Yvonne Sandison

Voice type/Instrument: Mezzo-soprano

Year at the Studio: 1980/81

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Forbidden Touch

9 June 2021, 7.30pm
Hoxton Hall

Set within the intimate setting of London's Hoxton Hall, the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio perform Forbidden Touch, an opera scenes production devised during our residency with Welsh National Opera.

Directed by Emma Jenkins.
Illuminating Darkness

19 May 2021, 4pm

Following their week-long residency with Opera North in Leeds, the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio perform Illuminating Darkness, an opera scenes production devised and directed by Olivia Fuchs.

Livestreamed from the Studio's Blackburn Hall.
“Kogda bi zhizn” - Onegin’s aria (Tchaikovsky)

21 April 2021

Jevan McAuley (Baritone) and Maria Tataru (Piano) live in recital at the National Opera Studio.
Coaching during Covid

13 April 2021

Pianist and NOS Assistant Head of Music, Dearbhla Collins, discusses how her work at the National Opera Studio has been impacted by Covid-19 and shares the positives that have come out of this situation during coaching sessions with our Young Artists.

Judith & Aeron - Wandsworth Wednesdays

11 November 2020

2020/21 Young ArtistsJudith Le Breuilly (Mezzo-soprano) and Aeron Preston (Piano) perform Rebecca Clarke's 'The Seal Man.'
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