria rusticana e i Pagliacci and Rigoletto, where he embraced the small comprimario roles given to him. He was later selected to partake in an emerging artist program with the same opera company. He is a frequent soloist for Bach Musica with his performances LQFOXGLQJ%HUOLR]¶V/¶HQIDQFHGXFKULVW  DQG)DXUH¶V5HTXLHP   0RVHVZDVDPHPEHURIWKH1HZ=HDODQGKiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge and Dame Malvina Major. Moses was the recipient 0$&.$< of the University of Auckland Blues Award in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the North Harbour Samoan | 22 AIMES Music Award (2011); the NZ Opera School Scholarship (2012); the Circle 100 Scholarship (2012) and was a 2011/2012 Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist with the New Zealand Opera Company. Moses is currently at the Welsh International Academy of Voice (WIAV) studying under Dennis O’Neil where he will complete his Masters 0$ LQ-XQH

Bass-baritone

$17+21<5(('is an American bass who is currently a Joseph Cairns Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He studies under the direction of Mikael Eliasen (coach) and William Stone (teacher). His operatic experiences include Truffaldino Ariadne auf Naxos; Colline La Bohème &RYHU DW)RUW:RUWK2SHUD6DUDVWUR'LH=DXEHUÀ|WHDWWKH&XUWLV,QVWLWXWHRI0XVLF Spencer Coyle Owen Wingrave at Philadelphia Opera; Keeper of the Madhouse / Father Trulove (cover) A Rake’s Progress at Wolf Trap Opera; Lindorf, Copélius, Dr. Miracle, and Dapertutto Les contes d’Hoffmann; Frère Laurent Roméo et Juliette at Seagle ANTHONY Music Colony; and Superintendent Budd Albert Herring at the University of Wisconsin REED - Eau Claire. $PHULFDQ_ Mr. Reed was a district winner of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and received the encouragement award at the regional level.

Bass

Bass g1$<.$ö$1.g6(, a native of Ankara, Turkey, has played and sung music since childhood. He was member of the State Polyphonic Children’s Chorus and the Ankara 6WDWH2SHUD&KRUXV0U.|VHEHJDQWDNLQJYRLFHOHVVRQVZKLOHDWWHQGLQJ0LGGOH(DVW Technical University, studying with Eralp Kirici and Nicola Ghiuselev, and coaching ZLWK)XJHQ