Jennifer France Winner of the 2018 Critics’ Circle Emerging Talent (Singer) Award

"The excellent cast is dominated by France, by turns glacial, gloriously imperious and exquisite as the Princess."
Tim Ashley, The Guardian

Jennifer France

Patrick Terry Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

“…the stars aligned when the stunning young countertenor Patrick Terry dispatched Ruggiero’s sublime numbers ... In two words? Absolutely fabulous.” The Times

Patrick Terry

Grace Durham Winner of the 2019 International Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti

Winner of the Grand Prix of the Concours international d'interprétation de la Mélodie Française de Toulouse 2019

Grace Durham

Anush Hovhannisyan Selected by The Times as
The Face to Watch in Opera 2020

"The thrilling Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan." The Sunday Times

Anush Hovhannisyan

Julien Van Mellaerts Winner of First Prize at the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, of the 2017 Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, and of the Maureen Forrester Award at the 2018 Concours musical international de Montréal.

Julien Van Mellaerts

Highlights

Featured Artist

Toby Purser is Music Director and Conducting Tutor at the Vienna Opera Academy between 3 August 2020 and 22 August 2020. He will conduct Don Giovanni on 19 August 2020 and 21 August 2020 (Festsaal, Palais Eschenbach) and an Open-Air Opera Concert on 22 August 2020 (The Belvedere).

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Anush Hovhannisyan is Opera Now’s Cover Artist for July / August 2020.

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Lee Bisset is featured in the July / August issue of Opera Now.

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James Black will be on The Faculty of the 2020 Vienna Opera Academy.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH
8 AUGUST 2020
Jennifer France sings Opera Holland Park in Concert – The Encore, Opera Holland Park
8 AUGUST 2020
Anush Hovhannisyan sings Opera Holland Park in Concert – The Encore, Opera Holland Park
20 AUGUST 2020
Grace Durham sings From Purcell With Love , Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (with Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe Rousset). Haus der Musik Innsbruck, Großer Saal 1830 / 2000
8 AUGUST 2020
Ross Ramgobin sings Opera Holland Park in Concert – The Encore, Opera Holland Park
4 AUGUST 2020
Julien Van Mellaerts sings Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride, Fondation Royaumont
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