Announcing our 2026/27 Young Artists

In 2024 she was selected as a Young Artist at the Georg Solti Accademia. From autumn 2026 she will train as a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio (NOS), London, and joins Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Emerging Artist for the 2026 season.

Her operatic roles include Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel (Royal Academy Opera); Ariodante Ariodante (Royal Academy Opera); Ottavia L’incoronazione di Poppea (Hampstead Garden Opera); Florence Pike Albert Herring (Royal Academy Opera); and the Fox The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal Academy Opera). She appears regularly with Opera Prelude and has performed at Wigmore Hall for the French Song Exchange.

In 2024, she earned a Master’s degree in Operatic Performance at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo, studying singing with Gloria Fabuel. She also holds an undergraduate degree in singing with First Class Honours, as well as a degree in viola, from the same institution.

She has received masterclasses from distinguished artists including Elīna Garanča, Mariella Devia, Dolora Zajick, Elena Pankratova, Ramón Vargas, Ernesto Palacio, Laura Polverelli, and Solveig Kringleborn.

Her operatic roles include Nicklausse Les contes d’Hoffmann; L’enfant L’enfant et les sortilèges; Contessa Melibea Il viaggio a Reims; Enrico Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (Den Norske Opera & Ballet); Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro de la Maestranza); Armelinde Cendrillon (Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía); and Romeo I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Universität Mozarteum Salzburg).

In 2023, she joined the “Crescendo” programme at Teatro Real. She is part of the 2025/26 Wigmore French Song Exchange at Wigmore Hall. She has also been selected for the prestigious programme Le Jardin des Voix and will tour internationally with Les Arts Florissants.

Upcoming engagements include debuting Flora La traviata and covering Octavian for Garsington Opera’s 2026 season, as well as performing Dinah Trouble in Tahiti at Opera Holland Park in collaboration with Opera Prelude. She looks forward to joining the National Opera Studio for 2026/27.

Operatic experience includes Alfredo La traviata (Opera UCT in collaboration with Cape Town Opera), Ildemaro Dalinda (Opera UCT), and Natanaël Les contes d’Hoffmann (Opera UCT). In September 2024, he was cast in the lead role for the world stage premiere of Donizetti’s long‑lost opera Dalinda.

Recent concert highlights include performing Rodolfo in scenes from La bohème (Opera UCT). He has also appeared at major South African events such as Starlight Classics and Suidoosterfees.

Future engagements include performing Manrico Il trovatore (Opera UCT in collaboration with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra).

Operatic highlights include roles in John Drummond’s War Hero (Opera Otago), chorus Don Giovanni (Opera Otago), and chorus appearances in semi‑staged performances of Fidelio and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (New Zealand Opera). He toured nationally as the Prince La bella dormente nel bosco (Respighi) for Opera in Schools (New Zealand Opera), and portrayed Alexander the Great Il re pastore (Mozart) for Days Bay Opera.

His awards include the Sydney Eisteddfod International Opera Scholarship, the Iosefa Enari Opera Award (Creative New Zealand), the Spirit of the School Award, the Freemasons Foundation Prize, the Opera School Runner-Up Award, and the University of Waikato Blues Award.

Concert highlights include Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) with Bach Musica NZ Inc., as well as upcoming soloist appearances in Mozart Requiem and Christopher Tin The Shiver on the Sky with Wellington Orchestra and the Orpheus Choir.

Notable roles include Guglielmo Così fan tutte (Cardiff Opera), Germont La traviata (North Wales Opera Studio), and Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (HGO and Bath Opera). Ambrose has appeared as a soloist for numerous choral societies both in the UK and Europe, including as a soloist for La misa del valle with the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, baritone soloist for Elgar Coronation Ode (Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra), Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem with the Gower Choral Society, and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs with the Benson Choral Society.

Before joining the National Opera Studio as a Young Artist, Ambrose spent two seasons touring with Diva Opera across South Africa, Europe, and the UK, where he sang Baron Douphol La traviata, Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Figaro Le nozze di Figaro. He will join Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Emerging Artist for this summer’s festival. Ambrose is taught by Russell Smythe.

Recent highlights include performing the title role in Britten’s Owen Wingrave at Guildhall. Sonny is also a Samling Artist, reflecting his dedication to art song and collaborative music‑making. He regularly works with fellow musicians and composers to create and perform new work and is especially drawn to working with living composers.

His operatic credits include the Hausierer Der Wald; Tito and Valerio Lucrezia; Dr Blind Die Fledermaus; Aristotle Alexander and the Tree; and the Puppet Master Strings of Rebellion. He has also performed scenes from Gloriana, Don Pasquale, Manon, Maria Stuarda, and L’elisir d’amore.

In 2026, Sonny joins the chorus of Glyndebourne Festival Opera for Britten’s Billy Budd.

Joshua is a Samling Artist and was a young artist with Genesis Sixteen and Dunedin Consort. Recent opera credits include Quince A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Don Prudenzio Il viaggio a Reims (Wexford Festival Opera); the Notary Gianni Schicchi (Grange Park Opera); Hobson Peter Grimes (British Youth Opera); and Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Le Roi Cendrillon, and Neptune Idomeneo (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

Joshua is in regular demand around the UK as a low bass, and also for international bookings and recordings with groups such as the Dunedin Consort, Mancunium Consort, Chamber Choir Ireland, and KANTOS. Upcoming in 2026, Joshua will join the Dunedin Consort for their annual performances of J. S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion in early April as Judas/Peter/Pilate, will sing Father Trulove/Keeper of the Madhouse The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky) with British Youth Opera, and looks forward to joining the Alvarez Emerging Artist Programme at Garsington Opera this summer.

She is a 2024 bursary recipient of the International Opera Awards Foundation and a 2024 Répétiteur Fellow of the Georg Solti Accademia. In 2023, she was awarded a scholarship by the Hirschmann Foundation Switzerland in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and social engagement.

Arianna recently made her conducting debut with the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, leading performances of Don Giovanni and Teseo. She will be assistant conductor for Opera Makers (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) and is on the 2026 Royal Ballet and Opera conductor observership scheme.

Her work as repetiteur includes Der Wald and Lucrezia (Guildhall School of Music & Drama); Alcina (Saluzzo Opera Academy); Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, and Dido and Aeneas (Zurich University of the Arts); Bohuslav Martinů’s Larmes du couteau and Alexandre bis (Theater Gessnerallee Zürich); and Die Fledermaus (Lyric Opera Studio Weimar).

At Opera Australia he assisted Alexander Briger, Chad Kelly, and Erina Yashima in productions and concert performances including the New Year’s Eve Gala and the Gilbert and Sullivan Gala. He played rehearsals for Carmen and Madama Butterfly, undertook orchestral keyboard work, and fulfilled backstage music staff duties for Madama Butterfly and Turandot. In 2025 he completed professional development at Lyric Opera of Chicago, shadowing Chorus Master and Head of Music Michael Black.

Jem completed a Graduate Diploma in Opera Performance (Répétiteur) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, acting as répétiteur and conductor for Hänsel und Gretel and répétiteur for The Old Maid and the Thief. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance) from the University of Melbourne, including an exchange year at Durham University (UK). His compositions include chamber, choral, and theatrical works, notably the operetta Mageia: A Musical Fable, commissioned by Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

She graduated from the Master’s in Piano Accompaniment at GSMD with Distinction, where she studied with Andrew West and was awarded the Sheriff’s Prize for outstanding academic achievement.

Alicia has accompanied masterclasses by Gerald Finley and Simon Keenlyside and worked as a studio accompanist for Yvonne Kenny. In 2023, she was appointed répétiteur for the Teatro Real Young Artist Programme “Crescendo” and, in 2025, participated in the Georg Solti Accademia for répétiteurs in Italy, working with Jonathan Papp, Anthony Legge, and James Vaughan.

Recent work includes repetiteur for Le nozze di Figaro (Berlin Opera Academy), Amahl and the Night Visitors (Teatro Real Junior), Autumn Opera Scenes (GSMD), and Owen Wingrave (GSMD). She is also frequently in demand as a collaborative pianist for recitals with singers.

Upcoming engagements include Proving Up (Missy Mazzoli) (GSMD) and Guildhall Opera Makers (GSMD).

He is currently in the second year of his postgraduate studies as a collaborative pianist at the Royal College of Music, studying with Prof. Vanessa Latarche, Seb Wybrew, and Caroline Dowdle, as well as organ with Charlie Andrews and conducting with Peter Stark. He also studies piano with Philippe Raskin at the Gulda School of Music in Vienna, Austria, and historical keyboards privately with Carole Cerasi.

Paul is a winner of multiple international piano competitions. He has performed in numerous London venues including Wigmore Hall, the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, and St George’s Hanover Square, as well as at other venues across England and Wales.

Paul has coached singers on a wide range of repertoire. From May to July 2025, he worked as Trainee Répétiteur at Garsington Opera on Beethoven’s Fidelio. For the 2026/27 season, he has been offered a place on the National Opera Studio Young Artist course in London.