Trainees 2009/10

Sopranos
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Sadhbh Dennedy
Anna Devin
Madeleine Pierard
Meeta Raval

Mezzo-sopranos
Sara Gonzalez-Saavedra
Raquel Luis

Tenors
John Pierce
Nicky Spence

Baritones
Gerard Collett
Joa Rasmus Helgesson

Repetiteurs
Marie-Elise Boyer
Cameron Burns
Jean-Paul Pruna

John Molloy bass

John Molloy comes from Birr in Ireland and studied at the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Dublin and the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. In 2005 he graduated from the RNCM, receiving the college’s highest accolade for performance; the PPRNCM Diploma. John has received Awards and Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland, John McCormack Society of Ireland and was a major scholar of the Peter Moores Foundation from 2004 - 2006.

John has worked with many Opera Companies in Ireland and the UK including Opera North, Opera Ireland, Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre Company and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. He has also performed at the festivals of Ryedale, Mananan, The Farmleigh Proms and the Sir Malcolm Sergeant Festival in London.

His operatic roles include Sarastro The Magic Flute, Snug A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Figaro, Dr.Bartolo & Antonio The Marriage of Figaro, Don Basilio The Barber of Seville, Colline La Bohéme, Don Alfonso Così fan tutte, Zuniga Carmen, Dr. Grenvil La Traviata, Il Re Aida, Arthur The Lighthouse, Truelove The Rake’s Progress, Il Sagrestano Tosca, Tiger Brown The Threepenny Opera, Cholmondeley The Yeomen of the Guard, Timur & Mandarino Turandot, Bonze Madama Butterfly, Leone Attila, High Priest Nabucco, King of Spain in Maritana, Fr. Corrigan & O’Moore in The Lily of Killarney, Devilshoof The Bohemian Girl ,Count Ribbing Un Ballo in Maschera.

Recent concert appearances include the Australian premiere of Van Gogh – The Opera with Crash Ensemble at the Canberra International Festival of Music, Haydn’s Creation - Continuo Rotterdam, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis - Macau Orchestra/ Chorus of Shanghai Opera House, Verdi’s Requiem - Northen English Chorale, Mendelssohn’s St. Paul with Our Lady’s Choral Society and Handel’s Messiah with Rheinische Philharmonie. John has also appeared with The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTE Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Cecilia, London Gala Orchestra and The Goldberg Ensemble.

Oratorio repertoire includes the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart, Bruckner, Durufle and Schumann, Haydn’s Creation and Nelson Mass, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Vaughan Williams’ The First Nowell, Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius and various Bach Cantata’s.