Events at the National Opera Studio

Trainees

Events

	Attendance to all music events is free unless stated otherwise. Please e-mail Katie Jones if you wish to attend. Download Spring events flyer.
1.10pm 16 March	Lunchtime opera recital Anna Devin soprano, Sara Gonzalez Saavedra mezzo-soprano Download programme
7.30pm 21 May	NOS Showcase Concert of Operatic Highlights Excerpts from Così fan tutte, La bohème, L’elisir d’amore, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Rigoletto, Samson et Dalila and Suor Angelica. Conductor Andrew Greenwood, Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Cadogan Hall, SW1X 9DQ Tickets: £25, £22, £18, £10, 20% student discount www.cadoganhall.com. Tel 020 7730 4500
7pm 1,2,3 & 5 June	Studio Showcase Staged excerpts from Così fan tutte, La bohème, L’elisir d’amore, Rigoletto, Samson et Dalila and Suor Angelica. Director Oliver Mears, Conductor Andrew Greenwood Tickets £5
	A range of evening classes take place at the National Opera Studio including bellydancing, pilates and yoga.
	Podcasts 09 March podcast Excerpt from Act 1 of Puccini's La bohème sung by soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn and tenor John Pierce during a lunchtime opera recital. 16 February podcast Three highlights from a lunchtime recital, featuring sopranos Sadhbh Dennedy, Meeta Raval and mezzo-soprano Sara Gonzalez-Saavedra. 15 December podcast Three highlights from a baroque opera concert directed by Steven Devine. 01 December podcast Highlights from a Britten themed lunchtime recital featuring Anna Devin soprano and Nicky Spence tenor. 24 November podcast Highlights from a lunchtime recital, featuring Madeleine Pierard soprano and John Pierce tenor. 18 November podcast Highlights from a concert featuring special guests the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, accompanying Nicky Spence tenor and Raquel Luis mezzo-soprano. 17 November podcast Highlight from a lunchtime recital, featuring Sara Gonsalez-Saavedra mezzo-soprano singing Mahler songs. 10 November podcast Highlights from a lunchtime recital, featuring Meeta Raval soprano and John Molloy bass. 29 October podcast Highlights from opera scenes directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser. Hear excerpts from Rossini's Italian Girl in Algiers, Bizet's Carmen and Massenet's Werther. 23 January podcast Concert performance of Baroque scenes directed by Steven Devine. This podcast features highlights from Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, The Return of Ulysses to his Country and Cavalli's La Calisto. 20 January podcast Click on the link above to download the NOS's first podcast. This podcast features highlights from a lunchtime recital, in which staff members Katie Jones french horn, Rosemary Galton soprano perform alongside past trainee Jonathan Stoughton tenor.


	Past major events
	03, 04 June '09	Showcase '09 Trainees performed six opera scenes at Hackney Empire. Images from the each of these scenes are below:

		Carthaigh Quill in The Rape of Lucretia	Benedict Nelson and Ida Falk Winland in The Pearl Fishers	Verity Parker and Valda Wilson in The Impresario

		Alexandra Cassidy and Jonathan Stoughton in Norma	Susan Boyd and Nicholas Lester in The Barber of Seville	Wade Kernot and Sarah Power in The Marriage of Figaro
		Read Showcase review in Opera magazine by Margaret Davies
		Past Showcase Reviews

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