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Director
Barrie Kosky
Conductor
Douglas Boyd
Christian Curnyn
Jordan de Souza
Diego Masson
Markus Stenz
Garry Walker
Soprano
Katherine Broderick
Elena Galitskaya
Ruby Hughes
Robin Johannsen
Sally Matthews
Carolyn Sampson
Serena Sáenz
Elizabeth Watts
Mezzo-Soprano
Karen Cargill
Barbara Kozelj
Contralto
Claudia Huckle
Hilary Summers
Countertenor
Xavier Sabata
Tenor
Ilker Arcayürek
Kieran Carrel
Sunnyboy Dladla
Stuart Jackson
Edgaras Montvidas
Mark Padmore
Gavan Ring
Andrew Tortise
Thomas Walker
James Way
Baritone
Marcus Farnsworth
James Newby
Benson Wilson
Bass-Baritone
Michael Mofidian
Ilker Arcayürek
Tenor
"In a class on his own: Ilker Arcayürek has the kind of airy, easily ringing tenor that puts across words beautifully, with...
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Douglas Boyd
Conductor
Artistic Director of Garsington Opera
"He is one of the major British occupants of a rostrum today and will be increasingly recognised as such. He has the...
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Katherine Broderick
Soprano
Katherine Broderick presented a thrilling Leonore, seeming to revel in the role’s cruellest vocal challenges
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Karen Cargill
Mezzo-Soprano
"The real jewel, though, was Cargill, whose luxuriant tone, natural French and rapt intensity made her lovelorn Marguerite a spellbinding creation …"
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Kieran Carrel
Tenor
"Seine Stimme ist ein wahres Wunder an Schönheit, lichtester Höhe, perfekten Übergängen und großer Wandlungsfähigkeit." .... "His voice is a real miracle...
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Christian Curnyn
Conductor
Founder and Music Director of the Early Opera Company
"Find anything exciting happening in period opera in the UK and Curnyn will be involved, whether it’s conducting at the Wanamaker or...
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Jordan de Souza
Conductor
".............Jordan de Souza, opened the season with a gripping performance of Debussy’s 'Pelléas et Mélisande'"
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Sunnyboy Dladla
Tenor
"Sunnyboy Dladla is compelling as Rosina's determined lover Lindoro/Almaviva, with a voice that is both agile and virile, and with musical intelligence...
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Marcus Farnsworth
Baritone
"As dangerous Eddy, the award-winning young baritone Marcus Farnsworth is electrifying. He has no trouble with the demotic accent and conveys the...
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Elena Galitskaya
Soprano
"Among the soloists, the most convincing is the young Russian Elena Galitskaya - with glowing well-articulated high notes and radiating an impressive...
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Claudia Huckle
Contralto
"... the lustrously youthful Claudia Huckle, whose sublime Erbarme dich with Matthew Truscott’s eloquent violin obbligato was the emotional climax of the...
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Ruby Hughes
Soprano
“Her singing is exceptional for its consistency [...] invariably true in pitch and capable of a surprising range of dynamic variety –...
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Stuart Jackson
Tenor
"The best of it, though, was wonderfully intimate and confessional, a mood struck superbly by young tenor Stuart Jackson. Bearlike in figure,...
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Robin Johannsen
Soprano
"Robin Johannsen’s assumption of this, the biggest female role [Clio], comes close to stealing the show. Hers is a lovely bright soprano,...
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Barrie Kosky
Director
Intendant and Chefregisseur, Komische Oper Berlin
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Barbara Kozelj
Mezzo-Soprano
“Mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj, whose voice has a beautiful liquid gleam, delivered her aria “Können Tränen meiner Wangen” magnificently, poised and stately, yet...
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Diego Masson
Conductor
"Musical director Diego Masson presides over all with keen attention, picking out all the details of Britten’s score, sculpting alternatively rich and...
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Sally Matthews
Soprano
"Sally Matthews has matured impressively over the last decade.. accruing both power and focus without loss of shine or flexibility. Singing what...
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Michael Mofidian
Bass-Baritone
"Mofidian, from the first, still note of the Brahms showed himself a singer of immense talent, capable of linguistic and musical dexterity"
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Edgaras Montvidas
Tenor
"The Lithuanian tenor, Edgaras Montvidas, 'is’ Werther, as soon as he makes his entrance, both physically and vocally. The amber colour of...
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James Newby
Baritone
Newby can do it all and does it with more finesse and maturity than you would expect from a twenty something
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Mark Padmore
Tenor
Mark Padmore deals in a masterly fashion with the English words, so poetically charged by librettist Myfanwy Piper, and was in his...
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Gavan Ring
Tenor
"Gavan Ring's performance as Azim was a consistent treat, his lyric tenor carrying a potent ring"
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Xavier Sabata
Countertenor
"Sabata has one of the richest of counter-tenor voices, his warmth of tone carrying intimations of decadence. A perceptive vocal actor, he...
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Carolyn Sampson
Soprano
"Carolyn Sampson, whose voice and presence are always recognisable no matter what her disguise, provides three blissful moments of transcendence. The first...
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Markus Stenz
Conductor
"Stenz's reading of the Brahms had a terrific, unaffected strength. One felt there was nothing between his mind and the music -...
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Hilary Summers
Contralto
"Then there was the extraordinary Hilary Summers whose showing as Jocasta negotiated the near-impossible register switches and freakish excitement of her big...
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Serena Sáenz
Soprano
Serena Sáenz … sang with such spirit and intelligence that her scenes were often the most enchanting of the evening… ‘Ach, ich...
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Andrew Tortise
Tenor
"Andrew Tortise relished his opportunity as the Holy Fool, singing with notable clarity."
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Thomas Walker
Tenor
"… Thomas Walker dispatched Adam's dizzyingly virtuosic music with aplomb ..."
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Garry Walker
Conductor
Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie; Artistic Director of Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; Music Director of Opera North
“Presiding musically over the show is conductor Garry Walker, who shows a profound understanding of the colours and textures of Janacek's idiosyncratic...
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Elizabeth Watts
Soprano
"Elizabeth Watts characterised the terror, resignation, longing, regret and malevolence in each narrative vividly, her bright soprano gleaming with conviction."
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James Way
Tenor
"With a natural command of the stage, James Way, a tenor with a delicate voice, was a consistent scene stealer. As the...
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Benson Wilson
Baritone
Wilson has a baritone that radiates seduction and self-confidence...
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