Trainees 2011/12

Sopranos
Susanna Hurrell
Rhian Lois

Mezzo-sopranos
Catia Moreso
Josephine Thorpe

Tenors
David Butt Philip
Carlos Fidalgo
Anthony Gregory
Alexander Sprague

Baritones
Alexander Baker
Charles Rice

Bass
Aidan Smith

Repetiteurs
Jean-Yves Cornet
Ja Yeon Kang
Philip Voldman
Paul Wingfield

Anthony Gregory tenor

Hereford born tenor Anthony Gregory is currently the 2010 Independent Opera Vocal Scholar at the Royal College of Music International Opera School (RCMIOS) supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, the Elmley Foundation and a Sybil Tutton Award administered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund. In April 2011 Anthony won the prestigious Lies Askonas Prize at the Royal College of Music.

Anthony is currently studying with Tim Evans-Jones and was a Jerwood Young Artist for 2010 at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In September 2011 he will commence a year of study at London’s National Opera Studio.

Anthony’s most recent operatic roles include Grimoaldo Rodelinda (RCMIOS and London Handel Festival, conducted by Laurence Cummings), Tamino Die Zauberflöte, Jupiter Semele (Bath University), Pasek The Cunning Little Vixen (RCMIOS), Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera de Baugé), Oronte (cover) Alcina (ETO), Silvio Il Pastor Fido with the RCMIOS and London Handel Festival, Novice (cover) Billy Budd (Glyndebourne) and The Hussar Mavra (Jerwood Young Artist programme, Glyndebourne).

Concert performances include his recent debut with the Classical Opera Company in Alfred the Great (Arne) at Kings Place and the New London Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, as well as a recital at the Elgar Room (Royal Albert Hall). Anthony was also selected to represent the Royal College of Music’s Opera department in the “Rising Stars” Chamber Concerts held at London’s Cadogan Hall in May.

Other oratorio and concert appearances include Acis and Galatea and Judas Maccabaeus with Epsom Choral Society, Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Armonico Consort, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Handel’s Messiah with the Bath Bach Choir, Bach’s Magnificat with the London Pro Arte Choir, Mendelssohn’s St Paul and Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Evangelist) with the Festival Chorus and the Sinclair Sinfonia and Bach B Minor Mass with the London Handel Orchestra at the Tilford Bach Festival.

Forthcoming engagements include Ferrando Così fan tutte for the RCMIOS, Peter Quint (cover) Turn of the Screw for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Patient Fairy Queen for English Touring Opera.