Teseo

Aideen was born in Dublin and trained in Dublin and London. Her opera engagements include Turn of the Screw, Le nozze di Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cosi fan tutte, Mary Queen of Scotts, Jenufa and Tosca (all for ETO); Dialogues des Carmélites (RCM). In theatre, Aideen’s work has included Lighten Up, The Thought That Counts and In One Ear (Theatre Rites); Greed and Kiss My Echo (Clod Ensemble); Hirja and Dogs Barking (Bush Theatre); Coyote on a Fence (Royal Exchange Manchester/ West End). Aideen’s dance work includes A Compas (Paco Pena); Ether and Bhakti (Angika Dance Co.); Kaash and Polaroid Feet (Akram Khan Co.).

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).

Michael performs a wide and varied operatic repertoire, working at the ROH, Covent Garden, ENO and ETO with regular appearances at festivals including Aldeburgh, Buxton and Montepulciano. As a member of the music staff of the Wiener Staatsoper, he assisted Claudio Abbado and worked closely with many of the world’s leading singers. He has conducted extensively throughout Germany notably Kassel, Wiesbaden and Mannheim, holding the position of resident staff conductor and as Associate Conductor for the London Handel Society, he has introduced many rarely performed Handel operas to the London stage. His recording with tenor Alfie Boe and the Orchestra of SO will be released this autumn.
Michael is Music Director for ETO and Director of Opera at RCM.

Adam received his BA with Honours in Theatre Design at the RWCMD. He was a group winner of the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design in 2003. Recent operatic engagements include costume design for Roméo et Juliette (ON) and both costume and set design for Le nozze di Figaro (RNCM) and As I Crossed the Bridge of Dreams (Almeida Opera). Ballet engagements include Children of Adam and Sensorium (Royal Ballet at the ROH). Additionally, Adam worked with ETO as designer for Country Matters and Katya Kabanova.

Born
Connecticut, USA

Training
Carnegie Mellon University; Balliol College, Oxford University; Juilliard School of Music

Awards
2005 Gerda Lissner Award; 2004 and 2002 Lee Schaenen Vocal Competition Winner; 2003 Liederkranz Foundation Scholarship

Opera
Lazuli L’Etoile (Opera Boston); Ms. Jessel The Turn of the Screw (The Kennedy Centre); Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Lake George Opera); Mercedes Carmen (New York City Opera/Dallas Opera); Hansel Hansel & Gretel (Palm Beach Opera); Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro (Glimmerglass Opera)

Concert
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (National Philharmonic); Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (Alice Tully Hall); Milton Babbitt Philomel (New York MOMA)

Recordings
Agethe in Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terribles (Euphoria Label)

Born
Neath, South Wales

Training
RNCM, University College, Cardiff

Opera
Musetta La Boheme (ENO and WNO); Asteria Tamerlano (SO); Gilda Rigoletto (Holland Park and WNO); Lisette La Rondine (ON); Pernille Maskarade (ROH); Pamina Magic Flute (SO); Papagena Magic Flute (ROH); Gretel Hansel & Gretel (WNO); Flowermaiden Parsifal (Bastille).

Concert
Handel Messiah (RNSO, Glasgow Concert Hall and CLS/Barbican); Orff Carmina Burana (RAH); Mozart Exultate Jubilate (BBCNOW); Medee (Cherubini) Vienna Phil Salzburg Festival;

Recordings
Iris Semele (Chandos)

Broadcasts
Mozart Exultate Jubilate (BBC Radio 3)

Born
Wolverhampton

Training
GSMD

Awards
2006 London Handel Singing Competition (2nd Place); 2006 Thelma King Award (2nd Place); Royal Overseas League Competition ‘Most Promising Singers’ Award; Winner of the Concordia Foundation of English Singers & Speakers Competition

Opera
Zerlina Don Giovanni (Festival, Portugal); Nimmy and Mary Push! (Tête-à-tête); Gretel Hansel & Gretel (Opera! Festival, Holland); Idamante (cover) Idomeneo (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Brigitte Iolanta & Dorabella Cosi fan tutte (GSMD)

Concert/Recital
Bach St Matthew Passion (London Handel Festival); Purcell Faery Queen (Aldeburgh Festival); Clark Silver Swan (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Three Choirs Festival; Purcell Room; Ravinia Festival (Chicago); Barbican Hall

Derek trained at the Sweelinck Conservatorium, University of Maryland and Oberlin Conservatory. He received 1st Prize in the International Munich Competition and in the Purcell-Britten Prize of Concert Singers. Operatic engagements include Egeo/ Teseo (ETO); Prometheus/ Prometheus (Dawe Production); Mr. Lies/ Nurse/ Angels in America (Opera de Châtelet); Oberon/ A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Metropolitan Opera). Concert engagements include Handel/ Porpora Mi palpita il cor (Florilegium). Derek has also made a number of recordings including Gluck L’Orfeo with John E. Gardener (Philips/ Decca) and Negro Spirituals with Moses Hogan (EMI and Channel Classics).