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

Bass
John Molloy

Repetiteurs
Marie-Elise Boyer
Cameron Burns

Jean-Paul Pruna repetiteur

Jean-Paul Pruna completed his french musical studies at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) obtaining diplomas in solo piano (professor Bruno Rigutto), chamber music (professor Daria Hovora) and vocal accompaniment (professor Anne le Bozec).

He then completed a Masters degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, obtaining a distinction. There he had the opportunity to study with Pamela Lidiard, Robin Bowman, Paul Roberts, Sarah Walker, Linnhe Robertson, Eugen Asti and Graham Johnson. Jean-Paul won the first prize of the Cunnard Carpathia Competition for piano accompaniment and participated in Graham Johnson’s internal festivals at the Guildhall, performing works by Wolf, Schubert (Winterreise) and Vaughan-Williams (Five mystical songs). He was a collaborative pianist for Iain Burnside’s projects “Seduced” in 2008 and “The lads in their hundreds” in 2009, performed at King’s Place. In September 2008 he performed a Rachmaninov songs recital in Saint-Luke's church and in the Barbican Concert Hall for a LSO pre-concert.

Jean-Paul’s constant contact with the vocal repertoire leads him to give numerous concerts in France, in the UK and in the world (Tripoli, Shanghai, Berlin as part of the 2nd Europäishes Lied Forum). He also plays for a number of master-classes in solo piano held by Mikhail Iaschine, Yoanna Adam, Vera Gornostaeva. Vocal accompaniment master-classes include: Malcolm Martineau, Graham Johnson, Barbara Bonney, Bengt Forsberg, Jeff Cohen, Thomas Allen, Gerald Finley, Keith Lewis, Rosalind Plowright, Julian Gavin, Christopher Underwood, Martin Isepp, Philippe Huttenlocher, Emma Kirkby, Gabriel Bacquier, Yvonne Minton, Yvonne Kenny, Amy Jarman, Ian Partridge. 

Jean-Paul’s work as a repetiteur includes: repetiteur and performer for the French creation of Franco Mannino’s Lied-Opera Le notti bianche, at the Théatre des Variétés in Monte-Carlo. Coach and repetiteur for Poulenc’s La voix humaine at the Guildhall School and for another production at the Kypria International Festival. Jean-Paul was a repetiteur/continuo player for the British Youth Opera Rossini productions La scala di seta and Il signor Bruschino in 2009.

Jean-Paul’s studies at the NOS are generously supported by the Leonard Hancock Trust and the Friends of Covent Garden. Forthcoming engagments inculde Pelleas et Mélisande for Opera Holland Park.