Announcing the 2018/19 National Opera Studio Young Artists

We are delighted to announce our 2018/19 Young Artists, who will join the National Opera Studio's intensive nine-month Training Programme from September:

SOPRANOS

Ana-Maria Bacanu
Charlie Drummond
Frances du Plessis

MEZZO-SOPRANOS

Margo Arsane
Marvic Monreal
Beth Moxon

COUNTER-TENOR

JungKwon Jang

TENORS

Robert Barbaro
Ben Smith
Adam Temple-Smith

BARITONES

Nicholas Mogg
Jake Muffett

RÉPÉTITEURS

Emily Hooker
William Green
Benedict Kearns
Michael Papadopoulos

Further information and full biographies will be made available online in August.

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Diverse Voices

The National Opera Studio takes the lead, along with UK opera companies and training organisations, to create partnerships and initiatives that encourage more diversity on our opera stages.