We are delighted that Samuel Pantcheff will return to the Salzburger Landestheater for the 2020/21 season, this follows the abrupt end to last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
His roles will include Kaluna in Paul Abraham’s Die Blume von Hawaii, Valentin in Faust, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and Miles in the Austrian premiere of Stuart Macae’s Anthropocene.
Ailish Tynan makes her long anticipated to Grange Park Opera next season, for the first time since 2009, in her role debut as Mimì in La bohème.
A regular at Grange Park Opera, Olivia Ray returns as Anna Polikovskaya in the world premiere of Anthony Bolton’s The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko.
Jeni Bern makes her debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo as Greta Fiorentino in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene.
The production, directed by John Fulljames and conducted by Lee Reynolds, premieres on 21 February for a limited run of three performances.
We are delighted that Samuel Pantcheff will join the Internationales Opernstudio Gerard Mortier at the Salzburger Landestheater for the 2019/20 season.
He will perform and cover numerous roles in Weber’s Oberon, Lohengrin, the Austrian premiere of Stuart Macae’s Anthropocene, Viva La Diva (Donizetti’s Le convenienze e le inconvenienze teatrali) and Haydn’s Creation.
Congratulations Samuel!
With rehearsals for Welsh National Opera’s season only a few weeks away we are delighted to have several artists working on these productions.
Robyn Lyn Evans and Wyn Pencarreg appear in the third opera in David Pountney’s Verdi trilogy, Les vêpres siciliennes, Robyn performs Daniéli and Mainfroid, whilst covering Henri, and Wyn performs Le Sire de Béthune.
Richard Roberts will make his WNO debut as Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro.
Additionally, covers include Robyn as Il Duca and Claire Wild as Gilda in Rigoletto, with Wyn covering Escamillo in Carmen and Harašta in The Cunning Little Vixen.
We are delighted to announce that baritone Samuel Pantcheff has joined our roster. Samuel is a graduate of the Opera Course at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Glenville Hargreaves and Audrey Hyland, and won the Blythe-Buesst Opera Prize. He is also a Britten-Pears Young Artist and currently studies with Gary Coward.
In the current season Samuel makes his debut with Diva Opera as Prince Yamadori Madama Butterfly and Haly L’italiana in Algeri and returns to Scottish Opera as Pulcino BambinO on tour to Oman. Concerts include Handel’s Solomon at St John’s Smith Square and a programme of Scarlatti and Purcell on tour to South America with Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Trevor Eliot Bowes makes his debut at Scottish Opera in their 2019/20 season as Theseus in a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Dominic Hill and conducted by Stuart Stratford. Performances take place in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Robyn Lyn Evans, Wyn Pencarreg and Philip Smith perform in Welsh National Opera’s production of Roberto Devereux, directed by Alessandro Talevi and conducted by Carlo Rizzi and James Southall.
Robyn performs Lord Cecil, while understudying the title role, Wyn performs Sir Gualtiero Raleigh, and Philip makes his WNO debut as Nottingham’s Confidant, while understudying Raleigh.
Performances take place from 28 February at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, before touring until 10 May.
Jeni Bern makes a long awaited return to Scottish Opera, as Professor Prentice in the world premiere of Anthropocene by Stuart MacRae. The production is directed by Matthew Richardson and conducted by Stuart Stratford.
Performances take place from 24 January in Glasgow, with further performances in Edinburgh and London, at the Hackney Empire.
Jeni returns to Scottish Opera later this season as First Lady in Sir Thomas Allen’s production of The Magic Flute.
Harry Nicoll returns to the Royal Opera in their winter season as the Major-Domo in Stefan Herheim’s stunning new production of The Queen of Spades, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano.
Later this season Harry returns to The Royal Opera as Missail in the first revival of Richard Jones’ production of Boris Godunov.
Gweneth Ann Rand revives her pivotal role in the US premiere of Philip Venables award winning opera 4.48 Psychosis. The acclaimed Royal Opera production, directed by Ted Huffman, first seen at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2016 is conducted by William Cole.
Performances take place from 5 to 12 January at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York.
Nazan Fikret sings Fiordiligi on a newly released recording of Così fan tutte released by Rubicon Classics. The recording from a production by the European Opera Centre, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, is conducted by Laurent Pillot.
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Label: Rubicon
Code: RCD1026
Release date: 23 November 2018
The recording recieved 4 stars in a recent review in The Guardian.
Philip Sheffield makes his debut with the Oper Köln as Rev. Horace Adams in a new production of Peter Grimes, directed by Frederic Wake-Walker, and conducted by Nicholas Collon.
The premiere takes place on 25 November, with futher performances on 28, 30 November, 2, 6, 8 December.
This is Philip’s third house debut and second new production of Peter Grimes this year!
Following her success as Aida for English National Opera last season, Gweneth Ann Rand returns to the London Coliseum as Serena in their critically acclaimed new production of Porgy and Bess. The production is directed by James Robinson and conducted by John Wilson.
She will perform the role for performances on 27, 31 October and 10 November.
Following acclaimed performances in Madama Butterfly, Linda Richardson returns to Welsh National Opera this autumn as Violetta in their classic production of La traviata. The original production is directed by Sir David McVicar (revived by Sarah Crisp) and conducted by James Southall.
Performances take place from 21 September until the end of November, opening in Cardiff before touring.
