Susannah

James is General Director of ETO and has written original libretti for two operas and translations for three others, as well as several works of fiction.

Operatic work includes Katya Kabanova, Rusalka, Susannah, Eugene Onegin, Orfeo, Jenufa, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as Teseo and Alcina (ETO); Ariodante, Erismena, Flavio, The Cunning Little Vixen (ETO and OTC); The Marriage of Figaro (RCM and ETO); Tolomeo (London Handel Festival/ ETO); Tamerlano, Amadigi, Rodelinda, L’elisir d’amore, Katya Kabanova and The Rake’s Progress (OTC); Cinderella (De Vlaamse Opera/ Transparant); Don Giovanni (Canadian Opera Company); La Voix humaine (Teatro Nacional São João, Oporto); staging of Kurt Weill songs (Culturgest, Lisbon); La Spinalba (Casa da Musica, Porto), The Cunning Little Vixen (Moravian National Theatre, Brno).

Opera and theatre work: Choreographer: The Cunning Little Vixen (ETO, OTC); Sweeney Todd (RAM); Who Killed Mr Drum (Treatment Theatre), Jenufa, Eugene Onegin, Susannah and Don Giovanni ( ETO); Casanova (Told by an Idiot); Tartuffe and The Hypochondric (Liverpool Playhouse) Director: Hänsel und Gretel (Stowe Opera); Jephtha (ETO). Le nozze di Figaro and Eugene Onegin (Iford Arts)
Bernadette’s career as a dancer and performer includes working for Tanztheater Wuppertal, ARC Dance Company, Siobhan Davies, Aletta Collins, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Corp Feasa and many leading choreographers and directors in dance, opera and theatre.

Born
London

Training
Cambridge; GSMD; NOS

Opera
Tosca; La Boheme; Madam Butterfly; Don Pasquale; Les pêcheurs de perles (All ENO); Il Trovatore; Tosca (Opera Queensland); Tosca (ONZ)

Ballet
Swan Lake (Covent Garden, Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres); Sleeping Beauty; Romeo and Juliet; Nutcracker (ENB); Cinderella (Göteborg Ballet); and ballets for Sylvie Guillem (Japan)

Recordings
Radio (with Adelaide SO); Turandot excerpts for the film Life of David Gale (Alan Parker)

Born
Ontario Canada

Training
Queen’s University (Ontario)

Opera
Marsinah, Kismet (Arcola Theatre); Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera á la Carte); Lisi (role)/Franzi (cover) The Spirit of Vienna (ETO); Cobweb A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ETO); Ensemble/Dance Captain Iolanthe (D’Oyly Carte); Frasquita Carmen (Kingston Symphony)

Concerts
Haydn The Creation, Mozart C minor Mass (Canterbury Cathedral); From Lamplight to Limelight (Canterbury Festival); Mozart Requiem (Whitstable Choral)

Recordings and Film
Noise Ensemble – Original Soundtrack; Reporter Exodus Channel 4 / Art Angel

From Moville, Co Donegal, Niamh graduated from the RNCM in 2006 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance with Distinction, and currently studies with Anne Mason. Niamh’s operatic performances include Smeton/Anna Bolena, Mrs Ott /Susannah (ETO); Olga/Eugene Onegin (ETO and BYO); Cherubino/Le Nozze di Figaro, Mercedes/Carmen (Opera Brava); Eurynome/Penelope (WFO); La Maestra della Novizie/Suor Angelica, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mistress Quickly/Falstaff’ (RNCM) ; and ensemble member in Macbeth, L’elisir d’amore, Carmen and Die Zauberflote (GTO). Concert experience includes Lieder Recitals with ETO under the direction of Richard Jackson and Mezzo soloist in Stephan McNeff’s Names of the Dead, in association with Opera North. As an oratorio soloist Niamh has performed works including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony; Handel’s Messiah and Alexander’s Feast; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Mozart Requiem.

Cheryl trained at Bath Spa University as a cellist then continued her studies as a singer with Janice Chapman. She currently studies with Jennie Caron and Ludmilla Andrew. Opera roles include Franzi/Wiener blut, Tatiana/Eugene Onegin, Donna Anna/Don Giovanni and Mrs. Hayes/Susannah with English Touring Opera, Rusalka/Rusalka, Countess Almaviva/Marriage of Figaro (Surrey Opera); Countess/Capriccio (The Wagner Society); Pamina/Magic Flute (Opera a la Carte); Eva/Meistersinger (The Mastersingers); Sandrina/L’Infedelta Delusa (Bampton Classical Opera). Concert engagements include Verdi Requiem (Blackheath Concert Halls); Mozart Exsultate Jubilate (QEH); Mozart Requiem (St John’s Smith Square). Recordings include In Tune (BBC Radio 3); Don Giovanni (Opera Anywhere/Channel 4); Film of Perfect Picnic (BBC 3/Opera Play).

Andrew studied at RNCM and St Petersburg Conservatoire. Opera roles include Patsy Love Counts (Almeida Festival); The House of the Gods (Music Theatre Wales); Leporello Don Giovanni (BOC); Falstaff Falstaff (ETO); Ben Selim Dom Sebastien (ROH). Recent concerts include Verdi Requiem (RLPO); Brahms Requiem (RTE Orchestra Dublin); Britten War Requiem (Orchestra de l’Ile de France). Recordings include Michael Berkeley Jane Eyre (Chandos); Stravinsky The Flood (Twentieth Century Classics); Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (BBC TV).

Born
South Wales

Training
GSMD; Birmingham Conservatoire

Awards
Countess of Munster Scholarship

Opera
Almaviva Barber of Seville (Swansea City Opera; Savoy Opera); Passareno Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Remondado Carmen (OHP); Dorvil La Scala di Seta (GSMD)

Concerts
Handel Messiah (Derby Cathedral); Rossini Petit Messe Solennelle (Canterbury Festival); Mozart Requiem (St David’s Hall, Cardiff)

Born
Tunbridge Wells

Training
RNCM

Awards
Rosin Kay Memorial; Frederic Cox Award; Peter Moores Scolarship

Opera
Don Alfonso Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera by Definition); Zaretsky Eugene Onegin (ETO); Guglielmo Cosi Fan Tutte (Glyndebourne Touring); 2nd prisoner Fidelio, Cover Ferdinand Betrothal in a Monastery (Glyndebourne Festival); Germont Pere La Traviata (Opera En Plein Air; Idee Fixe)

Concerts
Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle (St John’s Smith Square); Tippet A Child of Our Time (Bridgewater Hall); Elgar Dream of Gerotius (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall)

Born
Wolverhampton

Training
Birmingham Conservatoire, RCM

Awards
Van Beugel Scholarship (RCM)

Opera
Aurelius King Arthur (Lautten Compagney, Berlin); Sandy The Lighthouse (Montepulciano Festival); Sailor Dido and Aeneas (ETO); Elder Gleaton Susannah (Wexford Festival), Fenton Falstaff, Giocondo La Pietra del Paragone (Stanley Hall Opera)

Concerts
Bach St John Passion (Irish Baroque Orchestra); Handel Messiah (English Chamber Orchestra, Gåvle Symphony Orchestra); Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Rome)

Broadcasts
Floyd Susannah (RTE Radio); The Lighthouse (RAI Radio, Italy)

Future
The Fairy Queen (Aix-en-Provence Académie)

Born
Edinburgh

Training
RCM; Napier University

Awards
RCM Opera Scholasrhip; Clara Butt Award

Opera
Filipyeviva Eugene Onegin (Riverside Opera); Maddalena Rigoletto (European Chamber Opera); The Witch Hansel & Gretel (Buxton Festival Opera

Concerts
Bach St Matthew Passion (Beijing); Mahler Symphony No. 3 (Edinburgh Festival); MacMillan Raising Sparks Cantata (Milan)

Recordings
BBC Broadcasts including premiere performances of songs by MacMillan

Born
Lincolnshire

Training
RAM; GSMD

Awards
G Embley Memorial Prize Winner; National Federation of Music Societies Award Winner; Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize Finalist; Royal Overseas League Finalist; Associated Board Scholarship Winner

Opera
Cunegonde,Candide, Zerbinetta,Prologue Ariadne Auf Naxos (Birmingham Opera Company);Susanna,The Marriage Of Figaro (English Touring Opera );Miranda The Gentle Giant (ROH 2); Ms Pescado Armida (Channel 4 Television)

Concert
Stravinsky Le Rossignol (CBSO Symphony Hall Birmingham); Mahler Symphony no.8 (Symphony Hall Birmingham); Bernstein Mass (LSO Barbican Hall London) Openning Ceremony, World Athletics Championships.

Recordings
Ms Pescado Judith Weirs Armida (Channel 4 Television); Valkyrie Flashmob (BBC Television)