The (little) Magic Flute

Set Designer
Born London
Training National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Awards Irish Times Theatre Awards (2003 & 1998), Golden Spiders, Internet Awards (2004)
Set Design One Project, Mac-Beth 7, Deflowerfucked (Pan Pan), Bug-Off, Hamelin (OTC), The (Little) Magic Flute (OTC, ETO), Triangles (National Youth Theatre for the Deaf)
Sculptor Exhibitions at RHA Annual Exhibition, Cross Gallery (Dublin), Blue Leaf Gallery, Gallery 44 (Cork), Festival Interceltique De Lorient (France), Breaking Ground Project (Ballymun)

Born Dublin
Opera Four Note Opera (OTC), Hamelin (OTC), The (Little) Magic Flute (OTC

Born Reading
Training RAM, Cambridge University
Awards Henry Wood Scholarship (RAM), Bob Harding Bursary (Havant Symphony Orchestra)
Opera Conductor La Cenerentola (GTO), Musical Director Falstaff (Aberdeen International Youth Festival), Conductor Pelleas et Melisande (GTO), Music Staff L’Opera Seria (Musica Nel Chiostro), Conductor The Marriage of Figaro (ETO)
Concert Mahler Symphony No.5 (University of London Symphony Orchestra), Handel Messiah (Newbury Choral Society), Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (West Forest Sinfonia)
Other Music Director of Newbury Choral Society and University of London Symphony Orchestra

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)

Born Sweden
Training RAM, Royal University College of Music, Stockholm, Sköndal Institute
Awards Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize, Flora Neilsen Prize, Michael Head Prize, Katie Thomas Prize, Major von Someren Godfrey Prize for English song, Mini Hauk Prize
Opera Ida Die Fledermaus (ETO), Cherubino The Marriage of Figaro, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Third Boy The Magic Flute (Diva Opera), Dido Dido and Aeneas (St James’ Church, Picadilly)
Concert Guest artist appearance at Stockholm Town Hall, recital with Malcolm Martineau (St John’s Smith Square), Handel L’Allegro e il Penserioso (St George’s Hannover Square, with Emma Kirkby), Ravel Shéhérazade (RAM)

Born Cork
Training Royal Irish Academy of Music, GSMD
Opera Harasta/Dog The Cunning Little Vixen (OTC, Brno Festival), Papageno The Magic Flute and Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia (OTC), Dancaïro Carmen (Opera Ireland), Landry Fortunio (Grange Park Opera)
Concert Handel Messiah (Irish Chamber Orchestra), Orff Carmina Burana (Two Cathedrals Festival, Derry)
Recordings The County Mayo (song cycle by Joan Trimble – Marco Polo)

Soprano
Born Halifax, Canada
Training University of Regina, Canada, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada, RNCM
Awards Guelph String Festival Edward Johnson Competition Grand Prize Winner, Peter Moores Foundation Major Scholarship
Opera Susanna The Marriage of Figaro, Frasquita Carmen (Opera Brava), Cricket, Jay and Pepik The Cunning Little Vixen (ETO), Blondchen Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Diva Opera), Norina Don Pasquale, Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor (Pavilion Opera), Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos (Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
Concert Orff Carmina Burana (Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra), Mendelssohn Lobgesang (Britten-Pears Orchestra, Snape Maltings), Poulenc Gloria (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), Wigmore Hall recital with Graham Johnson, John Corigliano’s Mr Tambourine Man
Recordings The Seasons in Zurich (Guild Records), Raw Fear Soundtrack (produced by KK)

Born Gloucester
Training Christ Church College, Canterbury
Opera Almaviva The Barber of Seville, Ferrando Così fan tutte (both Swansea City Opera), Bardolph Falstaff (Opera Project), Tamino The Magic Flute, Guillot Manon (both ETO)
Concert Handel Samson (Gloucester), Rossini Petite Messe Solonelle (St.Alban’s Cathedral), Mozart Mass in C Minor (St.David’s Cathedral)

Born Sydney, Australia
Training Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Music Academy of the West
Awards City of Sydney Tenor award, Dame Joan Sutherland RCM prize, Dame Joan Sutherland Australian Opera Auditions Committee award, Fellowship: Music Academy of the West
Opera Tamino The (Little) Magic Flute (ETO), Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Ramiro Cenerentola, Normano Lucia di Lammermoor (Diva Opera), Third Jew Salome (Opera Australia), Le Chevalier Dialogues of the Carmelites (Sydney Conservatorium)
Concert Handel Messiah (Sydney Town Hall), Mendelssohn Elijah (St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney), Bach B Minor Mass (Christ Church St Lawrence, Sydney)

Born
St Petersburg, Russia

Training
RCM; ENO; Jerusalem Music Academy

Opera
Laura Romeo & Juliet (Bampton Classical Opera); Elle La Voix Humane (Highgate & Hampstead Festival); Tatiana Eugene Onegin (Riverside Opera); Gasparina La Canterina (New Chamber Opera); Colombina The Jewel Box (Bampton Classical Opera); Pamina The Little Magic Flute (ETO)

Concerts
Recital of Spanish Music (London Song Festival); Live Song Recital (Israeli Radio); Recital with Nigel Foster (Lauderdale House, Hughgate);

Ilona Domnich is featured in the Opera Now Magazine’s pick of the
most promising new talent of the 2007 season.’

Born London
Training RNCM, Junior RAM
Awards Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Peter Moores Foundation, Ricardi Opera Prize 2004, Brigitte Fassbaender Award for Lieder, Anne Ziegler Award for Singing
Opera Judith Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (RNCM), Suzanne A Better Place (RNCM), title role Carmen (Opera Garden), The Drummer The Emperor of Atlantis (Hallé), Arminda Armida and Abbandanata (Batignano)
Concert Handel La Lucrezia (Mustardseed Arts Foundation), Mozart Coronation Mass and Arias (Parliament Choir, Banqueting Hall, Whitehall)
Recordings Fanny Nelson/Emma Hamilton A Sailor’s Tale (world premiere for NMC)

Born Colchester
Training Welsh College of Music and Drama
Awards De Vine Voix 2nd Prize (Vivonne, France), Young Welsh Singer finalist
Opera Zurga The Pearl Fishers (Opera Baugé), Falke Die Fledermaus (Clonter Opera), Escamillo Carmen (Kentish Opera), Marullo Rigoletto, Kuligin Katya Kabanova (both WNO)
Concert Karl Jenkins Mass for Peace (S4C), Berlioz Les Nuits d’été (BBC Now), Mozart Requiem (St. David’s Hall, Cardiff)
Recordings Karl Jenkins Mass for Peace for S4C

Born Reykjavik
Training TCM, Reykjavik School of Singing
Opera Queen of the Night The Magic Flute (Aberdeen International Youth Festival), Fortuna, Damigella and Veneri L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Opera of Reykjavik), Adele Die Fledermaus, Gretel Hansel und Gretel, Lucia Rape of Lucretia (all Icelandic Opera)
Concert Handel Messiah (Symphony Orchestra of Iceland)

Soprano
Queen of the Night & First Lady The (Little) Magic Flute
Born Reykjavik
Training TCM & Reykjavik School of Singing
Opera Queen of the Night The Magic Flute (Aberdeen International Youth Festival), Adele The Bat (Icelandic Opera), Gretal Hansel und Gretel (Icelandic Opera), Lucia Rape of Lucretia (Icelandic Opera)
Concert Handel Messiah (Symphony Orchestra of Iceland)