Mark Padmore

Tenor

Mark Padmore deals in a masterly fashion with the English words, so poetically charged by librettist...

Richard Fairman The Financial Times November 2019

Sally Matthews

Soprano

“Sally Matthews has matured impressively over the last decade.. accruing both power and focus without loss...

Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Barrie Kosky

Director

Intendant and Chefregisseur of the Komische Oper, Berlin

Markus Stenz

Conductor

“Stenz's reading of the Brahms had a terrific, unaffected strength. One felt there was nothing between...

The Sunday Times

Karen Cargill

Mezzo-Soprano

“The real jewel, though, was Cargill, whose luxuriant tone, natural French and rapt intensity made her...

Rebecca Franks, The Times

Elizabeth Watts

Soprano

“Elizabeth Watts characterised the terror, resignation, longing, regret and malevolence in each narrative vividly, her bright...

Anna Picard, The Times

Carolyn Sampson

Soprano

“Carolyn Sampson, whose voice and presence are always recognisable no matter what her disguise, provides three...

Edward Seckerson, The Independent

Xavier Sabata

Countertenor

“Sabata has one of the richest of counter-tenor voices, his warmth of tone carrying intimations of...

Tim Ashley, The Guardian

Robin Johannsen

Soprano

“Robin Johannsen’s assumption of this, the biggest female role [Clio], comes close to stealing the show....

Brian Robins, Opera Magazine

Christian Curnyn

Conductor

“Find anything exciting happening in period opera in the UK and Curnyn will be involved, whether...

Alexandra Coghlan, The Spectator

Stuart Jackson

Tenor

“The best of it, though, was wonderfully intimate and confessional, a mood struck superbly by young...

Neil Fisher, The Times

Sunnyboy Dladla

Tenor

“As Osiris, Sunnyboy Dladla’s flexible tenor offers bright tone and a definite emotional charge …”

George Hall, Opera Magazine

Ruby Hughes

Soprano

“Her singing is exceptional for its consistency [...] invariably true in pitch and capable of a...

George Hall, BBC Music Magazine

Douglas Boyd

Conductor

“He is one of the major British occupants of a rostrum today and will be increasingly...

The Sunday Telegraph

Katherine Broderick

Soprano

“…and especially, making her role debut, she reveals an Isolde of irresistible youth, radiance and power.”

Opera Magazine (France)

Michael Mofidian

Bass-Baritone

“Mofidian, from the first, still note of the Brahms showed himself a singer of immense talent,...

Fiona Maddocks, Observer

Barbara Kozelj

Mezzo-Soprano

“Mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj, whose voice has a beautiful liquid gleam, delivered her aria “Können Tränen meiner...

Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Bachtrack, 5*

Garry Walker

Conductor

“Presiding musically over the show is conductor Garry Walker, who shows a profound understanding of the...

George Hall, The Stage

Claudia Huckle

Contralto

“... the lustrously youthful Claudia Huckle, whose sublime Erbarme dich with Matthew Truscott’s eloquent violin obbligato...

Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times

James Newby

Baritone

“Newby's 'Papageno's Aria' was intensely idiomatic, the sad clown incarnate, and he invested in 'Erlkönig' with...

Michael Church, The Independent

Edgaras Montvidas

Tenor

“The Lithuanian tenor, Edgaras Montvidas, 'is’ Werther, as soon as he makes his entrance, both physically...

Christian Merlin, Le Figaro

James Way

Tenor

“With a natural command of the stage, James Way, a tenor with a delicate voice, was...

Joshua Barone, New York Times

Hilary Summers

Contralto

“Then there was the extraordinary Hilary Summers whose showing as Jocasta negotiated the near-impossible register switches...

Edward Seckerson, The Arts Desk

Serena Sáenz

Soprano

Serena Sáenz … sang with such spirit and intelligence that her scenes were often the most...

Jesse Simon, mundoclassico.com

Elena Galitskaya

Soprano

“Among the soloists, the most convincing is the young Russian Elena Galitskaya - with glowing well-articulated...

Opernglass

Gavan Ring

Tenor

“Gavan Ring's performance as Azim was a consistent treat, his lyric tenor carrying a potent ring”

John Allison, Opera Magazine

Andrew Tortise

Tenor

“Andrew Tortise relished his opportunity as the Holy Fool, singing with notable clarity.”

John Allison, Opera Magazine

Marcus Farnsworth

Baritone

“As dangerous Eddy, the award-winning young baritone Marcus Farnsworth is electrifying. He has no trouble with...

Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Thomas Walker

Tenor

“… Thomas Walker’s declamatory, arresting singing with idiomatic French is best of all.”

Andrew Mellor, Gramophone

Jordan de Souza

Conductor

“The house’s new Kapellmeister Jordan de Souza, opened the season with a gripping performance of Debussy’s...

A J Goldmann - New York Times

Kieran Carrel

Tenor