WIAV Student Biographies

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ACADEMI LLAIS RYNGWLADOL CYMRU WALES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF VOICE

Academi Llais

Ryngwladol Cymru

Wales International

Academy of Voice Bywgraffiadau Myfyrwyr Student Biographies 2012

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ACADEMI LLAIS RYNGWLADOL CYMRU WALES INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF VOICE

Academi Llais Rhyngwladol Cymru Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant

Wales International Academy of Voice University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Cyfarwyddwr/Director: Dennis O’Neill MA Astudiaethau Lleisiol Uwch I gantorion proffesiynol neu’r sawl sy’n dechrau ar eu gyrfa • Ffocws ymarferol • Dysgu unigol ac mewn grw ˆp • Dosbarthiadau Meistr • Digwyddiadau cyhoeddus • Profiad gwaith • Ysgoloriaethau ar gael Modylau nodweddiadol • Techneg Lleisiol • Repertoire operatig a pherfformiad • Repertoire cân gelf a pherfformiad • Datblygiad proffesiynol

MA Advanced Vocal Studies For singers either already in the profession or about to enter it • Practical focus • Individual and group teaching • Master classes • Participation in public event • Work experience • Scholarships available Typical Modules • Vocal Technique • Operatic repertoire and performance • Art song repertoire and performance • Professional Development

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Colette Lam (Soprano) Gwelsom Colette Lam, y soprano Tsieineaidd a aned yn Hong Kong, yn ei rôl gyntaf fel Marie yn La Fille du Régiment gyda Musica Viva, Hong Kong yn 2010. Ymddangosodd fel Gianetta yn L’elisir d’Amore a Frasquita yn Carmen yn 2011, fel Königin dêr Nacht yn Die Zauberflöte (Opera i bawb) gydag Opera Hong Kong yn 2011.

Gwnaeth ei pherfformiad Ewropeaidd cyntaf fel Papagena (gan ddirprwyo Pamina) yn Zeist, Yr Iseldiroedd yn 2008 ac fel Amina yn La Sonnambula gan Bellini yn Llundain yn 2009. Yn ystod y tymor diwethaf, ymddangosodd Lam fel Norina yn Don Pasquale gyda Cherddorfa Siambr Hong Kong. Mae ei galwadau i’r dyfodol yn cynnwys Violetta yn La Traviata gyda Musica Viva ym mis Mawrth 2013.

Mae ei hanrhydeddau mewn cyngherddau mawrion yn cynnwys, Symffoni Rhif 2 Mahler, Elijah gan Mendelssohn, 7 Romances on Verses Alexander Block gan Shostakovich, Cantata gan Bach a Dichterlibe Schumann mewn lleoliad amlgyfrwng yn Taipei.

Ymddangosodd fel unawdydd ar gyfer Gŵyl Gelfyddydol Hong Kong, Côr Bach Hong Kong, Macau Voices ac Amgueddfa Gelfyddydol Hong Kong.

Cafodd Lam Ysgoloriaeth Goffa Michael Rippon ac Ysgoloriaeth Jacky Chan yn ystod ei hastudiaethau. Cafodd ragoriaeth yn ei Diploma Ôl-raddedig a Meistr mewn Cerddoriaeth mewn Perfformio a Thraethawd Estynedig yn yr Academi Cerddoriaeth Frenhinol, Llundain.

Tra’r oedd hi yno, roedd Lam dan warchodaeth Joy Mammen a Robert Aldwinckle ar ysgoloriaeth lawn gan Gronfa Gerddoriaeth a Dawns yr Hong Kong Jockey Club. Fe’i gwobrwywyd â “Chlod Uchel” yng Ngwobr Operatig Isabel Jay yn yr Academi Frenhinol yn 2008 ac enillodd y Gystadleuaeth Cyngerdd yn HKAPA yn 2007.

Hong Kong born Chinese soprano Colette Lam made her role debut as Marie in La Fille du Régiment with Musica Viva, Hong Kong in 2010. She appeared as Gianetta in L’elisir d’Amore and Frasquita in Carmen in 2011, as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte (Opera for everyone) with Opera Hong Kong in 2011. She made her European debut as Papagena (cover Pamina) in Zeist, Netherlands in 2008 and as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula in London in 2009. Last season, Lam appeared as Norina in Don Pasquale with the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. Future engagements include Violetta in La Traviata with Music Viva in March 2013.

Major concert credits include, Mahler's Symphony No.2, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Shostakovich's 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Bach’s Cantata and Schumann’s Dichterliebe in a multi-media setting in Taipei. she appeared as a soloist for Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Bach Choir, Macau Voices and Hong Kong Museum of Arts.

Lam received the Michael Rippon Memorial Scholarship and the Jacky Chan Scholarship during her studies. She obtained a distinction in the Postgraduate Diploma and a Master of Music in Performance and Dissertation at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Whilst there Lam was under the tutelage of Joy Mammen and Robert Aldwinckle on a full scholarship from Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund. She was also awarded “Highly Commended” in the Isabel Jay Operatic Prize at the Royal Academy in 2008 and won the Concert Competition in HKAPA in 2007.

Junko Ueda (Soprano) Astudiodd y soprano o Japan, Junko Ueda yng Ngholeg Cerddoriaeth Kunitachi o 2001 i 2007, ac yno enillodd ei Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth a’i Meistr mewn Cerddoriaeth. O 2008 i 2011, roedd hi’n aelod o Stiwdio Opera’r Theatr Genedlaethol Newydd yn Tokyo. Roedd ei pherfformiadau yn y Theatr Genedlaethol Newydd yn cynnwys Blanche yn Dialogues des Carmèlites gan Poulenc, Alice yn Falstaff gan Verdi, La Cesca yn Gianni Schicchi gan Puccini a Giorgetta yn Il tabarro gan Puccini. Enillodd wobr arbennig am soprano yn y 38ain Concorso di liricaita Italiano, a gwobr gyntaf yn 8fed Cystadleuaeth Cerddoriaeth Tokyo yn 2010. Yn 2011, cymhwysodd am 30ain Cystadleuaeth Canu Ryngwladol Hans Gabor Belvedere yn rowndiau terfynol Fienna ac am 14eg rowndiau terfynol NEUE STIMMEN. Yn 2012, cymhwysodd unwaith eto am yr 31ain Cystadleuaeth Canu Ryngwladol Hans Gabor Belvedere yn rowndiau terfynol Fienna.

Japanese soprano Junko Ueda studied at the Kunitachi College of Music from 2001 to 2007, there gaining her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music. From 2008 to 2011 she was a member of the New National Theater Opera Studio in Tokyo. Performances at the New National Theater included Blanche in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmèlites, Alice in Verdi’s Falstaff, La Cesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Giorgetta in Puccini’s Il tabarro. She won a special prize for soprano in the 38th Concorso di liricaita Italiano, and a first prize in the 8th Tokyo Music Competition in 2010. In 2011 she qualified for the 30th international Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna finals and the 14th NEUE STIMMEN finals. In 2012 she qualified for the 31st international Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna finals again.

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Ben Thapa (Tenor) Astudiodd Ben Thapa yn Ysgol Cerdd a Drama’r Guildhall a’r Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol yn Llundain ac fe’i cefnogir gan Gymdeithas Wagner Prydain Fawr ar hyn o bryd. Yn ogystal â’i nawdd diweddaraf gan Gymdeithas Wagner, cefnogwyd Ben gan nifer o fwrsariaid mawrion, gan gynnwys Cronfa Les y Cerddorion ac Ymddiriedolaeth Levenshulme.

Mae ei berfformiadau diweddar yn cynnwys Vanya Kudrjash yng nghynhyrchiad teithiol Scottish Opera o Kátya Kabanová, Mat of the Mint yn The Beggar's Opera i’r Opera Brenhinol yn Theatr Linbury, First Prisoner & Florestan (dirprwyo) yn Fidelio ac Armed Man & Tamino (dirprwyo) ar gyfer Opera Garsington, Siegmund (dirprwyo) yn Die Walküre i Gymdeithas Wagner gyda David Syrus a Max (dirprwyo) yn Der Freischütz ar gyfer yr Opéra Comique, Paris, Michael yn Manga Sister, opera newydd gan Harry Blake, dan gyfarwyddyd Martin Constantine a Corebo La Didone yn y Guildhall ac yn fwyaf diweddar Dick Johnson yn La fanciulla del West ar gyfer OperaUpClose.

Ben Thapa studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music, London, and currently is supported by the Wagner Society of Great Britain. In addition to his most recent sponsorship from the Wagner Society, Ben has been supported by a number of major bursars, including the Musicians Benevolent Fund and the Levenshulme Trust.

Recent performances include Vanya Kudrjash in Scottish Opera's touring production of Kátya Kabanová, Mat of the Mint in The Beggar's Opera for the Royal Opera at the Linbury Theatre, First Prisoner & Florestan (cover) in Fidelio and Armed Man & Tamino (cover) for Garsington Opera, Siegmund (cover) in Die Walküre for the Wagner Society with David Syrus and Max (cover) in Der Freischütz for the Opéra Comique, Paris, Michael in Manga Sister, a new opera by Harry Blake, directed by Martin Constantine and Corebo La Didone at the GSMD and most recently Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West for OperaUpClose.

Siobhán Stagg (Soprano) Yn ddiweddar, symudodd y soprano o Awstralia, Siobhán Stagg, i Gaerdydd yn dderbynnydd Gwobr Opera Rhyngwladol Awstralia 2012. Ers cwblhau Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth (Anrhydedd) ym Mhrifysgol Melbourne yn 2009, astudiodd Siobhán yn Awstralia gydag Ymddiriedolaeth Opera'r Fonesig Nellie Melba, yn Awstria ar Wobr AIMS Sefydliad Opera Awstralia ac yn Efrog Newydd ar Ysgoloriaeth Goffa Donovan Johnston. Enillodd Siobhán Wobr Gyntaf y rheithgor a Gwobr Dewis y Gynulleidfa yng Nghystadleuaeth Cân Mietta Awstralia (2012) a Chystadleuaeth Leisiol Meistersinger (Awstria, 2011) yn ogystal â chystadleuaeth ‘Canwr/Cantores y Flwyddyn’ Côr Meibion Cymru Melbourne. Mae Siobhán yn perfformio fel unawdydd yn rheolaidd gyda rhai o ensembles gorau Awstralia ac mae hi bellach yn dechrau denu sylw’n rhyngwladol. Mae’r uchafbwyntiau diweddar ac ar ddod yn cynnwys Ravel Schéhérazade dan arweiniad Paul Daniel, St John Passion gan Bach gyda Stephen Layton, datganiad unawdydd yn Efrog Newydd gyda’r pianydd Miloš Repickŷ, cyngerdd yn Tage Alter Musik Regensburg (Yr Almaen) gyda La Compañia, Cleopatra yn Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra (J.A. Hasse) gyda Richard Divall, cyngherddau gyda Paul Dyer a Cherddorfa Brandenburg Australia, Pedwerydd Symffoni Mahler gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Melbourne a’r Meseia gan Handel gyda’r Royal Melbourne Philharmonic. Mae Siobhán wrthi’n gweithio ar ei halbwm cyntaf fel unawdydd gyda’r pianydd arobryn, Amir Farid. Bydd hwn yn cael ei ryddhau yn 2013. Ar ôl cwblhau ei hastudiaethau gydag Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru, bydd Siobhán yn treulio’i hamser yn yr Eidal fel enillydd Gwobr Sefydliad Opera Eidalaidd Sydney cyn ymuno â’r Deutsche Oper Berlin fel egin artist yn 2013/14. www.siobhanstagg.com.au Australian soprano Siobhán Stagg recently moved to Cardiff as recipient of the 2012 Australian International Opera Award. Since completing a Bachelor of Music (Honours) at the University of Melbourne in 2009, Siobhán studied in Australia with the Dame Nellie Melba Opera Trust, in Austria on Opera Foundation Australia’s AIMS Award and in New York on the Donovan Johnston Memorial Scholarship. Siobhán won the jury’s First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at Australia’s Mietta Song Competition (2012) and the Meistersinger Vocal Competition (Austria, 2011) as well as the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir’s ‘Singer of the Year’ competition. Siobhán performs regularly as soloist with some of Australia’s finest ensembles and is now starting to attract attention internationally. Recent and upcoming highlights include Ravel Schéhérazade conducted by Paul Daniel, Bach St John Passion with Stephen Layton, a solo recital in New York with pianist Miloš Repickŷ, a concert at Tage Alter Musik Regensburg (Germany) with La Compañia, Cleopatra in Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra (J.A. Hasse) with Richard Divall, concerts with Paul Dyer and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Handel Messiah with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic. Siobhán is currently working on her first solo album with award-winning pianist, Amir Farid, to be released in 2013. After completing her studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice, Siobhán will spend time in Italy as winner of Sydney’s Italian Opera Foundation Award before joining the Deutsche Oper Berlin as an emerging artist in 2013/14. www.siobhanstagg.com.au

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Matthew Sims (Tenor) Ganed Matthew yng Nghastell-nedd a dechreuodd ganu’n ifanc. Daeth yn ddisgybl i’r soprano o Gymru, Patricia O’Neill, ym 1998. Ar ôl dwy flynedd o astudio, ymunodd ag Opera Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol Cymru (OICC) a pherfformio mewn sawl un o’i gynyrchiadau. Mae’r rolau hyn yn cynnwys: Macheath (Beggar’s Opera), Pirelli (Sweeny Todd), Nanki-poo (Mikado), yng Nghaerdydd ac yn Nhŷ Opera Belfast.

Yn ystod ei flynyddoedd amhrisiadwy gydag OICC, cafodd ei dderbyn yn fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, Caerdydd. Yn ystod ei astudiaethau yn y coleg, daeth Matthew yn aelod o’r côr ifanc enwog o Gymru, Only Men Aloud.

Mae ei rannau opera diweddar yn cynnwys: Alfredo (La Traviata), Don José (Carmen), Duke (Rigoletto) Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Jaquino (Fidelio), Lionel (Martha), Lippo (Street Scene), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Rodolfo (La Boheme). Mae gwaith cyngerdd Matthew’n cynnwys: Magnificat (Bach), Missa Solemnis, Nelson Mass (Haydn), Olivet to Calvary (J.H. Maunder) ac Offeren mewn G (Schubert). Mae Matthew wedi cymryd rhan mewn dosbarthiadau meistr gyda’r Fonesig Kiri Te Kanawa, Dennis O’Neill, Rebecca Evans, Della Jones, Ryland Davies a Peter Wilson.

Dros y blynyddoedd, mae Matthew wedi datblygu’n artist adnabyddus, gan ennill mewn Eisteddfodau lleol a thrwy ymddangos mewn cyngherddau gyda sawl Côr yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Mae wedi teithio Iwerddon, Gwlad Pwyl a’r Eidal ar ddau achlysur. Mae Matthew wrthi’n astudio am ei radd Meistr yn Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru, Caerdydd gyda’r Tenor Rhyngwladol Dennis O’Neill a’r Soprano ar ymweliad Nuccia Focile.

Matthew was born in Neath and began singing at a young age. He became a pupil of Welsh soprano Patricia O'Neill in 1998. After two years of study he joined the Welsh National Youth Opera (WNYO) and performed in several of their productions. These roles include: Macheath (Beggar’s Opera), Pirelli (Sweeny Todd), Nanki-poo (Mikado), in Cardiff and at Belfast Opera House.

During his invaluable years with WNYO he was accepted as a student at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. During his studies, at the college, Matthew became a member of the famous young Welsh choir Only Men Aloud.

Recent opera excerpts include: Alfredo (La Traviata), Don josé (Carmen), Duke (Rigoletto) Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Jaquino (Fidelio), Lionel (Martha), Lippo (Street Scene), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Rodolfo (La Boheme). Matthew’s concert work includes: Magnificat (Bach), Missa Solemnis, Nelson Mass (Haydn), Olivet to Calvary (J.H. Maunder) and Mass in G (Schubert).

Matthew has participated in Masterclasses with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dennis O’Neill, Rebecca Evans, Della Jones, Ryland Davies and Peter Wilson.

Over the years Matthew has become a well-known artiste, winning at local Welsh Eisteddfod's and appearing in concert with many Choirs both in Wales and England. He has toured in Ireland, Poland and on two occasions in Italy. Matthew is currently studying, for his Master’s degree, at the Wales International Academy of Voice, Cardiff with International Tenor Dennis O’Neill and visiting Soprano Nuccia Focile.

Moses Mackay (Bariton) Mae Moses yn fariton 22 oed o Seland Newydd/Samoa a raddiodd o Brifysgol Auckland. Roedd yn aelod o Gôr Ieuenctid Seland Newydd dan y Doctor Karen Grylls a chanodd yr anthemau cenedlaethol yn rownd derfynol Cwpan Rygbi’r Byd yn 2011 gyda Ffederasiwn Corawl Seland Newydd. Mae Moses wedi ymddangos ar lwyfan gyda phobl fel George Benson, Y Fonesig Kiri Te Kanawa ac Andrea Bocelli. Cafodd Gwobr Blues Prifysgol Auckland yn 2008, 2009 a 2010; Gwobr Gerddoriaeth North Harbour AIMES (2011); Ysgoloriaeth Ysgol Opera Seland Newydd (2012); ac Ysgoloriaeth y Circle 100 (2012). Moses hefyd oedd Egin Artist 2011/2012 Cwmni Opera Seland Newydd.

Moses is a 22 year old New Zealand/Samoan baritone graduate of the University of Auckland. He was a member of the New Zealand Youth Choir under Doctor Karen Grylls and sung the national anthems at the final of the Rugby World Cup 2011 with the New Zealand Choral Federation. Moses has appeared on stage with the likes of George Benson, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Andrea Bocelli. He has received the University of Auckland Blues Award in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the North Harbour AIMES Music Award (2011); the NZ Opera School Scholarship (2012); and the Circle 100 Scholarship (2012). Moses was also the 2011/2012 Emerging Artist with the New Zealand Opera Company.

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Inês Simões (Soprano) Mae gan y Soprano o Bortiwgal, Inês Simões Radd Meistr gan Ysgol Cerdd a Drama’r Guildhall (gyda’r Athro Susan McCulloch) a dilynodd astudiaethau pellach - Opera Works - yn Opera Cenedlaethol Lloegr. Cymerodd Inês, sy’n arbenigo mewn repertoire caneuon yn Amsterdam, ran mewn Dosbarthiadau Meistr Lied Rhyngwladol, gan astudio gydag Udo Reinemann, David Selig a Rudolf Jansen. Mae hi bellach yn astudio yn Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru gyda Dennis O'Neill.

Mae Inês wedi ennill sawl gwobr gan gynnwys y Drydedd Wobr yn y Premio Jovens Musicos; Gwobr y Gantores Orau - Gwobr Goffa Tracey Chadwell ar gyfer Cerddoriaeth Gyfoes; Ail Wobr yn y Prémio José Augusto Alegria a’r Wobr Rhagoriaeth yn y Curso de Verão para Jovens Cantores Internacionais do Festival do Estoril.

Gwnaeth Inês ei hymddangosiad operatig cyntaf yn 2004, gan ganu Bastienne yn Bastien und Bastienne (arweinydd Max Rabinovich) gan Mozart. Mae ei rolau operatig eraill yn cynnwys: Aminta yn Il Re Pastore gan Mozart, arweinydd Jean-Marc Burfin), Susanna yn Il Segreto di Susanna gan Wolf-Ferrari.

Yn y DU, perfformiodd Inês gylch Myrten gan Schumann fel rhan o Ŵyl Lieder Rhydychen ac estynnwyd gwahoddiad iddi ganu yng Nghân y Ddinas fel rhan o Gyfres Cyngherddau Gavin Roberts yn 2011 a 2012. At hynny, mae hi wedi perfformio yn yr Amgueddfa Brydeinig, y Barbican Hall, y London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells a chafodd wahoddiad gan Opera Cenedlaethol Lloegr i gymryd rhan ym mhrosiect “Mini Operâu” yn Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecília yn Rhufain ac yn Casa da Música Oporto.

Portuguese soprano, Inês Simões holds a Master Degree by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (With professor Susan McCulloch) and made further studies - Opera Works - at the English National Opera. Specializing in song repertoire in Amsterdam, Inês took part in the International Lied Masterclasses, studying with Udo Reinemann, David Selig & Rudolf Jansen. She is now studying at the Wales Intenational Academy of Voice with Dennis O'Neill.

Inês has won several prizes including the Third Prize in the Premio Jovens Musicos; Best singer Prize - Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize for Contemporary Music; Second Prize in the Prémio José Augusto Alegria and the Excellency Prize in the Curso de Verão para Jovens Cantores Internacionais do Festival do Estoril.

Inês made her operatic debut in 2004, singing Bastienne in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne (cond. Max Rabinovich). Other operatic roles which include: Aminta in Mozart’s Il Re Pastore, cond.Jean-Marc Burfin), Susanna in Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Segreto di Susanna.

In the UK, Inês performed the Schumann Myrten cycle as part of the Oxford Lieder Festival and was invited to sing in Song in the City as part of Gavin Roberts Concert Series in 2011 and 2012. Furthermore, she has performed at the British Museum, the Barbican Hall, London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells and has been invited by ENO to participate in the "Mini Operas" project in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecília in Roma and in Oporto's Casa da Música.

Amitai Pati (Tenor) Amitai yw enillydd y Lexus Song Quest 2012 mawreddog. Mae ganddo brofiad helaeth mewn canu corawl, ar ôl iddo berfformio a theithio gyda Chôr Ieuenctid Seland Newydd, y Graduate Choir a Chôr Prifysgol Auckland.

Perfformiodd hefyd fel lleisydd cefndir ar daith Seland Newydd George Benson ac Andrea Bocelli. Yn fwy diweddar, perfformiodd Amitai yn Hohepa NBR Opera Seland Newydd ac ar gyfer Gŵyl Gelfyddydol Ryngwladol a Rigoletto Seland Newydd. Mae wrthi’n astudio yn Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru dan warchodaeth y tenor byd-enwog, Dennis O’Neill.

Amitai is the winner of the prestigious 2012 Lexus song quest. He has extensive experience in choral singing, having performed and toured with the New Zealand Youth Choir, the Graduate Choir and the Auckland University Choir. He has also performed as a backing vocalist on George Benson’s and Andrea Bocelli’s New Zealand tour. Most recently Amitai has performed in NBR New Zealand Opera’s Hohepa for the New Zealand International Arts Festival and Rigoletto. He is currently studying at the Wales International Academy of Voice under the tutelage of world renown tenor, Dennis O'Neill.

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Maria Kozlova (Soprano) Ar ôl graddio mewn arweinyddiaeth gorawl o’r St Petersburg State conservatoire yn 2005, daeth Maria Kozlova, a aned yn Rwsia, i Conservatoire Brenhinol yr Alban (RSC) yn Glasgow i astudio dan Patricia Hay yn Ysgol Opera Alexander Gibson. Yn ystod y cwrs, enillodd wobr Tony a Tania Webster am Ganu Rwsieg (Ebrill 2007) a Gwobr Opera Ye Cronies (Mai 2009). Mae hi newydd raddio gyda rhagoriaeth o’r cwrs Meistr Opera. Gwobrau Dewar Arts roddodd fwyafrif y cyllid hwn. Mae ei chredydau operatig yn cynnwys: Eugene Onegin (Tatyana) - (Theatr Frenhinol Glasgow a Theatr Gŵyl Caeredin 2008); L’amour de trois oranges (Nicolette) - (Theatr Frenhinol Glasgow a Theatr Gŵyl Caeredin, 2009); Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Antonia) - Offenbach, (RSAMD, 2009); War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) - dangosiad cyntaf y byd o fersiwn wreiddiol opera S.Prokofiev (Theatr Frenhinol Glasgow a Theatr Gŵyl Caeredin, 2010); Cyngerdd Gala Opera yn Clonter Opera (2009) a dirprwyo rôl Boneddiges Breswyl Lady Macbeth yn Macbeth G.Verdi yng Ngŵyl Opera Glyndebourne yn 2010; Masha (dirprwyo) - Queen of Spades, Tatyana (dirprwyo) - Eugene Onegin - Grange Park Opera (2012).

Yn flaenorol, bu’n berfformwraig wadd yng Ngŵyl Gerdd Ryngwladol Aberdeen (Awst 2009). Mae ei repertoire cyngherddau’n cynnwys: Offeren C Leiaf, Offeren y Coroni (W.A.Mozart); Y Meseia (G.F. Handel); Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (BWV 199), Offeren B Leiaf (J.S. Bach); Stabat Mater (G.B.Pergolesi); Gloria (A.Vivaldi); Little Organ Mass (J.Haydn); Petite Messe Solennelle (G.Rossini); Offeren mewn D Fwyaf (A.Dvořák); Offeren mewn A Fflat Fwyaf (F.Schubert); The Bells (S.Rahmaninov); Vier Letzte Lieder (Pedair Cân Olaf, R. Strauss); Requiem (G.Fauré); Das klagende Lied (G.Mahler); Stabat Mater (K.Szymanowski) - Glasgow, Ebrill 2012; Caneuon S.Prokofiev Cyngerdd Amser Cinio - Neuadd Stevenson, RCS. Mae Maria newydd gael cynnig swydd Dirprwy Athrawes Canu yn yr Academi Gerddoriaeth Iau yn RSC ac mae’n artist neilltuol gyda chantorion y BBC. After graduating in choral conducting from the St Petersburg State conservatoire in 2005, Russian-born Maria Kozlova came to Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RSC) to study under Patricia Hay in their Alexander Gibson Opera School. During the course she won Tony and Tania Webster prize for Russian Song (April 2007) and Ye Cronies Opera Award (May 2009). She has recently graduated with distinction from the Master of Opera course, for which the Dewar Arts Awards granted the majority of funding. Her operatic credits include: Eugene Onegin (Tatyana) - (Glasgow’s Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Festival Theatre 2008); L’amour de trois oranges (Nicolette) - (Glasgow’s Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 2009); Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Antonia) - Offenbach, (RSAMD, 2009); War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) - the world premiere of the original version of S.Prokofiev’s opera (Glasgow’s Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 2010); Opera Gala concert at Clonter opera (2009) and understudying the role of Lady Macbeth’s Lady-in-Waiting in G.Verdi’s Macbeth at Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2010; Masha (cover) – Queen of Spades, Tatyana (cover) – Eugene Onegin - Grange Park Opera (2012). Previously she was a guest performer at The Aberdeen International Music Festival (August 2009).

Her concert repertoire includes: C Minor Mass, Coronation Mass (W.A.Mozart); Messiah (G.F. Handel); Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (BWV 199), B-minor mass (J.S. Bach); Stabat Mater (G.B.Pergolesi); Gloria (A.Vivaldi); Little Organ Mass (J.Haydn); Petite Messe Solennelle (G.Rossini); Mass in D major (A.Dvořák); Mass in A flat major (F.Schubert); The Bells (S.Rahmaninov); Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs, R. Strauss); Requiem (G.Fauré); Das klagende Lied (G.Mahler); Stabat Mater (K.Szymanowski) - Glasgow, April 2012; S.Prokofiev’s Songs – Lunchtime concert – Stevenson Hall, RCS. Maria has recently been offered a position of a Deputy Singing Teacher at the Junior Academy of Music at RSC and an ad hoc artist with BBC singers.

Chen Chen (Tenor) Astudiodd y Tenor Chen Chen berfformio lleisiol yn y Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, ac Academi Celfyddydau Perfformio Hong Kong gydag ysgoloriaeth lawn. Yn 2010, parhaodd Chen â’i astudiaethau trwy gwblhau MA mewn Perfformio Lleisiol yn yr Academi Cerddoriaeth Frenhinol yn Llundain, dan nawdd Banc BSI. Cynigiwyd ysgoloriaeth lawn i Chen yn Academi Celfyddydau Perfformio Hong Kong pan oedd yn 18 oed er mwyn dilyn hyfforddiant Mr Brian Montgomery, y cyn Bennaeth Astudiaethau Lleisiol. Ar hyn o bryd, mae Chen yn hyfforddi dan Ms Katusha Tsui-Fraser. Mae Chen wedi perfformio rolau operatig yn yr Academi gan gynnwys Don José o Carmen gan Bizet, Rinuccio o Gianni Schicchi gan Puccini. Ym mis Tachwedd, bydd Chen yn gwneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf yn y Ganolfan Celfyddydau Perfformio Cenedlaethol gydag Opera Hong Kong fel Offeiriad/Dynion Arfog yn The Magic Flute gan Mozart. Mae Chen Chen ym meddiant ysgoloriaeth BSI AG, Lugano.

Tenor Chen Chen studied vocal performance at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a full scholarship. In 2010, Chen continued his studies by completing an MA in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, London, sponsored by BSI Bank. At the age of 18, Chen was offered full scholarship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in order to follow Mr. Brian Montgomery’s, former Head of Vocal Studies, training. Presently, Chen is training under Ms Katusha Tsui-Fraser. At the Academy, Chen has performed operatic roles including Don José from Bizet’s Carmen, Rinuccio from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. This November, Chen will make his debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts with Opera Hong Kong as Priest/Amoured Men in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Chen Chen is holding a scholarship of BSI AG, Lugano.

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Olly Hunt (Bas) Mae Oliver wrthi’n astudio yn Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru Dennis O’Neill yng Nghaerdydd, ar ôl gwneud gradd mewn cerddoriaeth o Goleg y Drindod, Caergrawnt, ac astudiaeth ôl-raddedig yn Ysgol Cerdd a Drama’r Guildhall. Mae ei rolau ar y llwyfan opera’n cynnwys Claudio Agrippina (Opera Handel Caergrawnt), Fasolt Das Rheingold a Hunding Die Walküre (Opera Fulham), Dr Grenvil a Marquis d’Obigny yn La Traviata (Clonter Opera ac Opera Riverside), Uwcharolygydd Budd yn Albert Herring (Rhaglen Britten-Pears), Swyddog Mewnfudo yn Flight (Opera Ieuenctid Prydain), ac Osmin yn The Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera Surrey). Ymddangosodd gydag Opera Garsington am y tri thymor diwethaf, gan berfformio’r 2il Notari yn La Périchole gan Offenbach a dirprwyo rolau yn The Magic Flute ac A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mae’n ymddangos yn rheolaidd fel unawdydd oratorio, mewn gwaith sy’n cynnwys y Meseia gan Handel, Passions gan Bach a Requiems Mozart, Fauré a Brahms. Mae Oliver wedi cymryd rhan mewn dosbarthiadau meistr gyda Syr John Tomlinson, Malcolm Martineau a Roger Vignoles, ac ym mis Rhagfyr bydd yn ymddangos yn rownd derfynol Cystadleuaeth Bwrsari Bayreuth 2012-13. Mae gan Oliver angerdd arbennig am y gân, ac mae ei datganiadau diweddar yn cynnwys Datganiad yr Artist Ifanc yn Ysgol Haf Ryngwladol Henffordd a Chyfres Datganiadau Cerddoriaeth Westgate yn Lewes. Mae wedi canu mewn cyfres o gyngherddau o ganeuon Fauré i gyd gyda Graham Johnson, ac wedi perfformio gyda grŵp David Owen Norris sef The Works. Mae Oliver yn ddiolchgar iawn i Gymdeithas Wagner, The South Square Trust, y Lynn Foundation ac Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol John Wates am eu cefnogaeth ar gyfer ei astudiaethau. www.oliverhunt.com Oliver is currently studying at Dennis O’Neill’s Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff, following a degree in music from Trinity College, Cambridge, and postgraduate study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. On the opera stage his roles include Claudio Agrippina (Cambridge Handel Opera), Fasolt Das Rheingold and Hunding Die Walküre (Fulham Opera), Dr Grenvil and Marquis d’Obigny La Traviata (Clonter Opera and Riverside Opera), Superintendent Budd Albert Herring (Britten-Pears Programme), Immigration Officer Flight (British Youth Opera), and Osmin The Abduction from the Seraglio (Surrey Opera). He has appeared with Garsington Opera for the past three seasons, performing the 2nd Notary in Offenbach’s La Périchole and understudying roles in The Magic Flute and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He appears regularly as an oratorio soloist, in works including Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Passions and the Requiems of Mozart, Fauré and Brahms. Oliver has participated in masterclasses with Sir John Tomlinson, Malcolm Martineau and Roger Vignoles, and in December will appear in the final of the 2012-13 Bayreuth Bursary Competition. Oliver has a particular passion for song, and his recent recitals include the Young Artist Recital at Hereford International Summer School and the Westgate Music Recital Series in Lewes. He has sung in a concert series of the complete Fauré songs with Graham Johnson, and performed with David Owen Norris’s group The Works. Oliver is very grateful to the Wagner Society, The South Square Trust, the Lynn Foundation and the John Wates Charitable Trust for their support of his studies. www.oliverhunt.com

Julia Rodriguez (Soprano) Ganed ac addysgwyd Julia yn Santander, Sbaen a dechreuodd ganu’n ddeng mlwydd oed. Dechreuodd ei hastudiaethau cerddoriaeth mewn piano a chanu yn Conservatoires Santander a Madrid ac yn nes ymlaen ym Mhrifysgol Bryste, y Liceu Conservatoire, Barcelona ac yn y New England Conservatory, Boston, UDA. Daeth Julia i Brifysgol Bryste i astudio’r piano gyda Raymond Clarke i wneud gradd mewn cerddoriaeth, ond yn ystod ei blwyddyn gyntaf, penderfynodd mai canu oedd ei phrif gariad. Gydag athrawes canu newydd Angela Hickey, darganfyddodd fod ganddi lais coloratwra telynegol o ystod eithriadol ac ansawdd arbennig.

Estynnodd Julia ei hastudiaethau yn y Liceo ym Marcelona a’r New England Academy yn Boston a gweithiodd gyda hyfforddwyr yn y Metropolitan Opera yn Efrog Newydd ac mewn mannau eraill cyn dychwelyd i Fryste i barhau â’i hyfforddiant lleisiol gydag Angela Hickey. Yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, aeth ar gwrs dwys yn yr Almaen yn Sefydliad Goethe ym Munich a dosbarthiadau meistr gyda Kurt Widmer a Gerd Ueker yn Salzburg.

Julia was born and educated in Santander, Spain and started singing at the age of ten. She began her music studies in piano and singing at the Conservatoires of Santander and Madrid and later at the University of Bristol, the Liceu Conservatoire, Barcelona and the New England Conservatory, Boston USA. Julia came to Bristol University to study piano with Raymond Clarke for a degree in music but, during her first year, decided that her first love was singing. With new singing teacher Angela Hickey, she discovered that she has a lyric coloratura voice of extraordinary range and a distinctive timbre.

Julia extended her studies at the Liceo in Barcelona and the New England Academy in Boston and worked with coaches at The Metropolitan Opera in New York and elsewhere before returning to Bristol to continue her vocal training with Angela Hickey. In the last year, she attended an intensive course in German at the Goethe Institute in Munich and master-classes with Kurt Widmer and Gerd Ueker in Salzburg.

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Claire Filer (Soprano) Enillodd Claire Filer, y Mezzo Soprano a aned yn Seland Newydd, ei Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth gydag Anrhydedd Dosbarth Cyntaf o Brifysgol Auckland yn Seland Newydd, gyda Meistr mewn Cerddoriaeth i ddilyn o The Boston Conservatory yn UDA. Ers iddi raddio, mae Claire wedi bod i Raglen yr Artist Intermezzo Ifanc yn Portland, Maine, yr Academi Lleisiol Ffranco-Americanaidd yn Perigueux, Ffrainc ac Ysgol Opera Seland Newydd. Yn UDA, perfformiodd Claire gyda sefydliadau fel Boston New Music Initiative, Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, New England Light Opera, Masterworks Chorale, a Cantata Singers, ac fe’i dewiswyd i berfformio yng Nghynhadledd Opera America yn 2011.

Mae perfformiadau operatig Claire, a ddisgrifiwyd yn The Boston Globe yn rhai ‘sy’n tywallt sŵn hyfryd, caboledig’, yn cynnwys prif rannau yn Dido and Aeneas gan Purcell, Serse gan Handel a La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein gan Offenbach, Cathleen yn Riders to the Sea gan Vaughan Williams, Suzy yn La Rondine gan Puccini, Florence Pike yn Albert Herring gan Britten a Zita yn Gianni Schicchi gan Puccini. Ers cyrraedd y DU, mae Claire wedi ymddangos fel Dorabella yn Cosi fan tutte gan Mozart ac wedi ailymweld â rôl Dido, y ddau gydag Opera Gorllewin Sussex.

Mae Claire yn unawdydd Oratorio frwd hefyd ac mae ei galwadau wedi cynnwys Gloria gan Vivaldi, Mass in Time of War a Lord Nelson Mass gan Haydn, Requiem gan Fauré, Carmina Burana gan Orff, Offeren mewn C Fwyaf gan Schubert, Jephtha gan Handel, Messe Solennelle gan Gounod, Offeren mewn G Leiaf gan Vaughan Williams, a Requiem gan Mozart.

New Zealand born Mezzo Soprano Claire Filer gained her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, followed by a Master of Music from The Boston Conservatory in the US. Since graduation, Claire has attended the Intermezzo Young Artist Program in Portland, Maine, Franco-American Vocal Academy in Perigueux, France, and New Zealand Opera School. In the US, Claire performed with organisations such as Boston New Music Initiative, Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, New England Light Opera, Masterworks Chorale, and Cantata Singers, and was selected to perform at the 2011 Opera America conference.

Described in The Boston Globe as ‘pouring out lovely, polished sound’, Claire’s operatic performances include the title roles in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Handel’s Serse and Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, Cathleen in Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea, Suzy in Puccini’s La Rondine, Florence Pike in Britten’s Albert Herring and Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Since arriving in the UK, Claire has appeared as Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and revisited the role of Dido, both with West Sussex Opera.

Claire is also an enthusiastic Oratorio soloist, and her engagements have included Vivaldi's Gloria, Haydn's Mass in Time of War and Lord Nelson Mass, Faure's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Schubert's Mass in C Major, Handel’s Jephtha, Gounod’s Messe Solennelle, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, and Mozart’s Requiem.

Amina Edris (Soprano) Mae Amina Edris yn Soprano 22 oed a aned yn yr Aifft ac a fewnfudodd gyda’i theulu i Christchurch, Seland Newydd yn 10 oed. Cwblhaodd Amina ei Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth mewn Llais Perfformio ym Mhrifysgol Canterbury dan warchodaeth y Fonesig Malvina Major. Gwnaeth ei hymddangosiad operatig cyntaf fel Serpina yn “La Serva Padrona” gan Pergolesi yng Ngŵyl Gelfyddydol Platfform Prifysgol Canterbury yn 2010. Bu hi’n aelod o gorws y Southern Opera ac yn rhan hefyd o’u Rhaglen Datblygu Artistiaid lle cafodd hyfforddiant lleisiol gan y répétiteur enwog o Awstralia Sharolyn Kimmorley. Amina yw derbynnydd Ysgoloriaeth 2011/2012 Syr Howard Morrison.

Dyfarnwyd yr Ail Wobr iddi yng Nghystadleuaeth Aria Seland Newydd yn 2011, hi yw enillydd y North Shore Becroft Aria, Aria Cystadlaethau Christchurch, Cystadleuaeth Aria Celfyddydau Perfformio Nelson a chyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol Cystadleuaeth Aria Operatig Eisteddfod Sydney McDonald 2012. Amina hefyd yw derbynnydd Gwobr Rhagoriaeth Celfyddydau Sefydliad y Fonesig Malvina Major, Ysgoloriaeth Sefydliad Inspire ac Ysgoloriaeth Sefydliad Adastra ar gyfer 2012.

Amina Edris is a 22yr old Egyptian-born Soprano who immigrated with her family to Christchurch, New Zealand at the age of 10. Amina has completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance Voice at the University of Canterbury under the tutelage of Dame Malvina Major.

She made her operatic debut as Serpina in Pergolesi’s “La Serva Padrona” in the 2010 University of Canterbury Platform Arts Festival.

She was a member of the Southern Opera chorus and also part of their Artist Development Programme in which she received vocal coaching from renowned Australian repetiteur Sharolyn Kimmorley. Amina is the 2011/2012 Sir Howard Morrison Scholarship recipient.

She was awarded Second Place in the 2011 New Zealand Aria Competition, is the winner of the North Shore Becroft Aria, the Christhurch Competitions Aria, the Nelson Performing Arts Aria Competition and was a finalist in the prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald's Operatic Aria Competition 2012. Amina is also a recipient of The Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Award, the Inspire Foundation Scholarship and the Adastra Foundation Scholarship for 2012.

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Kezia Bienek (Soprano) Astudiodd y Soprano o Brydain, Kezia Bienek (BMus MMus) fel ysgolhaig yn ysgol y Guildhall gyda Laura Sarti ac mae hi bellach yn astudio gyda Dennis O’Neill yn yr Academi Lleisiol a chyda Susan Roberts pan fydd hi’n Llundain. Mae ei galwadau opera diweddar yn cynnwys y Countess Almaviva yn Le nozze di Figaro gyda Woodhouse Music, y Corws ar gyfer Opera Teithiol Lloegr ac Opera Gŵyl Wexford, Marcellina (dirprwyo) yn Le nozze di Figaro Opera Ieuenctid Prydain, 1st Witch yn Dido and Aeneas OldVicNewVoices, Serpina yn La serva padrona ochr yn ochr ag Alessandro Corbelli yn The Wallace Collection. Guildhall - Lady Billows (dirprwyo) yn Albert Herring a golygfeydd opera mewn rolau fel Fiordiligi, Elettra, Carmen a Suzel. Ar y platfform cyngherddau, bu Kezia yn unawdydd i gyfres datganiadau Song-in-the-City, Music yn 22 Mansfield Street (Sefydliad Nicholas Boas), Voiceworks yn Wigmore Hall, a pherfformiodd ddatganiad o gân Eidalaidd yn LSO St. Luke’s.

Gwaith oratorio unigol - Gloria gan Vivaldi, Requiem Fauré, Petite messe solennelle gan Rossini, Missa Brevis gan Mozart, a llawer mwy yn yr ensemble mewn lleoliadau fel y Barbican Hall a’r Royal Festival Hall. Dewiswyd y soprano amryddawn hon i weithio gyda Syr Richard Bonynge a’r Fonesig Kiri Te Kanawa yn Solti Te Kanawa academia di bel canto yn 2010, a chyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol Gwobr Llais Rhyngwladol Stuart Burrows. Mae Kezia’n cydnabod yn raslon nawdd ATC Loudspeaker Technology, Serena Fenwick, Joy Puritz, Alan Lloyd, The Seary Trust, ac yn flaenorol Cronfa Les y Cerddorion a’r Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

British soprano, Kezia Bienek (BMus MMus) studied as a scholar at the Guildhall school with Laura Sarti and now studies with Dennis O’Neill at WIAV and Susan Roberts when in London. Recent opera engagements include Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro Woodhouse Music, Chorus for English Touring Opera and Wexford Festival Opera, Marcellina (cover) Le nozze di Figaro British Youth Opera, 1stWitch Dido and Aeneas OldVicNewVoices, Serpina La serva padrona alongside Alessandro Corbelli at the Wallace collection. Guildhall - Lady Billows (cover) Albert Herring and opera scenes in roles such as Fiordiligi, Elettra, Carmen and Suzel. On the concert platform Kezia has been a soloist for Song-in-the-City recital series, Music at 22 Mansfield Street (Nicholas Boas Foundation), Voiceworks at Wigmore Hall, and performed a recital of Italian song at LSO St. Luke’s.

Oratorio solo work - Gloria Vivaldi, Requiem Faure, Petite messe solennelle Rossini, Missa Brevis Mozart, and many more in the ensemble in venues such as the Barbican Hall and Royal Festival Hall. This versatile soprano was chosen to work with Sir Richard Bonynge and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at the Solti Te Kanawa academia di bel canto 2010, and was a finalist in the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award. Kezia graciously acknowledges sponsorship from ATC Loudspeaker Technology, Serena Fenwick, Joy Puritz, Alan Lloyd, The Seary Trust, and previously the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

Eva Fiechter (Soprano) Eva Fiechter cultivates in parallel with her musical talents interest for painting and writing (PIJA award-winning).

In 2005 she met Claire Tièche, with whom she developed her vocal technique to focus on a lyrical career.

Meanwhile, she attended the master classes of Alexandrina Milcheva, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen and Leontina Vaduva. In 2010, she made her debut at the Opéra de Fribourg with Boulotte in Barbe- Bleue of Offenbach. Then she embodied Vespetta in Pimpinone of Telemann and Giannetta in l’Elisir d’Amore of Donizetti at the Opéra de Lausanne. She also was Lucy in Le Téléphone of Menotti and L’Orgueil/Invidia/Spécula in 7 et demi of Bossy, creation which she coauthored. In concert, she sang Bach and Gounod in the Geneva Cathedral. She did recitals with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra and the Geneva Harmonie Orchestra. She participated in the Solti Te Kanawa Academy 2011 with the support of the Rolex Institute and attended the Lotte Lehmann Akademie 2012. She was a finalist of the CFPL annual auditions and represented Switzerland for the Young Soloist Award 2012 in the Radios Francophones Publiques. She was awarded a Cultural Scholarship of the Leenaards Foundation. Her next Projects are Cupidon in Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers at the Opéra de Lausanne in December 2012 and a song recital with the pianist Harriet Lawson at the Radio Suisse Romande, Espace2 in March 2013.

Ar y cyd â’i doniau cerddorol, mae Eva Fiechter yn meithrin diddordeb am beintio ac ysgrifennu (PIJA arobryn). Yn 2005, cyfarfu â Claire Tièche, y datblygodd ei thechneg lleisiol gyda hi er mwyn canolbwyntio ar yrfa delynegol. Yn y cyfamser, mynychodd ddosbarthiadau meistr Alexandrina Milcheva, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen a Leontina Vaduva. Yn 2010, gwnaeth ei hymddangosiad cyntaf yn Opéra de Fribourg gyda Boulotte yn Barbe- Bleue gan Offenbach. Wedyn, personolodd Vespetta yn Pimpinone gan Telemann a Giannetta yn l’Elisir d’Amore gan Donizetti yn yr Opéra de Lausanne. Hi hefyd oedd Lucy yn Le Téléphone gan Menotti a L’Orgueil/Invidia/Spécula yn 7 et demi gan Bossy, creadigaeth a ysgrifennodd ar y cyd. Mewn cyngerdd, canodd Bach a Gounod yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Genefa. Gwnaeth ddatganiadau gyda Cherddorfa Siambr Genefa a Cherddorfa Harmoni Genefa. Cymerodd ran yn Academi Solti Te Kanawa yn 2011 gyda chymorth Sefydliad Rolex a mynychodd y Lotte Lehmann Akademie yn 2012. Bu hi yn rownd derfynol clyweliadau blynyddol CFPL a chynrychiolodd y Swistir ar gyfer Gwobr Unawdydd Ifanc 2012 yn y Radios Francophones Publiques. Dyfarnwyd Ysgoloriaeth Ddiwylliannol Sefydliad Leenaards iddi. Ymhlith ei phrosiectau nesaf mae Cupidon yn Orphée aux Enfers gan Offenbach yn yr Opéra de Lausanne ym mis Rhagfyr 2012 a datganiad cân gyda’r pianydd Harriet Lawson yn y Radio Suisse Romande, Espace2 ym mis Mawrth 2013.

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Stephanie Edwards (Soprano) Graddiodd Stephanie Edwards o’r Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol (RCM) gyda Diploma Ôl-raddedig ac o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru gyda Dosbarth Cyntaf mewn gradd Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth (Anrhydedd). Teithiodd Stephanie gydag Opera Teithiol Lloegr am ddau dymor gan chwarae rôl Barbarina, dirprwyo’r Countess, Marriage of Figaro; dirprwyo Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; dirprwyo Papagena, The Magic Flute ac fel corws. Bu’n aelod o Opera Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol Cymru rhwng 2002 a 2006, chwaraeodd amryw rolau gan gynnwys y Fairy Queen yn nangosiad cyntaf y byd o The Tailor’s Daughter gan Brian Irvine. Yn ogystal, recordiodd rôl y Second Lady yn Die Zauberflöte gan Mozart ar gyfer Radio 3 gyda James Gilchrist ac Ailish Tynan, Charles Hazlewood a Cherddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC. Mae rolau eraill a pherfformiodd mewn opera yn amrywiol yn The Cunning Little Vixen gan Janáček, Mercedes yn The Ten Belles gan Von Suppé a Cathleen yn Riders to the Sea gan Vaughan Williams.

Mae ei hymddangosiadau eraill fel unawdydd yn cynnwys Requiem Fauré, Gloria gan Vivaldi, Stabat Mater gan Pergolesi, Offeren mewn C Beethoven, Hear My Prayer gan Mendelssohn, Carmina Burana gan Carl Orff, Sea Symphony gan Vaughan Williams, Requiem Mozart, Y Meseia gan Handel a Requiem an Angel gan Paul Carr. Gwnaeth ei hymddangosiad cyntaf yn Neuadd Cadogan yn 2009 i glod uchel, gan ganu Five Negro Spirituals gan Tippett a Serenade to Music gan Vaughan Williams. Yn ddiweddar, perfformiodd Stephanie yn Don Giovanni The Opera yn Heaven Nightclub yn Llundain gan berfformio rôl Olivia/Don Ottavio. Bydd hi’n perfformio rôl Gianetta, L‘Elisir d‘Amore ac Ida, Die Fledermaus ar gyfer Opera de Bauge yn 2013. Dymuna ddiolch i’r Worshipful Company of Musicians, The South Square Trust, The Seary Trust a The Lynn Foundation am eu cefnogaeth i’w hastudiaethau eleni.

Stephanie Edwards graduated from the Royal College of Music (RCM) with a Postgraduate Diploma and from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) with a First Class Batchelor of Music (Honours) degree. Stephanie toured with English Touring Opera for two seasons playing the role of Barbarina, cover Countess, Marriage of Figaro; cover Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; cover Papagena, The Magic Flute and as chorus. A member of the Welsh National Youth Opera between 2002 and 2006, she played various roles including the Fairy Queen in the World Premiere of Brian Irvine’s The Tailor’s Daughter. She also recorded the role of Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for Radio 3 with James Gilchrist and Ailish Tynan, Charles Hazlewood and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Other roles performed in opera are various in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Mercedes in Von Suppé’s The Ten Belles and Cathleen in Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea. Other solo appearances include Fauré Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Beethoven Mass in C, Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony, Mozart Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Paul Carr‘s Requiem an Angel. She also made her debut at Cadogan Hall in 2009 to much acclaim, singing Tippett’s Five Negro Spirituals and Serenade to Music, Vaughan Williams. Stephanie has recently performed in Don Giovanni The Opera at Heaven Nightclub in London performing the role of Olivia/Don Ottavio. She will be performing the role of Gianetta, L‘Elisir d‘Amore and Ida, Die Fledermaus for Opera de Bauge in 2013. She would like to thank the Worshipful Company of Musicians, The South Square Trust, The Seary Trust and The Lynn Foundation for their support in her studies this year.

Renae Willard (Soprano) Symudodd Renae Willard, yn wreiddiol o Sacramento, California i’r Deyrnas Unedig dair blynedd yn ôl i astudio fel myfyrwraig Ôl-raddedig yn y Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol fawreddog. Mae ei rolau diweddar yn cynnwys Anna o Le Villi gan Puccini gydag Opera at Bearwood, Fiordiligi yng nghyflwyniad Opera Gorllewin Sussex o Cosi fan Tutte, Esmeralda o The Bartered Bride gydag Opera Ieuenctid Llundain a’r First Lady o’r Magic Flute gydag Opera Harrow.

O blith ei chynyrchiadau blaenorol mae Fiordiligi gyda Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, Adina yng nghynhyrchiad Musica Montalto o L’Elisir D’Amore, y Sandman yn Hansel and Gretel gyda’r Boston Conservatory a Mercedes yn Carmen. Cymerodd Willard ran yn rownd derfynol Cystadlaethau Palm Beach Opera a Galina Vishnevskaya, ac enillodd Cystadleuaeth Concerto’r Coleg Cerdd Frenhinol.

Originally from Sacramento, California, Renae Willard moved to the United Knigdom three years ago in order to study as Post-Graduate student at the prestigious Royal College of Music. Recent roles include Anna from Puccini’s Le Villi with Opera at Bearwood, Fiordiligi in West Sussex Opera’s presentation of Cosi fan Tutte, Esmeralda from the Bartered Bride with London Youth Opera and the First Lady from the Magic Flute with Harrow Opera. Prior productions include Fiordiligi with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, Adina in Musica Montalto’s production of L’Elisir D’Amore, the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel with Boston Conservatory and Mercedes in Carmen.

Willard has participated as a finalist in the Palm Beach Opera and Galina Vishnevskaya Competitions, and won the Royal College of Music’s Concerto Competition.

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Gabriella Cassidy (Soprano) Magwyd ac addysgwyd Gabriella Cassidy yn Ynys y Sianel, Jersey. Yn ddiweddar, cwblhaodd Gabriella radd israddedig yng Ngholeg Cerdd Brenhinol y Gogledd (RNCM) gan astudio dan warchodaeth y soprano enwog Lynne Dawson. Ar ôl cwblhau cyfres o ddosbarthiadau meistr yn Jersey yn 2011, cydnabuwyd Gabriella am ei haddewid fel cantores gan yr artistiaid rhyngwladol enwog Kiri Te Kanawa a Dennis O’Neill. O ganlyniad, cynigiwyd lle iddi yn Academi Llais fawreddog Dennis O’Neill yng Nghaerdydd, a dechreuodd ym mis Medi 2012. Yn yr RNCM, cwblhaodd Gabriella ei rôl gyntaf fel Romilda yng nghynhyrchiad opera’r RNCM o Serse gan Handel (Mawrth 2012).

Ymddangosodd hefyd fel aelod o’r corws yn Opera de Bauge (Romeo and Juliet, Gounod a Tosca, Puccini). Roedd hi hefyd yn rhan o’r Corws ar gyfer Opera Ieuenctid Prydain (2012) am The Bartered Bride gan Smetena. Mae operâu RNCM yn cynnwys: Die Fledermaus gan Richard Strauss, La belle Helène gan Jacques Offenbach, a Carmen gan Georges Bizet.

Yn ogystal, mae hi wedi chwarae rôl yr 2il Ysbryd yn Die Zauberflöte, Cupid yn King Arthur gan Purcell, Arpago yn L’Incoronazione di Dario gan Vivaldi, a Zerlina yn Don Giovanni gan Mozart yng Ngolygfeydd Opera’r RNCM. Cyn ymuno â’r RNCM, mynychodd Gabriella Ysgol Gerdd Chethams lle’r oedd hi’n rhan o sawl cyngerdd fawreddog a thaith datganiad o Norwy’n canu gwaith Grieg, yn ei gartref ac yn y Neuadd Gyngerdd yn Trolhaugen Bergen. Arweiniodd hyn ati’n cael ei gwahodd i ganu yn Llysgenhadaeth Norwy yn Llundain. Mae Gabriella’n gantores ensemble awyddus ac roedd hi’n aelod o Gôr Siambr Chethams a gyda nhw recordiodd Creation gan Haydn gyda Paul McCreesh a’r Gabrieli Consort.

Gabriella Cassidy was raised and educated in the Channel Island, Jersey. Gabriella recently completed her undergrad at The Royal Northern College of Music studying under the tutelage of celebrated soprano Lynne Dawson. After completing a series of masterclasses in Jersey 2011, Gabriella was recognised for her promise as a singer by renowned international artists Kiri Te Kanawa and Dennis O’Neill. As a result she was offered a place at Dennis O’Neill’s prestigious Academy of Voice in Cardiff, commencing September 2012. At the RNCM Gabriella completed her first role as Romilda in the RNCM opera production of Handel’s Serse (March 2012). She has also appeared as a chorus member in Opera de Bauge (Romeo and Juliet, Gounod and Tosca, Puccini). She was also part of the Chorus for British Youth Opera (2012) The Bartered Bride, Smetena. RNCM operas include: Die Fledermaus by Richard Strauss, La belle Helène

by Jacques Offenbach, and Carmen by Georges Bizet.

In addition to this she has played the role of 2nd Spirit in Die Zauberflöte, Cupid in Purcell’s King Arthur, Arpago in Vivaldi’s L’Incoronazione di Dario, and Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the RNCM’s Opera Scenes. Prior to joining the RNCM Gabriella attended Chethams School of Music where she was involved in many prestigious concerts and a recital tour of Norway singing the works of Grieg, both at his home and the Concert Hall in Trolhaugen Bergen. This subsequently led to her being invited to sing at the Norwegian Embassy in London. Gabriella is a keen ensemble singer and was a member of the Chethams Chamber Choir with whom she recorded Haydn’s Creation with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort.

Marlena Devoe (Soprano) Graddiodd Marlena Devoe o Brifysgol Auckland gyda Baglor yn y Celfyddydau yn yr Almaeneg a’r Eidaleg yn 2009, ac astudiodd canu’n breifat dan warchodaeth Frances Wilson. Dilynodd hyn gyda rhaglen cyfnewid iaith yn Florence cyn dychwelyd i ymgymryd â Baglor mewn Cerddoriaeth Anrhydedd mewn Llais Perfformio. Cwblhaodd Marlena ei blwyddyn gyntaf o radd Meistr yn Ysgol Gerdd Manhattan yn Efrog Newydd, gan astudio gyda Marlena Malas, a pherfformiodd yn The Ghosts of Versailles a golygfeydd o Les Contes d’Hoffman (Antonia) gyda Stiwdio Opera Ysgol Gerdd Manhattan.

Mae ei huchafbwyntiau hyd yma’n cynnwys perfformio rôl Servilia yng nghynhyrchiad Stiwdio Opera Auckland o La Clemenza di Tito gyda Cherddorfa Siambr Auckland a pherfformio fel yr Unawdydd Soprano yng nghynhyrchiad llwyfan Prifysgol Auckland o Carmina Burana. Ei phrofiad perfformio mwyaf cofiadwy oedd canu rôl Amina ar gyfer cynhyrchiad Stiwdio Opera Auckland o La Sonnambula yn 2011. Mae Marlena’n ymgeisydd am radd Meistr yn Academi Llais Ryngwladol Cymru ar hyn o bryd, gan astudio gyda Dennis O'Neill.

Marlena Devoe graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in German and Italian in 2009, and studied singing privately under the tutelage of Frances Wilson. She followed this with a language exchange programme in Florence before returning to undertake a Bachelor of Music Honours in Performance Voice. Marlena completed her first year of a Masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying with Marlena Malas, and performed in The Ghosts of Versailles and scenes from Les Contes d’Hoffman (Antonia) with the Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio.

Highlights to date were performing the role of Servilia in the Auckland Opera Studio's production of La Clemenza di Tito with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra and performing as the Soprano Soloist in the University of Auckland's staged production of Carmina Burana. Her most memorable performance experience was singing the role of Amina for the Auckland Opera Studio's production of La Sonnambula in 2011. Marlena is currently a Masters candidate at the Welsh International Academy of Voice, studying with Dennis O'Neill.

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Llio Evans (Soprano) Mae’r Soprano o Gymru, Llio Evans, yn hanu o Ynys Môn ac mae newydd raddio o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru gyda gradd anrhydedd dosbarth 1af ac MA ar ôl astudio gyda Suzanne Murphy a Michael Pollock. Yn ystod ei hamser yn RWCMD, cafodd sawl gwobr, gan gynnwys Gwobr Lieder ddwywaith. Bu hi’n llwyddiannus y tu allan i’r Coleg hefyd, ar ôl ennill Gwobr Goffa Osborne Roberts, Gwobr y Fonesig Anne Evans, Gwobr Russell Sheppard a Gwobr Cerddoriaeth Cymdeithas Corau Meibion Cymru.

Yn 2011, daeth yn agos i’r brig yng Nghystadleuaeth Ysgoloriaeth Goffa W. Towyn Roberts a chyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol cystadleuaeth Canwr/Cantores Ifanc Cymraeg y Flwyddyn MOSCA yn 2008 a 2011. Mae ei rolau’n cynnwys Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) - Co-Opera Co.; Pamina (The Magic Flute) a Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) - Opera’r Ddraig; The Bat (L’enfant et les sortilièges) – RWCMD; Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Marzelline (Fidelio) a Flora (Turn of the Screw) – Golygfeydd RWCMD; Aeria (Nine Stories High) WNO MAX; Professor’s Daughter (The Nightingale and the Rose) - Rogue Opera; Dragon (Cofi Opera) – Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru; a chorws a dirprwyo’r First Bridesmaid (Le Nozze di Figaro) – Opera Ieuenctid Prydain.

Mae ei huchafbwyntiau o ran cyngherddau’n cynnwys Gŵyl y Cofio yn Neuadd Dewi Sant ochr yn ochr â Wynne Evans, perfformiadau yn yr Iseldiroedd i nodi rhyddhau s’Hertogenbosch yn yr Ail Ryfel Byd, a chynrychioli’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol fel unawdydd yn Tsieina.

Mae hi’n Ysgolhaig Corws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC ac mae hi wedi perfformio’n aml fel unawdydd i BBC Radio 3 a Radio Wales.

Welsh soprano, Llio Evans, hails from Anglesey and recently graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a 1st class honors degree and MA having studied with Suzanne Murphy and Michael Pollock. During her time at RWCMD she received many awards, including the Lieder Prize twice. She was also successful outside College, having won the Osborne Roberts Memorial Prize, Dame Anne Evans Award, Russell Sheppard Award and the Welsh Association of Male Choirs Music Award.

In 2011 she was runner up in the W. Towyn Roberts Memorial Scholarship Competition and was a finalist for the MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year competition in 2008 and 2011. Roles include Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) - Co-Opera Co.; Pamina (The Magic Flute) and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) - Opera’r Ddraig; The Bat (L’enfant et les sortilièges) – RWCMD; Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Marzelline (Fidelio) and Flora (Turn of the Screw) - RWCMD scenes; Aeria (Nine Stories High) - WNO MAX; Professor’s Daughter (The Nightingale and the Rose) - Rogue Opera; Dragon (Cofi Opera) - Arts Council of Wales; and chorus and cover First Bridesmaid (Le Nozze di Figaro) - BYO. Concert highlights include the Festival of Remembrance in St David’s Hall alongside Wynne Evans, performances in the Netherlands to mark the WWII liberation of s'Hertogenbosch, and representing the National Assembly as a soloist in China. She is a BBC National Chorus of Wales Scholar and has performed often as a soloist for BBC Radio 3 and Radio Wales.

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