Stars in the Making 1: Luis Gomes (tenor) interviewed by Margarida Mota Bull

Stars in the Making 1: Luis Gomes (tenor) interviewed by Margarida Mota Bull

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Luis Gomes (c) ROH

 

The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme of the Royal Opera House is designed to support the artistic development of young professional singers, conductors, directors and répétiteurs, as per information kindly provided by the Administrator. The Young Artists are salaried company members, who work at the opera house on a full-time basis over a two-year period. Each artist is given the opportunity to work on productions for The Royal Opera. They also receive coaching in all opera disciplines, including music, languages, movement and acting from a wide range of freelance coaches, as well as guidance in related issues and career development. Portuguese tenor Luis Gomes and Brazilian baritone Michel de Souza are two of the artists currently in the programme.

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The Novello Singers recapture all the romance of The Great British Musicals

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Great British Musicals: The Novello Singers, with soloists Louise Dearman and Jon Robyns, Hosted by Nicholas Parsons and Simon Callow (Saturday matinee only) with Ross Leadbeater (piano), St. James’s Theatre, London, 4-5.7.2014. (IL)

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Novello Singers recapture all the romance of The Great British Musicals © Novello Singers

The Novello Singers include West End performers Rhidian Marc (Les Miserables), Annatt Bass (The Phantom of the Opera), Leigh Rhiannon Coggins (Pirates of Penzance), James Charlton (The Light Princess), Mira Ormala (Love Never Dies), Matthew Crowe (South Pacific), Jonathan Broad (West End Men), Lydia Jenkins (Iolanthe), Victoria Humphreys (The Bakewell Bakeoff), and Ben Irish (HMS Pinafore)]

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Liepa’s Triple Bill Shows Russian Ballet at its Best

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Chopin, Borodin, Petrushka, Chopiniana and Polovtsian Dances:Dancers, Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience (named after Natalia Sats) / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), Diaghilev Festival, London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2014. (JPr)

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Andris Liepa’s revival of Michel Folkine’s Chopiniana (c) Russian Seasons of the XXI Century

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