SOPRANO

Alison Langer
Oscar Un ballo in maschera Chelsea Opera Group
22

Ellie Laugharne
Phyllis Iolanthe English National Opera
5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 19, 21, 24

Eleanor Sanderson-Nash
cover Phyllis Iolanthe English National Opera
5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 19, 21, 24

MEZZO SOPRANO

Kezia Bienek
Donizetti and Friends Recital, Opera Rara
5 (Stone House, London)

Ottavia The Coronation of Poppea English Touring Opera
13 (Leamington Spa), 17 ( Norwich), 20 (Saffron Hall), 27 (Snape)

Emily Hodkinson
cover Ottavia & Nerone The Coronation of Poppea English Touring Opera
13 (Leamington Spa), 17 ( Norwich), 20 (Saffron Hall), 27 (Snape)

Chorus, Glyndebourne on Tour

Kitty Whately
Recital with Simon Lepper
19 (Cambridge)

Pallas The Judgement of Paris Cambridge Handel Opera
27

TENOR

Robert Burt
Snout A Midsummer Night's Dream Genoa
13, 15, 17, 19

Xavier Hetherington
Scrofulous/Toady/Seer/Saul Masque of Might Opera North
6, 14, 21, 27

BARITONE

Hugo Herman-Wilson
The Fairy Queen Les Arts Florissants
11 (Lugano), 13 (Compiègne)

Opera Prelude Concert
24

Jack Holton
Count Horn Un ballo in maschera Chelsea Opera Group
22

BASS-BARITONE

Matthew Hargreaves
Dulcamara L'Elisir d'amore Diva Opera
31 (Boodles)

BASS

Edward Hawkins
Alidoro Cinderella English Touring Opera
7 (Hackney), 14 (Leamington Spa), 16 ( Norwich), 21 (Saffron Hall), 26, 28 (Snape)

cover Seneca The Coronation of Poppea English Touring Opera
13 (Leamington Spa), 17 ( Norwich), 20 (Saffron Hall), 27 (Snape)

STAGE DIRECTOR

Olivia Fuchs
Falstaff Opera North
from 5

DESIGNER

Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Masque of Might (Costume Design) Opera North
from 6

Zahra Mansouri
Semele Blackheath Halls
1

Leslie Travers
Sets for Opera North Green Season La Rondine, Falstaff and Masque of Might
from 5

CHOREOGRAPHER

Lauren Poulton
La Rondine Opera North (as Choreographer and First Assistant Director)
from 20

Denni Sayers
Masque of Might Opera North
from 6

CONDUCTOR

Sonia Ben-Santamaria
Closing Concert, Festival Toulouse les Orgues
15

Matthew Kofi Waldren
Ainadamar Welsh National Opera
10 (Llandudno), 17 (Bristol), 31 (Plymouth)

SIGN INTERPRETER

Wendy Ebsworth
Rigoletto Royal Opera House
24

WHAT'S ON THIS MONTH

MEZZO SOPRANO

Kezia Bienek
Ottavia L'Incoronazione di Poppea English Touring Opera
30

Emily Hodkinson
cover Ottavia/Nerone L'Incoronazione di Poppea English Touring Opera
30

Kitty Whately
Annie Displaced: A Woolwich Arsenal Opera Tête-à-Tête/ENO
13 (Woolwich Works)

BARITONE

Hugo Herman-Wilson
The Fairy Queen Le Jardin des Voix/Les Arts Florissants
1 (Bremen), 4 (Lucerne), 20 (Gand), 24 (Bucharest)
Doctor Grenvil La Traviata Oxford Opera
29, 30

Jack Holton
Opera Prelude Lecture Recital
29 (Henley-on-Thames)

BASS-BARITONE

Matthew Hargreaves
Dulcamara L'Elisir d'amore Diva Opera
16 (Fingest),

BASS

Edward Hawkins
cover Seneca L'Incoronazione di Poppea English Touring Opera
30

STAGE DIRECTOR

Olivia Fuchs
Falstaff Opera North
from 28

Stephen Lawless
Les Noces de Figaro Opera de Montreal
from 23

CHOREOGRAPHER

Lauren Poulton
Falstaff Opera North
from 28

DESIGNER

Zahra Mansouri
Semele Blackheath Halls
from 26

Leslie Travers
Les Noces de Figaro Opera de Montreal
from 23
Falstaff Opera North
from 28

CONDUCTOR

Peter Robinson
Jönköping Sinfonietta concerts
21 (Spira), 22 (Värnamo)

Matthew Kofi Waldren
Ainadamar Welsh National Opera
9, 17, 26 (Cardiff)

SOPRANO

Dame Josephine Barstow
Countess The Queen of Spades The Grange Festival
2

Rebecca Bottone
Jude Lofte / Roshanna Wig Itch Opera Holland Park
22, 26, 28, 30

Janis Kelly
Mother Abbess The Sound of Music Chichester Festival
from 10

Ellie Laugharne
Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro Dorset Opera Festival
25, 27m, 28, 29

MEZZO SOPRANO

Kezia Bienek
Kaled Le Roi de Lahore Dorset Opera Festival
26, 27, 29

Yvonne Howard
Ludmilla The Bartered Bride Garsington
3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 20, 23

Heather Lowe
Mrs Noye Noye's Fludde The Manchester Collective
7 (Leeds), 9 (Manchester)

TENOR

Robert Burt
Bob Evert / Kinch Itch Opera Holland Park
22, 26, 28, 30

Pascal Charbonneau
Aljeja From the House of the Dead Wiesbaden
6

John Graham Hall
Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos Garsington Opera
1, 6, 14, 19, 21

Arbate Mitridate Garsington Opera
2

Mark Le Brocq
Melot / Sailor Tristan und Isolde Grange Park Opera
1, 6, 9

BASS-BARITONE

Matthew Hargreaves
Dulcamara L'Elisir d'amore Diva Opera
10 (Jersey), 28 (Holkham Hall)

STAGE DIRECTOR

Olivia Fuchs
L'Orfeo Longborough Festival
11, 13, 15, 16, 18

DESIGNER

Zahra Mansouri
Sonnambula Buxton Festival
8, 12, 16, 19, 22

Leslie Travers
Rusalka Santa Fe
from 22

CHOREOGRAPHER

Lynne Hockney
A Midsummer Night's Dream Glyndebourne Festival (as Revival Director)
from 1

Lauren Poulton
A Midsummer Night's Dream Glyndebourne Festival
from 1

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Barlow
Tristan und Isolde Grange Park Opera
1, 6, 9

Matthew Kofi Waldren
Pearlfishers Opera North
1 (Nottingham)
Opera Gala Tour with WNO Orchestra
2 (Wolverhampton), 18 (Bangor), 20 (Southampton)

SIGN INTERPRETER

Wendy Ebsworth
La Traviata Royal Opera House
17

SOPRANO

Dame Josephine Barstow
Countess The Queen of Spades The Grange Festival
23, 25, 29

Rebecca Bottone
D'Oyly Carte Opera Gala
24 (Weybridge)

Alison Langer
Gilda Rigoletto Opera Holland Park
1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 22, 24

Ellie Laugharne
Soprano Solo Mozart Requiem (staged) Opera North
1, 3, 4
Servilia La Clemenza di Tito Chelsea Opera Group
10
Opera Gala with Philip Blake Jones
28 (London)

MEZZO SOPRANO

Kezia Bienek
Sesto La Clemenza di Tito Chelsea Opera Group
10
Donizetti and Friends Recital, Opera Rara, Cardiff Singer of the World
13

Yvonne Howard
D'Oyly Carte Opera Gala
24 (Weybridge)
Ludmilla The Bartered Bride Garsington Opera
30

Heather Lowe
Dido Dido and Aeneas and Orfeo Orfeo ed Euridice double bill, The Grange Festival
9, 17, 22, 28

Kitty Whately
Dorabella Cosi fan Tutte The Grange Festival
8, 10, 16, 18, 24
Angel The Dream of Gerontius York Minster
14

TENOR

John Graham Hall
Arbate Mitridate Garsington Opera
1, 3, 9, 11, 23, 27
Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos Garsington Opera
18, 24, 29

Xavier Hetherington
Opera Prelude Summer Concert
13 (Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks)
Opera Gala, Farley Music Festival
17

Mark Le Brocq
Melot / Sailor Tristan und Isolde Grange Park Opera
8, 18, 22
Dies Natalis / Messa di Gloria
24 (Woburn)

BARITONE

Nicholas Lester
Guglielmo Cosi fan Tutte The Grange Festival
8, 10, 16, 18, 24

BASS-BARITONE

Matthew Hargreaves
Dulcamara L'Elisir d'amore Diva Opera
10 (Berkshire), 15 (Syon Park), 23 (Devon)

BASS

Edward Hawkins
The Silly Little Mouse Loud Crowd and Bold Tendencies
11 (Peckham)
Don Alfonso Cosi fan Tutte Wild Arts
17 (Hazelmere)

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Barlow
Tristan und Isolde Grange Park Opera
8, 18, 22
Classical Music Podcast Joanna and The Maestro with wife Joanna Lumley
New episode every Tuesday

Matthew Kofi Waldren
Pearlfishers Opera North
2 (Leeds), 8 (Lowry), 17 (Sage), 24 (Hull)
Opera Gala Tour with WNO Orchestra
27 (Barnstaple), 29 (Torquay), 30 (Newport)

SOPRANO

Janis Kelly
Hedwig Manru Opera National du Lorraine, Nancy
9, 12, 14, 16

Alison Langer
cover Lilly / Student 2 Innocence Royal Opera House
4

Ellie Laugharne
Soprano Solo Mozart Requiem (staged) Opera North
26, 30

MEZZO SOPRANO

Kezia Bienek
2nd Lady The Magic Flute Welsh National Opera
3, 4, 5 (Birmingham); 16, 17, 18 (Southampton); 26, 27 (Plymouth)
Recording Leontina L’esule di Roma Opera Rara
11

Kitty Whately
Mozart Requiem Bath Festival
13

TENOR

Pascal Charbonneau
Alyeya From the House of the Dead Rome Opera
23, 25, 27, 28, 30

Xavier Hetherington
Tenor Soloist,  Verdi's Requiem The Really Big Chorus, Royal Albert Hall
21 

BARITONE

Jack Holton
Cautionary Tales National Opera Studio / Opera North 
2 (Wilton's Music Hall)

BASS

Edward Hawkins
Achilla Giulio Cesare English Touring Opera
4 (Cheltenham); 11 (Buxton); 19 (Leamington Spa); 25 (Exeter)
Lord Sidney Il viaggio a Reims English Touring Opera
6 (Cheltenham); 13 (Buxton); 27 (Exeter)

STAGE DIRECTOR

Caroline Clegg
Blaze of Glory! Welsh National Opera
6 (Birmingham); 20 (Southampton)

Olivia Fuchs
Cautionary Tales National Opera Studio / Opera North 
2 (Wilton's Music Hall)

CHOREOGRAPHER

Denni Sayers
Aspects of Love Lyric Theatre, London's West End
First Previews from 12

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Barlow
Podcast The Maestro and Me with wife Joanna Lumley
New episode every Tuesday

Matthew Kofi Waldren
Blue English National Opera
2
Pearlfishers Opera North
16, 25, 27, 31 (Leeds)

SIGN INTERPRETER

Wendy Ebsworth
Aida ROH
10