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WED 02 - MON 07 DEC
RNCM OPERA
The
CUNNING
LITTLE
VIXEN LEOŠ JANÁČEK
WED 02, FRI 04, MON 07 DEC | 7.30PM
SUN 06 DEC | 3PM
RNCM THEATRE
LEOŠ JANÁČEK
The
CUNNING
LITTLE
VIXEN
The Cunning Little Vixen
Music by Leoš Janáček
Libretto by Leoš Janáček based on the novella
by Rudolf Těsnohlídek, translated by David Pountney
Translation © David Pountney
Used with permission of David Pountney. All Rights Reserved.
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SYNOPSIS CAST
THE ADVENTURES OF THE VIXEN BYSTROUŠKA Emyr Jones*, Ross Cumming** Forester
Act I Pasquale Orchard*, Alicia Cadwgan** Vixen Sharp-Ears
How they caught Bystrouška Georgia Mae Ellis*, Melissa Gregory** Fox Goldenmane
Bystrouška in the courtyard of Lake Lodge Philip O’Connor*, Gabriel Seawright** Schoolmaster/Mosquito
Bystrouška in politics Liam Karai*, George Butler** Priest/Badger
Bystrouška gets the hell out Ema Rose Gosnell*, Lila Chrisp** Forester’s Wife/Owl
Ranald McCusker*, Samuel Knock** Rooster/Mr Pásek
Act II Sarah Prestwidge*, Zoë Vallée** Chocholka/Mrs Pásek
Bystrouška dispossesses William Kyle*, Thomas Ashdown** Harašta
Bystrouška's love affairs Rebecca Anderson Lapák
Bystrouška's courtship and love Lorna Day Woodpecker
Katy Allan Vixen as a Cub
Interval Georgia Curwen Frantík/Cricket
Emily Varney Pepík/Frog
Act III Anastasia Bevan Grasshopper/Jay
Bystrouška outran Harašta from Líšeň
How the Vixen Bystrouška died RNCM OPERA CHORUS DANCER FOX CUBS
The baby Bystrouška - the spitting image of her mother Lleucu Brookes Jade Carty Lleucu Brookes
Jade Carty Jade Carty
Dominic Carver HENS Abigail Jenkins
James Connolly Louise Ashdown Billie McCaffrey
CREATIVE TEAM Thomas Coyle Sasja Haeck Hope Rodenhurst
Joby Dixon Hebe Hamilton Elena Whiteley
Mitchell Greengrass Taylor London Verity Williams
Nicholas Kok conductor
Abigail Jenkins Nikki Martin Alice Yeoman
Sam Brown director
Iona Kay Ahlyssa Mundy
Kaapo Ijas (Mills Williams Junior Fellow in Conducting)*** assistant conductor
Billie McCaffrey Emily Noon
Naomi Kuyck-Cohen designer
Daniel Nardone Morgana Warren-Jones
Joshua Gadsby lighting designer
Phoebe Palmer
Morgann Runacre-Temple choreographer
Armand Rabot
Christopher Pulleyn (Sir John Fisher Foundation Junior Fellow) repetiteur
Hope Rodenhurst
Kevin Thraves chorus master
Elena Whiteley
Tom Wilks
Verity Williams
SCHOOL OF VOCAL STUDIES AND OPERA Alice Yeoman
* Wednesday 2 December and Sunday 6 December
Professor Lynne Dawson Head of Vocal Studies and Opera
** Friday 4 December and Monday 7 December
Sara Fulgoni Deputy Head of Vocal Studies
*** Monday 7 December
Kevin Thraves Deputy Head of Opera
James Kelly School of Vocal Studies and Opera Administrator
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NICHOLAS KOK
Nicholas Kok is a very versatile Köln, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater
musician and conductor. In both the Stuttgart, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon,
CREATIVE
concert hall and the opera house he Coliseu Porto, Opera Factory, Opera St
has conducted numerous world and Louis and English Touring Opera. He
British premières by composers such as has worked with numerous orchestras
Birtwistle, Holt, Maxwell Davies, Reich, and ensembles throughout Europe
Turnage and Xenakis. He has served and has appeared at many festivals
TEAM
as Principal Conductor and Artistic including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh,
Advisor to Psappha and Sinfonia Viva, Huddersfield and Zürich Contemporary
and in 2012/13 he was Principal Guest Music Festivals. His own compositions
Conductor of the WDR Rundfunk have been recorded for television in the
Chor. He enjoys a very close working UK. Nicholas’ reworking of King Arthur
relationship with the BBC Singers. has been recorded by JOIN at Oper
Nicholas has conducted an extremely Stuttgart, and his Chamber Opera The
varied repertoire in the opera house, Waste…….no land will be performed
ranging from Monteverdi to Turnage. by the students at the Stuttgart
Companies he has worked for include Opernschule in January. This is his
English National Opera, Opera North, second production with the RNCM.
Staatstheater Braunschweig, Oper
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SAM BROWN KAAPO IJAS
Sam Brown is a stage director based France, he directed the world première Kaapo Ijas (b.1988) is the Mills Williams NEO, Swedish Army Band, Helsinki
in London. He read Classics at Oxford of The Importance of Being Earnest by Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Police band and numerous other
and completed the MFA in Theatre Gerald Barry (Opera Now magazine’s Royal Northern College of Music. project ensembles and choirs during
Directing at Birkbeck College, Première of the Year: 12/13 season) and He has been fiercely interested in masterclasses and in concerts. In 2019
London. He was assistant director at Candide by Leonard Bernstein. Recent composing, performance, drama, Ijas made his debut concerts with
West Yorkshire Playhouse and staff productions have included Peter group dynamics and the orchestra Guards Band Helsinki and Lappenranta
director for Opera North. In 2011, with Brook’s chamber version of Carmen itself for all his life. In 2012 it led him city orchestra.
designer Annemarie Woods, he won for the Wermland Opera, Sweden, to conducting studies first in Sibelius
the European Opera Directing Prize and a European tour of Fidelio for the Academy then Zürcher Hochschule der Ijas has been invited to various
and the Ring Award where they won Swedish Chamber Orchestra with Künste and ultimately Royal College prestigious masterclasses including
all available prizes. He was a board Thomas Dausgaard. of Music in Stockholm where he Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2018 with
member of SDUK 2015-17, and as chair graduated from in spring of 2017. Jaap van Zweden, Riccardo Muti
of its opera committee he devised and Sam co-wrote the libretto for The Opera Academy 2017 in Ravenna,
managed a professional development Water Palace by Stephen Shulman His teachers during his studies and the 8th Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
training programme in opera directing (Tête a Tête Opera Festival, London), masterclasses include Jorma Panula, masterclass with David Zinman
in association with the National Opera which he also directed, and was Johannes Schlaefli, Jaap van Zweden, in 2017 and Järvi Academy with
Studio. Since 2016 he has been Artistic commissioned by the Grange Festival Riccardo Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo and Neeme Järvi in 2016. He
Associate at Wilton’s Music Hall. In to write an original text for Elena David Zinman, Neeme and Paavo Järvi was semifinalist in Donatella Flick
August 2016 he participated in the Langer: Trotsky and Kahlo. He is and Atso Almila. Ijas has conducted Conducting Competition 2016 as well
Opera Europa Opera Management currently under commission by the i.a. BBC Philharmonic, Tonhalle- as in Lovro von Matačić competition in
Course in Bregenz. Danish Arts Council to co-write an Orchester Zürich, Tapiola Sinfonietta, 2019 and among the top 7 in Cadaqués
original libretto with Niels Brunse on Norrköping SO, South Jutland SO, Conducting Competition 2017. In 2018
Sam has directed plays, musicals and the subject of Christopher Marlowe for Musikkollegium Winterthur, Gävle Ijas was selected as 24 conductors from
operas across Europe including at Andy Pape (Hamlet Scenen, Helsingor), Symfoniorkester, Kurpfälzisches 566 applicants to take part in Nikolai
English National Opera, Welsh National and is developing an original musical. Kammerorchester (Mannheim), Hradec Malko competition in Copenhagen
Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Residenz In December 2013 he was profiled by Kralove Philharmonia, KMH Symphony and won the 3rd prize in Jorma Panula
Theater, Munich, Schauspielhaus and Opera magazine in their Directors Orchestra, Seinäjoki City Orchestra, Conducting Competition in Vaasa.
Opera Graz, Theater an der Wien, and Edition alongside Graham Vick, Barrie KammarensembleN, Norrbotten
Grand Théâtre de Genève. For the Kosky and Patrice Chereau.
Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy, slbrown.co.uk
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NAOMI KUYCK-COHEN MORGANN RUNACRE-TEMPLE
Naomi is a designer for performance, Traverse Theatre), Nightclubbing (The Morgann began choreographing at Storyhouse Chester). For opera: B arber
and trained at Wimbledon College of Lowry and tour), OUT (Curve Theatre school, winning the Central School of of Seville (Grande Theatre Geneve,
Art. She also co-designs set, costume, and tour), The Tyler Sisters (Hampstead Ballet Choreography Award in 2002 WNO). S he has created over 10 works
and lighting with Joshua Gadsby. Theatre), Trigger Warning (Tate Modern and 2003. for Ballet Ireland since 2005, including
and Tour), And Yet It Moves (Young five full-length ballets:Cinderella
Co-designs include: There is a Light Vic Taking Part), The Tempest (Royal She has made work for Northern (2009),Romeo & Juliet (2010),
that Never Goes Out: Scenes from the Exchange Theatre Young Company), Ballet, Scottish Ballet, English National Scheherazade(2011), Carmen (2013)
Luddite Rebellion (Royal Exchange F*ck You Pay Me (The Bunker), In Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet Central, andCoppelia ( 2015).
Theatre), Trap Street (Schaubühne, My Dreams I Dream I’m Dreaming The Print Room, Images of Dance,
and New Diorama), Dinomania (New (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Passin’ Thru Royal Ballet Participation, BBC Young Morgann performed as a dancer for
Diorama), Trainers: Or The Brutal (Lyric Hammersmith), Feast (Battersea Dancer of the Year and Wilton's Music companies including Rosie Kay Dance
Unpleasant Atmosphere of this Most Arts Centre and Tour). Hall. In partnership with Jessica Company and the Curve Foundation.
Disagreeable Season (Gate Theatre), Wright, she directs and choreographs She trained at Central School of Ballet
Dreamplay (Vaults). dance films. Credits include: Curing and London Contemporary Dance
Albrecht (English National Ballet and School and was a recipient of Dance
Designs include: in a word (Young Manchester International Festival, East Rural Retreat Award for Future
Vic), Amsterdam (The Orange Tree, BBC iPlayer), The Last Resort (ENB Dance Leaders 16/17. She recently
Actors Touring Company, and Theatre and Tate Liverpool), The Try Out directed Scottish Ballet’s first Feature
Royal Plymouth), The Greatest Play (C4 Random Acts). film The Secret Theatre with Jessica
in the History Of The World (Trafalgar Wright, due for release this Christmas.
Studios, Royal Exchange Theatre, and As movement director/choreographer morgannrunacre-temple.com
theatre credits include: Hamlet
(National Theatre Schools Tour),
Persuasion (Royal Exchange),
JOSHUA GADSBY Assistant choreographer for Ivo Van
Hove’s production of Lazarus (Kings
Cross Theatre),random/generations,
Joshua trained at Royal Central School Credits as lighting designer include: in Chich (Festival Theatre, The Crucible,
of Speech and Drama and primarily a word (Young Vic), The Tyler Sisters,
works as a lighting designer. He also Alligators and R and D (all Hampstead
co-designs set, costume and lighting Theatre), The Slightly Annoying
with Naomi Kuyck-Cohen. Elephant (Little Angel and Tour), The
Leftovers (Leicester Curve and Tour),
Credits as co-designer: Trainers: Or Consensual, I Won’t Make it My Own
The Brutal Unpleasant Atmosphere (Nuffield Southampton), A Dangerous
Of This Most Disagreeable Season Woman (Birmingham Rep and Tour),
(The Gate), There is a Light that Never Half Life (ARC and Tour), A Kettle of
Goes Out: Scenes from the Luddite Fish, VS, Ponyboy Curtis: At the Yard
Rebellion (Royal Exchange), Trap Street (The Yard), Still Ill (New Diorama),
(Schaubühne and New Diorama), Cymbeline King of Britain, The Three
Dinomania (New Diorama), Sisters, The Sound & The Fury, The
Dreamplay (Vaults). Devils, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Mary Stuart (all Royal Central).
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CHRISTOPHER PULLEYN KEVIN THRAVES
Christopher Pulleyn is the Junior Fellow Roadshow for the Tête à Tête Festival, As a freelance repetiteur, Kevin has Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts,
Répétiteur at the RNCM for 2019- and performed continuo for The Selfish worked for many leading opera Cellier’s Dorothy and Britten’s Peter
2021, acting as principal Répétiteur Giant, an original production for the companies including Scottish Opera, Grimes released by Chandos, EMI and
for the college’s opera productions, Children’s Chorus, adapting arias and Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Naxos. Kevin’s UK concert appearances
including Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues recitative from Handel operas, to a English National Opera, Essential include Wigmore Hall, The Purcell
des Carmélites, and Jonathan Dove’s story by Oscar Wilde. Scottish Opera, Clonter Opera, Room, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, St
Mansfield Park. He studied English Batignano Musica nel Chiostro (Italy), John’s Smith Square, St Martin in-the-
Literature at York University, after Christopher is also the pianist-in- Scottish Opera-Go-Round and the Fields, The Royal Albert Hall, St David’s
which he gradually developed a career residence for Greenhead College, Buxton International Festival. He has Hall in Cardiff and The Bridgewater Hall
as a collaborative pianist, and has Huddersfield, whose music also worked alongside many of the in Manchester.
gone on work with a number of major department attracts some of the UK’s leading orchestras including the
arts organisations around the country most talented young musicians Hallé, the BBC Concert Orchestra - Kevin has a busy and varied recital
including Opera North, Glyndebourne, from around the region, and who during the Proms season at the Royal career which has led to performances
Sage Gateshead, the Hallé, BBC, Leeds subsequently go on to study at the top Albert Hall, the BBC Philharmonic, at many of the leading international
Lieder and Huddersfield Choral Society. music conservatoires around the UK. Manchester Camerata, The Academy music festivals including Wratislavia
He is also a regular accompanist and of Ancient Music and the London Cantans (Poland), Longborough
He has worked regularly with Opera coach at Leeds Conservatoire and the Philharmonic Orchestra under the Festival Opera (UK), Making Music
North on their many outreach and University of Hull. direction of Sir Simon Rattle, Barry (Malta), Culture and Charity Festival
education programmes, and has Wordsworth, Sir Richard Armstrong, (Jordan), Festival de Musique d’Uzerche
been involved in recent productions Chris is Assistant Musical Director Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Neville Marriner, (France) and the Mananan International
including The Magic Flute, Cavalleria of Bradford Festival Choral Society Richard Bonynge and Edward Gardner. Festival of Music and the Arts (IOM).
rusticana, Pagliacci, and the UK and works regularly with some of the
Premiere of Kevin Puts’ Silent Night. largest choral societies around the Kevin’s work as an accompanist, Kevin is Deputy Head of Opera at the
He worked regularly with Opera area. In 2018 he worked with Simon repetiteur and chorus master has led RNCM where he has worked on many
North’s Youth Ensembles, playing and Halsey and the BBC Proms Youth Choir to his involvement in many recordings of the award-winning operas as music
assisting on a number of projects and for a performance of Beethoven’s 9th and broadcasts. Recently released staff, repetiteur and as the RNCM
productions including Kurt Weill’s Symphony and a new commission by recordings he has been involved with Opera chorus master.
Down in The Valley for the Aberdeen Eriks Esenvalds. include Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder,
International Youth Festival, Stephen
Deazley’s Dr Ferret’s Bad Medicine
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FORESTER
EMYR JONES ROSS CUMMING
CAST
Emyr Lloyd Jones is a 24-year-old Scottish Baritone Ross Cumming
baritone studying for a Master of is studying for a Master’s of Music
Music degree with Quentin Hayes, at the RNCM with Matthew Best,
upported by the Drapers’ de Turckheim kindly supported by the D’Oyly Carte
Scholarship and Francis Higgins Award. Charitable Trust and John Nicol Trust.
At the RNCM he has performed in in
the chorus of Handel’s Theodora and Ross had been selected to be on the
Massenet’s Cendrillon, and as Pinellino Young Artist Programme at the Buxton
in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Obstinate International Opera Festival (2020
in Vaughn Williams’ The Pilgrim's postponed season). He looks forward
Progress and Officier in Poulenc’s to rescheduled performances with the
Dialogues des Carmelites. Emyr will Opera North Youth Company as Count
also be performing the role of Steward Heinrich in Judith Weir’s The Black
in the Spring term production of Spider and to performing Guglielmo
Jonathan Dove’s Flight. in the Cumbria Opera Festival's
production of Così fan tutte.
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VIXEN SHARP-EARS FOX GOLDENMANE
PASQUALE ORCHARD ALICIA CADWGAN GEORGIA MAE ELLIS MELISSA GREGORY
New Zealand soprano Pasquale was Alicia Cadwgan is a New Zealand Georgia Mae is a postgraduate mezzo- Australian born mezzo-soprano,
a 2019 Dame Malvina Major Emerging soprano who recently completed her soprano studying with Mary Plazas, Melissa Gregory, is completing a
artist with NZ Opera and graduated Master of Music with Distinction and is generously supported by the Drake PGDip: Advanced Studies in Musical
from the New Zealand School of Music currently studying for a Postgraduate Calleja Trust and The Annie Ridyard Performance with Susan Roper.
with Master’s of Musical Arts in 2019. Diploma with Susan Roper. Like many Scholarship for Mezzo Sopranos. She She has performed in Australia and
In 2018 Pasquale was the PACANZ musicians, Alicia had numerous was also the recipient of this year’s internationally as a soloist with Opera
National Young Performer of the Year engagements cancelled this year Frederic Cox Award for Singing. Queensland, Lyric Opera Studio
and was a finalist in the IFAC Handa including: Mary Crawford in Dove’s Weimar, the Song Company, the
Australian Singing competition, Mansfield Park (RNCM), Mabel in Georgia Mae has performed many roles Queensland Choir, Sunshine Coast
receiving a full tuition scholarship for Pirates of Penzance (National G&S at the RNCM, including Mère Marie Chorale Society and the Bach Society
the Master’s programme at the Royal Company) and Aunt in Madame in Orpha Phelan’s 2019 production of Queensland. Melissa has won
Northern College of Music where she Butterly (Hallé). of Dialogues des Carmèlites, and national prizes in Australia and the UK.
graduated with Distinction in 2020. Suor Zelatrice in Suor Angelica and Recently, Melissa was the recipient of
Currently completing her Postgraduate Last year, she won the Joyce and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicci, directed the prestigious Annie Ridyard Award,
Diploma, Pasquale is generously Michael Kennedy Award for the by Robert Chevara in 2018. She also the Peter Heath Award, the James
supported by the José and Rafton Singing of Strauss. Alicia gratefully covered the role of Mrs Jedermann and Mary Glass Scholarship at the
Smallwood Award and the Lady Maria acknowledges the Maurice and Jean in David Blake’s Scoring a Century RNCM and the Lisa Gasteen National
Fisher Scholarship. Buckley Award and Dame Eva Turner for British Youth Opera last summer. Opera School 10th Anniversary
Award that she has received towards She is looking forward to joining the Grant Initiative.
her study. Glyndebourne Chorus for their
2021 Season.
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SCHOOLMASTER/MOSQUITO PRIEST/BADGER
PHILIP O’CONNOR GABRIEL SEAWRIGHT LIAM KARAI GEORGE BUTLER
Philip’s main musical education began Gabriel is a postgraduate tenor Liam Karai is a British bass-baritone George is a fourth year bass-baritone
at Wells Cathedral School. In 2016, he studying with Paul Nilon, supported studying for a Master’s of Music in studying under Matthew Best. In 2019,
graduated from Manchester University by the Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust and Performance, supported by the Sir he undertook the role of Apollyon in
gaining a First in Solo Performance the Hargreaves and Ball Trust. At the John Tomlinson Scholarship. He the RNCM’s production of The Pilgrim’s
under Andrew Heggie. He is currently RNCM, he has worked with The King’s completed his undergraduate degree Progress and over the past five years
on the RNCM’s PGDip course after Singers and RNCM Chamber Choir, at the University of Leicester reading has performed in various opera
gaining a Distinction in his Master’s sang in the chorus of Street Scene and Banking and Finance whilst on a vocal choruses with different companies,
and is being taught by Nicholas Così fan tutte, performed as a Guide scholarship. He is currently under including Dorset Opera Festival
Powell. His studies are generously in La Vie Parisienne and as the Le the tutelage of Quentin Hayes and and Manchester Contemporary
supported by South Square Trust and Premier Commissaire in Dialogues des past roles/scenes include Figaro, Don Youth Opera. With Manchester
the John Halsall Scholarship. His next Carmélites. Gabriel has also worked Giovanni and Baculus. Next term Liam Contemporary Youth Opera, he also
major role with be that of Bill in RNCM externally, singing for Northern Ireland is playing the Minskman in RNCM had the privilege of performing the
Opera’s Spring production of Flight by Opera’s Flying Dutchman, covering Opera’s spring production of Flight. title role in the première of Shiki. He is
Jonathan Dove. Basilio in Longborough Festival Opera’s very glad to be back on the stage after
Le nozze di Figaro, and performing at a long intermission.
the BBC Proms. Gabriel returned to
Longborough last year to sing First
Armed Man in Die Zauberflote.
18 19FORESTER’S WIFE/OWL ROOSTER/MR PÁSEK
EMA ROSE GOSNELL LILA CHRISP RANALD MCCUSKER SAMUEL KNOCK
Ema is a Czech/Australian mezzo- Lila is a first-year MMus singer at the Ranald started singing from an early Based in Manchester since 2016,
soprano from Perth, Western Australia. RNCM, studying with Louise Winter. age, with his first operatic experience Sam is a tenor studying for an MMus
She is currently in her second year of She graduated in 2017 with a First Class coming at four as Sorrow in Madame in Performance with Peter Wilson,
postgraduate studies with Mary Plazas degree in music from Merton College, Butterfly. He is currently studying generously supported by the RNCM,
at the RNCM, and received her BMus Oxford, where she took lead roles in towards his Master’s degree with Paul Neville Whitbread Award & Richard
from the Western Australian Academy several operas, including Nancy, Albert Nilon. Ranald works regularly with a Newitt Fund. During his RNCM study
of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Previous Herring; Dorabella, Così fan tutte; and number of opera festivals throughout he played the roles of Mr Rushworth
highlights have included performing Annio, La Clemenza di Tito. Also a keen the UK and Ireland, including The in Mansfield Park (Dove), Wordly
excerpts of Carmen with the Hallé for song performer, she was the winner of Grange Festival, Wexford Festival Glory and Tenor Solo in The Pilgrim’s
Hallé for Youth (2020), the alto soloist the AESS Courtney Kenny competition Opera, Buxton Opera, Scottish Opera Progress (Vaughan Williams) and
in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (2019), for English Song and Poetry 2018 and and Dorset Opera. Recent oratorio Baron Kronthal in Der Wildschutz
and Prince Charmant in Massenet’s has performed in the London Song work includes the tenor solos in (Lortzing/RNCM Opera Scenes).
Cendrillon (2018). Ema Rose is very Festival. Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation
much looking forward to performing and Mozart’s Requiem.
the role of the Stewardess in RNCM’s
spring production of Jonathan Dove’s
Flight and is generously supported
in her studies as an ABRSM
International Scholar.
20 21CHOCHOLKA/MRS PÁSEK HARAŠTA
SARAH PRESTWIDGE ZOË VALLÉE WILLIAM KYLE THOMAS ASHDOWN
Sarah is an aboriginal Australian Zoë Vallée is a Canadian soprano William is a first year postgraduate Thomas is a first-year postgraduate
soprano who studied for a Bachelor currently studying for a Master of Music baritone studying with Quentin Hayes, studying with Peter Alexander Wilson.
of Music (Education) at Sydney in Performance. She is the recipient kindly supported by the D’Oyly Carte He is a lyric baritone, singing repertoire
Conservatorium of Music. Her operatic of a scholarship made possible by Charitable Trust. At the RNCM, he has ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky. He
highlights include, Suor Angelica, the Jacob Marsland Award and played Herald in The Pilgrim’s Progress, has had chorus roles in The Pilgrims
Gypsy Baron, Le nozze di Figaro, the Kenneth Hedley Bequest. Zoë Le Geôlier in Dialogues des Carmélites Progress, Cendrillon and Silent Night
HMS Pinafore and A Midsummer completed her Bachelor’s degree at and will take the role of Steward in the with Opera North, in addition to
Night’s Dream. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Spring production of Flight. This year singing minor roles in scenes from
Her recent credits include, Gretel William was a finalist in the Frederic Billy Budd and Street Scene. Thomas is
Sarah has sung in orchestral works, in Humperdink’s Hansel und Gretel Cox Award for Singing and the Betty generously supported by the Richard
including Orff’s Carmina Burana, and and Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Bannerman French Song Prize. Newitt Fund and Paul and Eileen
has enjoyed being a Young Artist with In 2021 Zoë will play the role of the Blackburn, who sponsor the Alice Orrell
Pacific Opera. She is now completing Controller in RNCM Opera’s production and A&N Kendall Award.
a Master of Music supported by an of Jonathan Dove’s Flight.
ABRSM Scholarship and is also the
recipient of the Marten Bequest
Travelling Scholarship.
22 23LAPÁK WOODPECKER VIXEN AS A CUB FRANTÍK/CRICKET
REBECCA ANDERSON LORNA DAY KATY ALLAN GEORGIA CURWEN
Rebecca is a Scottish mezzo-soprano Lorna is a postgraduate mezzo- Katy is a third-year undergraduate Georgia is a third year undergraduate
studying with Susan Roper. Recent soprano studying with Jane Irwin, studying with Antonia Sotgiu. Last soprano studying with Antonia Sotgiu.
opera credits have included Sœur Anne generously supported by the Headley year, she performed at the Buxton Before coming to this role, she enjoyed
de la Croix in Dialogues des Carmélites Trust, Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Opera House as a soloist with the performing in the chorus of RNCM
(RNCM Opera); Noémie in Cendrillon Award and the Sir Richard Stapley Burbage Band in the annual Boxing Opera’s 2019 production of Poulenc’s
(Fife Opera); and Mrs Grose in The Turn Educational Trust. Lorna graduated Day concert. The young soprano Dialogues des Carmélites. Georgia’s
of the Screw (Byre Opera). from the RNCM with a First Class represented Chetham’s School of performance highlights include
BMus (Hons) degree in 2019. Music – where she studied for her featuring in the BBC’s 2019 Christmas
Earlier in 2020 she won the Emmanuel sixth form – as a soloist at the 2017 special Mimi and the Dragon with the
Prize at the RNCM for an outstanding During her studies has was highly Greenwich International Early Music Hallé Choir and working with Anna
recital of art song and is delighted to commended in the Frost/Brownson Festival. Katy has performed at the Meredith at the BBC First Night of
be taking on the role of Minskwoman Song Cycle Competition and a finalist Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall and the Proms in 2018 beside the National
in the RNCM’s Spring production of in the Joyce and Michael Kennedy Royal Festival Hall as part of several Youth Choir of Great Britain.
Flight by Jonathan Dove. Award for the Singing of Strauss, and prestigious choirs.
won the Elsie Thurston Prize.
24 25PEPÍK/FROG GRASSHOPPER/JAY TECHNICAL TEAM
Nick Ware Head of Digital, Technical and Production
Paul Botham Production Manager
Greg Skipworth Company Manager
Tracey Collinson Stage Manager
Sarah Taylor Kent Deputy Stage Manager
Louise Morgan Assistant Stage Manager
Steven Davies Deputy Technical Manager (Production)
Julie Parker Deputy Technical Manager (Lighting)
Steve Barrington Deputy Technical Manager (Stage)
Elaine Needham Wardrobe Manager
Rebecca Parkes Deputy Wardrobe Manager
Joanna Shepstone Hair and Make-Up Supervisor
EMILY VARNEY ANASTASIA BEVAN
Emily is a fourth-year soprano studying Anastasia is being generously
with Hilary Summers. An experienced supported by the Alice Orwell and the
ensemble and solo performer, Emily A & N Kendall awards and is in her first
is part of The Sixteen’s Young Artist year of Postgraduate studies at RNCM.
programme, Genesis Sixteen 2019/20, She is also a recipient of the Dame Eva
and was recently engaged as soloist Turner prize 2020. Anastasia comes
for Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Musica from a large musical family and is a
Poetica and Haydn’s Nelson Mass for member of the Bevan Family Consort
masterclasses at the RNCM. which consists of 16 first cousins. She
will be singing the role of ‘Tina’ in
Emily made her RNCM operatic début Jonathon Dove’s Flight with RNCM
as Chorus in Vaughan William’s The Opera in March 2021.
Pilgrims Progress and is stepping into
her first roles as Pepík and Frog.
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