Joanna Harries sings the roles of Suzy, Lolette and Rorò on Opera Rara’s world premiere recording of the 1921 version of Puccini’s La rondine.
We are delighted to welcome British soprano Phoebe Smith to our artist roster for exclusive representation.
Phoebe is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where she completed her MA with Distinction, and in 2025 was an Opera Prelude Young Artist. She is fast establishing herself as a compelling and versatile performer across opera and the concert platform.
Recent highlights include Gianetta The Gondoliers (English Touring Opera); Violetta Saving Violetta (Rogue Opera); and Giannetta The Elixir of Love (Waterperry Opera Festival at Wilton’s). She also returned to the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company as Josephine HMS Pinafore, a role she first sang with the company in 2024. She recently recorded Elgar’s King Olaf (aLUMNI Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge) and this season will record Sullivan’s The Chieftain (BBC Concert Orchestra).
Trevor Eliot Bowes begins the 2026/27 season with his house debut at La Monnaie / De Munt, appearing as Erster Handwerksbursch in a new production of Berg’s Wozzeck, directed and designed by Christophe Coppens and conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
Later in the season, he returns to English National Opera before making his debut at Pacific Opera Victoria – details to be announced.
We are delighted to welcome British mezzo soprano Bethan Langford to our artist roster for exclusive representation.
Bethan is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Opera Studio, and is a former Emerging Artist at Scottish Opera. She is a Yeoman of the Musicians’ Company, a Samling Artist, a core member of Paraorchestra, and an alumna of the Verbier Festival Academy.
In recent seasons she has performed Hebe HMS Pinafore, Edith The Pirates of Penzance and Leila Iolanthe (English National Opera); Maria Theresia von Paradis in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s The Paradis Files at Queen Elizabeth Hall and on tour (Graeae Theatre Company). Concert highlights include Smyth Mass in D under Sakari Oramo (BBC Proms); Mozart Requiem (The Hallé); and Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Paraorchestra).
In autumn 2026 Samantha Price returns to ETO as Dido in Rebecca Meltzer’s new production of Dido & Aeneas, conducted by Alex Robinson. She is joined by award-winning soprano Binny-Supin Yang, making her company debut in the same production.
In Spring 2027 Jonah Halton returns to ETO as Spoletta in a new production of Tosca, directed by Robin Norton-Hale and conducted by Gerry Cornelius.
We are delighted to welcome Welsh tenor Rhydian Jenkins to our artist roster for exclusive representation in the UK and Ireland.
Rhydian studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and National Opera Studio. He is a former Young Artist at Garsington Opera and Longborough Festival Opera, and is currently a member of the International Opera Studio at Oper Köln.
Recent and future engagements include Pang Turandot and Jamie and Lord Boxington My Fair Lady (Oper Köln), Malcolm Macbeth (Longborough Festival Opera); Sellem The Rake’s Progress (Stadttheater Gießen); and Prologue The Turn of the Screw (Opéra de Lausanne).
Following acclaimed performances as Dick Deadeye in HMS Pinafore last season, Trevor Eliot Bowes returns to ENO as Dr Grenvil in Peter Konwitschny’s Olivier Award nominated production of La traviata, conducted by Kevin John Edusei.
Former Harewood Artist Andri Björn Róbertsson returns following performances as Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring in London and Manchester, and will appear as Terry in a new production of Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves, directed by Tinuke Craig and conducted by Joana Carneiro.
We are delighted to welcome Icelandic bass baritone Andri Björn Róbertsson to our artist roster.
Andri studied at the Reykjavik Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts, and in the UK at the Royal Academy of Music and National Opera Studio. He was a member of the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich and is a former Harewood Artist at English National Opera.
Recent and future engagements include Superintendent Budd Albert Herring and Terry Breaking the Waves (English National Opera); Witness/Madman Lessons in Love and Violence with (London Philharmonic Orchestra); and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Iceland Symphony Orchestra).
Following The Royal Ballet & Opera’s season announcement for 2026/27…
Lauren Young makes her debut at the Royal Opera House as Emily in Philip Venables’ operatic adaptation of Sarah Kane’s explosive 4.48 Psychosis, staged by Ted Huffman. She is joined by former Jette Park Artist, Veena Akama-Makia as Clare.
Alison Kettlewell and Wyn Pencarreg understudy Rosie Aldridge as Kabanicha and Clive Bayley as Dikoj in Richard Jones’ production of Káťa Kabanová.
We are delighted to welcome New Zealand soprano Felicity Tomkins to our artist roster for exclusive worldwide representation.
Felicity is a graduate of the Artist Diploma Opera Programme at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Stuart Skelton. In 2024 she won both the 100th Melbourne Opera Herald Sun Aria Competition and the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship. She has been a New Zealand Opera Studio Artist and an AIMS Graz Opernstudio Artist, and 2026/27 joins the Young Artist Programme at the National Opera Studio in London.
In the current season, Felicity will make her mainstage debut as Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (New Zealand Opera). Other roles include Annina La traviata (Auckland Philharmonia/New Zealand Opera in Concert); Cio-Cio-San Madama Butterfly (Auckland Opera Studio/Manukau Symphony Orchestra); Military Wife/Soprano 1 The Knock (Cincinnati Opera); Jeannette L’amant Anonyme, Madame Lidoine Dialogues des Carmélites (CCM Opera); Giulietta Les contes d’Hoffmann (Waikato Conservatorium Opera); and Nedda (cover) Pagliacci (Festival Opera, NZ).
We are delighted to welcome Cameroonian-Ugandan-American mezzo soprano Veena Akama-Makia to our artist roster. Veena studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Central Arkansas. She is an alumna of the Jette Parker Artists Programme, Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Program, the Chicago Opera Theater Young Artist Program, and the Merola Opera Program.
In the current season, she returns as guest artist to the Royal Ballet and Opera as Annina La traviata and Giovanna Rigoletto. She will also appear as the mezzo soprano soloist in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Blackheath Halls Orchestra; and performs Jake Heggie’s The Work at Hand with PlayOut Chicago.
In Opera North’s 2026/27 season, Gweneth Ann Rand and Ronald Samm return to the roles of Kitty Hart and Father Grenville in Anniliese Miskimmon’s acclaimed production of Jake Heggie’ Dead Man Walking, first seen at English National Opera in autumn 2025. These performances are conducted by Ben Glassberg.
This is a co-production with English National Opera and Finnish National Opera.
Lauren Young returns to Opera North as the multifaceted mezzo soprano in The Big Opera Mystery. This crime-solving operatic extravaganza will have schools performances in Leeds, Salford, Newcastle and Nottingham, and a family performance in Hull.
We are delighted to welcome British bass baritone Benjamin Schilperoort to our artist roster. Benjamin is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, a laureate of Le Jardin des Voix, and was an Artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Chapel, Belgium (2019-2023), where he studied with Sophie Koch and José van Dam.
His current and future engagements include Christus St. John Passion with the Britten Sinfonia at the Brighton Festival; and further international performances as Winter/Sleep in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (Les Arts Florissants).
His most recent performances include the bass roles in the Fairy Queen (Les Arts Florissants), conducted by William Christie and Paul Agnew; Walther Fürst and Melchtal Guillaume Tell (Nouvel Opéra Fribourg/Neue Oper Fribourg); the bass roles in King Arthur (Les Goûts Réunis); Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia (Clonter); Golaud Pelléas et Mélisande; Colline La bohème; Masetto and Il Commendatore Don Giovanni; and Seneca L’Incoronazione di Poppea.
Mark Nathan performs Schaunard in a film version of La bohème, written and directed by Olivier Award-winner, Robin Norton-Hale.
Produced for the screen by Finite Films & TV, this adaptation of Puccini’s much loved classic originated with OperaUpClose, whose acclaimed stage production won Best New Opera Production at the 2011 Olivier Awards.
The film will be shown in selected cinemas from 3 March 2026.
Congratulations to Binny-Supin Yang on winning the Singers Section Final at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, last night.
She will now sing in the Gold Medal Final at Wigmore Hall on Friday 15 May!
