| Alex Soddy (repetiteur 2005) will be making his debut guest conducting at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and the Berlin Staatsoper unter den Linden conducting Mozart's Die Zauberflote at both opera houses. Alex continues to work at Hamburgische staatsoper, where he will conduct La boheme, Rigoletto, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia de Lammermoor amongst other operas this season. |
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| Having recently left the National Opera Studio, soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn will be starring as Mimi in Jonathan Miller's production of La bohème at ENO this autumn. She will sing alongside tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones in Puccini's classic opera. |
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| Congratulations to soprano Sarah Power (soprano 2009), who won Second Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Competition 2010. She competed against five other singers in the final that was held on 23 April 2010. |
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| Rupert Christiansen has written a glowing article about the NOS in the Telegraph on Monday 12 April, in which he writes about Director Kathryn Harries' approach to leading the NOS. Download the full article here. |
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| Jean-Paul Pruna has been awarded a place as a repetiteur on the Jette Parker Programme at Covent Garden starting in September 2010. He will be working with the music staff at the Royal Opera House on this scheme. He joins sopranos Anna Devin,Madeleine Pierard and Geoffrey Paterson (repetiteur 2009) who have also been awarded a place on the competitive Programme. |
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Gerard Collett has been selected to take part in the Steans Institute Program for Singers this summer, which forms part of the Ravinia Festival, Chicago. The course will be led by Brian Zeger, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Development Program. |
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Current trainee tenor Nicky Spence has been awarded Bruce Millar / Gullivar prize for Opera 2010.
This prestigious accolade was fiercly competed for between six specially selected young singers from around the world in front of a live audience and an esteemed judging panel including head casting director of Scottish Opera, Jenny Slack.
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| Current trainee repetiteur Cameron Burns has been awarded one of two Choral Conducting Scholarships with the London Symphony Chorus. He will be working closely with their Chorus Master Joseph Cullen as well as Valery Gergiev and Sir Colin Davis. |
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Current trainees tenor John Pierce and baritone Gerard Collett have been awarded a Susan Chilcott Scholarship this year. Awarded annually, the Susan Chilcott Scholarships offer financial support to emerging classical singers both within formal education or in private education, as well as to professional singers wishing to study a specific repertoire or language. John and Gerard are two of six singers awarded scholarships out of the 79 singers that auditioned. |
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| Congratulations to soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn, who won the inaugural Voice of Black Opera Award on Saturday 31 October at the University Great Hall in Birmingham. |
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| Congratulations to Benedict Nelson (baritone 2009) and current trainee baritone Gerard Collett on their success in the 2009 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. Benedict, accompanied by Gary Matthewman, won Second Prize in the competition and Gerard, accompanied by James Baillieu, won the Jean Meikle Prize for a Duo. |
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| Jeremy Bines (repetiteur 2003) has been appointed as the new Chorus Master of Glyndebourne. He joins other NOS alumni who are Chorus Masters at British opera companies: Timothy Burke (repetiteur 2006) is Chorus Master at Opera North and Stephen Harris (repetiteur 1989) is Chorus Master at Welsh National Opera. |
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Valda Wilson (soprano 2009) and Paul O'Neil (tenor 2006) reached the semifinals of Operalia, a prestigious competition founded by Plácido Domingo that receives over 800 applications per year. The semifinals were held at the Pécs National Theatre, Hungary on 27 July 2009. |
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Geoffrey Paterson (repetiteur 2008/09) recently won the Leeds Conducting Competition 2009 and won the Audience Prize. As part of the prize, Geoffrey will be conducting many of the country's leading orchestras including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic.
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Julian Gavin (tenor 1989/90), Clive Bayley (bass 1985/86) and Richard Farnes (repetiteur 1992/93) performed in Opera North's recent production of Don Carlos. "Gavin's virile high notes are a consistent pleasure" - Neil Fisher, The Times. Awarded 4 stars.
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Congratulations to alumni Anna Stephany (mezzo 2005/06) and Dawid Kimberg (baritone 2007/08), along with Wade Kernot (bass 2008/09), who have all been chosen to represent their native country in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Anna will represent England, Dawid will represent South Africa and Wade will represent New Zealand.
For more information, go to www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger.
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The NOS held a seminar The Singers of Tomorrow? on 27 November 2008. The Seminar summary is available to download here.
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