NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO

The 'National Opera Studio' was established by the Arts Council as a link between the music colleges and the six main UK opera companies. It was resident at Morley College in Lambeth until 2003, when it gained use for the first time of its own dedicated premises in Chapel Yard, Wandsworth. Its director is the operatic baritone Donald Maxwell, its Head of Music the conductor Roy Laughlin, and its General Manager Hugh Lloyd. It is responsible for the training of approximately twelve singers each academic year, as well as three piano repetiteurs. Its funding comes in part from the six main UK opera companies - The Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Representatives from each company sit on the final audition panel for selection of each year's intake. The one-year course usually includes residencies at two of the national opera companies, as well as a London showcase towards the end of the year.

Contents

Alumni

References

Alumni

★ Marie Arnet

★ Kim Begley

★ Barry Banks

★ Matthew Best

★ Jeffrey Black

★ Cora Burggraaf

★ Ivor Bolton

★ Susan Bullock

★ Elizabeth Byrne

★ Bruno Caproni

★ Paul Carey Jones

★ Ashley Catling

★ Alice Coote

★ David Curry

★ Robert Dean

★ Imelda Drumm

★ Adrian Dwyer

★ Richard Farnes

★ Gerald Finley

★ Martin Fitzpatrick

★ Lesley Garrett

★ Lisa Gasteen

★ Julian Gavin

★ Martene Grimson

★ Susan Gritton

★ Jonathan Gunthorpe

★ Alison Hagley

★ Gwyn Hughes-Jones

★ Philip Joll

★ Katarina Karnéus

★ Anthony Kraus

★ Garry Magee

★ Marie McLaughlin

★ Alastair Miles

★ Gerald Moore

★ Robert Murray

★ Steven Naylor

★ Steven Page

★ Jean Rigby

★ Joan Rodgers

★ Peter Rose

★ Kate Royal

★ Claire Rutter

★ William Shimell

★ Rebecca Von Lipinski

★ Jeremy Huw Williams

★ Roland Wood

References

★ National Opera Studio Website

★ Langdon, Michael (1982) ''Notes From A Low Singer'', Julia MacRae Books