Neil Balfour Expand Voice type/Instrument: Bass-Baritone Year at the Studio: 2020/21 (Emerging Artist) Website: neilbalfour.com
Thomas D Hopkinson Expand Voice type/Instrument: Bass Year at the Studio: 2020/21 Website: tdhopkinson.co.uk
Nadia Kisseleva Expand Voice type/Instrument: Piano Year at the Studio: 2020/21 (Associate Artist 2021/22)
Eliza Boom Expand Voice type/Instrument: Soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: http://elizaboom.com/
Julieth Lozano Expand Voice type/Instrument: Soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: juliethlozano.co.uk
Alexandra Lowe Expand Voice type/Instrument: Soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: http://www.alexandralowe.co.uk/
Elizabeth Lynch Expand Voice type/Instrument: Mezzo-soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: https://www.elizabethlynch.co.uk/
Kseniia Nikolaieva Expand Voice type/Instrument: Mezzo-soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: https://www.tact4art.com/profile/kseniia-nikolaieva
Samantha Oxborough Expand Voice type/Instrument: Mezzo-soprano Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: samanthaoxborough.com
Luis Aguilar Expand Voice type/Instrument: Tenor Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: luis-aguilar.com
Frederick Jones Expand Voice type/Instrument: Tenor Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: frederickmichaeljones.com
Benson Wilson Expand Voice type/Instrument: Baritone Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: bensonwilson.com
Juliane Gallant Expand Voice type/Instrument: Repetiteur Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: julianegallant.com
Mairi Grewar Expand Voice type/Instrument: Repetiteur Year at the Studio: 2019/20 Website: mairigrewarpiano.com
Susan Bullock CBE Music and Vocal Expand Susan Bullock’s unique position as one of the world’s most sought-after British dramatic sopranos was recognised by the award of a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in June 2014. One of her most distinctive roles, Wagner’s Brünnhilde has garnered outstanding praise leading Susan to become the first ever soprano to sing four consecutive cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Royal Opera House under Sir Antonio Pappano. Appearances as Richard Strauss’ Elektra have brought her equal international acclaim and collaborations with leading conductors including Fabio Luisi, Semyon Bychkov, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Mark Elder and Edo de Waart. Susan continues to expand into new repertoire including Kostelnička (Jenůfa) for Grange Park Opera, Minnie (La fanciulla del West) for English National Opera, Mother and The Witch (Hänsel und Gretel) for Opera North, Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd) for Houston Grand Opera, Mother in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Greek at the Edinburgh International Festival and with Scottish Opera and, further ahead, adds Klytaemnestra (Elektra) Canadian Opera.
Maria Cleva Italian Expand Maria Cleva has been coaching at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden for over thirty years. She has also coached at the WNO, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival. Her other coaching credits include the Marinsky Academy, St. Petersburg, the Munich State Opera and the Vienna State Opera. Maria has worked on many recordings as Italian coach for Deutschegrammophone, Philips and Decca with Sir Colin Davis, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Georg Solti, Trevor Pinnock CBE and Sir John Elliot Gardner among others. She teaches at the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio.
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux French Expand Born in Paris, Florence settled in London in 1982, trained as a singer at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. She is now in great demand as a French coach, and has been working in music colleges and opera houses in England and Europe for the last 30 years: Glyndebourne, ROH, Salzburg Festival, La Scala, Stockholm Royal Opera, Danish Royal Opera, New Israeli Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, Korea National Opera, Teatro Real, Wielki Theatre Warsaw etc. As well as lecturing and doing pre-concert talks, she has worked with many distinguished singers in preparation for operatic roles, recitals and recordings. Florence loves working with young artists and is a staff member at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music, the National Opera Studio and the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at ROH. Florence is a co-founder and director of the Academy of French Song and Opera
Matteo Dalle Fratte Italian Expand Matteo Dalle Fratte is an Italian language coach, musicologist and Italian tenor, who studied at the University of Padua and with Paolo Badoer, a pupil of Gilda Dalla Rizza, Puccini’s favourite soprano. In addition to his role as Italian language coach at the National Opera Studio since 2010, Matteo is a Professor of Italian at the Guildhall School, where he completed a Research Fellowship in Italian phonetics for opera in 2013. He is also an Italian coach on the ROH Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and visiting Professor at RCM, RCS and RWCMD. In 2014, Matteo founded Melofonetica to promote the correct use of Italian language in opera. With Melofonetica Academy, Matteo leads courses in the UK and Italy, using his research-based Melofonetica Method®, which helps singers and other music professionals develop their skills in sung Italian. Since 2010 Matteo has coached opera productions for the Royal Opera House, Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Grange Park Opera, Classical Opera, Nevill Holt Opera, Arcangelo, La nuova musica, Opera Settecento and Opera Rara.
Michael Papadopoulos Expand Voice type/Instrument: Répétiteur Year at the Studio: 2018/19 Website: https://www.michaelpapadopoulos.net/
Jake Muffett Expand Voice type/Instrument: Baritone Year at the Studio: 2018/19 Website: https://www.jakemuffettbaritone.co.uk/
Beth Moxon Expand Voice type/Instrument: Mezzo-soprano Year at the Studio: 2018/19 Website: https://www.beth-moxon.co.uk/