Upcoming engagements include covering Bertarido in Handel's Rodelinda with Scottish Opera, La Virtù in Vivaldi’s La Senna Festeggiante with Ensemble Serse, Spirit in The Little Kettlehead with Size Zero Opera, and a concert with Cries of London at the Wigmore Hall.

Ailish Tynan performs with pianist James Baillieu at the Brighton Festival on 15 May in an exciting programme of Poulenc and Hahn, entitled Les chansons instrumentales.

Poulenc Airs chantés
Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin
La Courte Paille
Fiançailles pour rire

Hahn Venezia – Chansons en dialecte Venetien
À Chloris
‘En Sourdine’ from Chanson Grises
Fêtes galantes

For further information visit the Brighton Festival website.

Ailish Tynan performs Poulenc's Gloria with the with RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Friday 3 May under Brazilian conductor Celso Antunes.

The orchestral programme also includes works by Franck and Honneger.

For further information visit the RTÉ NSO website.

Owen Gilhooly has a busy few weeks ahead as he prepare to perform Escamillo in the Opera Theatre Company's production of Carmen. The production opens on 3 May at the G.B. Shaw Theatre in Carlow before touring.

Dates: 3/7/9/14/16/18 May with further performances in October 2013. For more information see the Opera Theatre Company website 

Before the first night of Carmen, on 1 May Owen will perform in Tippett's A Child of Our Time at the Cork International Choral Festival. On 8 May he goes on to perform in Beethoven Symphony No.9 with the Bristol Ensemble and Bristol Choral Society at Colston Hall with another of our artists Gweneth-Ann Jeffers.

Ailish Tynan performs in the Stanford Stabat Mater with Huddersfield Choral Society and the Orchestra of Opera North at Huddersfield Town Hall this evening (12 April), Christopher Seaman conducts.

On Saturday 13 April Ailish preforms at the Wigmore Hall in the Graham Johnson Gala Concert. Other soloists include Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, Ben Johnson, Robin Tritschler, Christopher Maltman and Benjamin Appl. 

Katherine Marriott stepped in to perform the role of  Die Kurfürstin (Electress) in Der Prinz von Homburg at the Staatstheater Mainz last night (11 April). This is her second performance of this role.

Katy is also currently performing the role of Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin, also in Mainz.

For more details visit the Staatstheater Mainz website.

For more details visit the RIAM website.

Ben Thapa and John Savournin join Limerick Choral Union and Brown University Orchestra (USA) for Gounod's Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile at the University Concert Hall in Limerick on 27 March.

For further details visit the Limerick Choral Union website.

Ailish Tynan (Una poenitentium), Jeni Bern (Mater Gloriosa), Olivia Ray (Mulier Samaritana) and Alexandra Cassidy (Maria Aegyptiaca) perform with the Duet Philharmonic Orchestra and massed choirs for Mahler Symphony No. 8  at the Royal Festival Hall on 26 March.

For more details visit the Duet Group website.

Ailish Tynan performs Mahler Symphony No. 4 with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder with performances in Manchester and Carlisle.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - 20, 21, 24 March
Sands Centre, Carlisle - 22 March

For more details see the Hallé website.

Sarah Redgwick performs in a series of Classical Specatular concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. The programme includes Puccini's O soave fanciulla and the Brindisi from La traviata.

Performances are 14, 15, 16(m), 16, 17(m), 17 March. Evening performances start at 7.30pm and matinees at 3.00pm 

For more information see the Royal Albert Hall website.

For more details visit the Les Arts Florrisant website.

Forthcoming performances include Manfred in the Irish premiere of Jake Heggie's For a Look or a Touch at The Lir, Trinity College Dublin, Escamillo for Opera Theatre Company and Ferryman Curlew River for Nova Music.

Ailish Tynan performs in a recital of Fauré, Duparc and Poulenc songs with pianist Alasdair Hogarth on 3 March as part of A Weekend of Fauré at the Perth Concert Hall.

For more details see the Perth Concert Hall website.

Ailish Tynan performs in a recital entitled 'Masques et Bergamasques' at the Wigmore Hall on 18 February 2013 witrh tenor Yann Beuron and pianist Graham Johnson.

The programme includes songs by Fauré, Debussy, Hahn and Ravel.

John Savournin performs the role of the Tutor in Le comte Ory for Opera South.

This is John's second appearance with Opera South after his acclaimed performances last year in Merrie England.

Performances are 13 to 16 February. For more details visit the Opera South website.

Kristin Finnigan performs Third Lady for Merry Opera in a new production of The Magic Flute directed by Kit Hesketh-Harvey.

The production previews at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on 5 & 6 February and runs until 3 March before touring.

For more information go to the Merry Opera or Riverside Studios website.

Sarah Redgwick makes her debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet as Mrs Maurrant in Street Scene in a production by The Opera Group. The production will be seen later in the year at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.

25, 27, 29, 31 February in Paris and 1, 2, 4, 5 March in Barcelona 

For more information see the Théâtre du Châtelet and Gran Teatre del Liceu websites.

Ailish Tynan performs in a New Years Concert with the Irish Chamber Orchestra on 21 January at the Konzerthaus Berlin on the occasion of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Ailish's programme includes Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock D 965 and The Last Rose of Summer, both pieces for soprano, clarinet and orchestra.

Katherine Marriott performs the role of  Die Kurfürstin (Electress) in Der Prinz von Homburg at the Staatstheater Mainz tomorrow evening (16 January).

Later this season Katherine makes her role debut as Filipyevna in Eugene Onegin, also in Mainz.

We are delighted to announce that we a have taken over the representation of the conductor Peter Selwyn. During his career Peter has conducted at many significant houses including the Staatstheater Nürnberg, Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, Opera North, Welsh National Opera and in Prague. He has also assisted on productions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera & Glyndebourne; as well as at European opera houses including Hamburg, Oslo and Strasbourg. He is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg, and a Professor at the Royal College of Music.

Peter has a repertoire of well over fifty operas including Fidelio, Hänsel und Gretel, Peter Grimes, La rondine, Salome, Owen Wingrave, The Rape of Lucretia, Jenůfa, Roméo et Juliette and Carmen.

Recent projects include La Rondine (Opera Holland Park), Salome (Singapore Lyric Opera), and Der Kaiser von Atlantis (English Touring Opera). He is currently assisting on Otello for Opera North.

Ailish Tynan performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra on 11 December at the Waford Colosseum.

Sarah Redgwick takes part in a Music Theatre Wales Masterclass at Opera North tomorrow evening (4 December). 

Five writers from the University of Leeds have been working with five composers from the Royal Northern College of Music to write original arias about pacts with the devil, all under the watchful eyes of Music Theatre Wales’ artistic directors, Michael McCarthy and Michael Rafferty.

Sarah will perform one of the arias and celebrated composer, Mark-Anthony Turnage will be on hand to offer suggestions and advice.

For more information see the Music Theatre Wales and Opera North websites.

Jeni Bern's latest recording, released October 2012, is Mendelssohn's arrangement of Handel's Acis and Galatea. The recroding is conducted by Stephen Darlington with the Oxford Philomusica and other soloists - Nathan Vale, Brindley Sherrat and Benjamin Hulett.

Sarah Redgwick performs in Spectacular Classics for Raymond Gubbay at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham on 1 December 2012. Sarah is joined by tenor Philip O'Brien and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Choir.

The programme includes Puccini's O soave fanciulla and Verdi's Brindisi from La traviata.

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers returns to perform in Poland this week at the Teatr Wielki in Poznań.

Wednesday 22 November - Verdi Gala Concert with exceprts of Un ballo in Maschera, Il trovatore and La forza del destino. The concert is conducted by Tadeusz Kozłowski.

Sunday 25 November - Aida in a revival production directed by Marek Weiss-Grzesiński and conducted by their new artistic director Gabriel Chmura.

See the theatre website for more details.

Ailish Tynan performs songs by Berg, Schubert and Mahler in a series of recitals for Music at Tresanton from 23 to 25 November. She will be accompanied by pianists Noam Greenberg and Ferenc Rados.

The concert on 23 November will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

For more details see the Music at Tresanton website.

The lastest recording by Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, released in summer 2012, is Mélodies Passagères: Songs of Samuel Barber. She is accomampanied by New Zealand Pianist Stephen De Pledge.

Congratulations to Olivia Ray and her husband Dominic Barrand on the birth of their second daughter Daphne Joan on 7 November 2012.

Daphne is sister to their first daughter Matilde is almost two. Doesn't time fly!

Ailish Tynan performs songs by Mendelssohn and Schumann's Liederkreis op 39 in a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert with pianist Iain Burnside on Thursday 1st November at LSO St Luke's.

The wonderful Kristin Finnigan performs Mr Kneebone in Lennox Berkeley's first and most successful opera A Dinner Engagement for Wexford Festival Opera.

Performances are 26, 28, 31 October and 3 November.

For further details see the Wexford Festival Opera website.

Catrine Kirkman won the John Kerr Award for English Song as both the overall winner and audience prize. The final was held on 21st October at Finchcocks Instrumental Museum, Goudhurst, Kent.

To find out more about the John Kerr Award visit their website.

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers performs the role of Tigrana for New Sussex Opera in the UK premiere of the original 4 Act version of Puccini's Edgar in a new critical edition.

The cast includes John Hudson as Edgar and Mary Plazas as Fidelia. Performances are in Lewes (25 Oct), Cadogan Hall (28 Oct), Southsea (4 Nov) & Eastbourne (11 Nov).

For more information see the New Sussex Opera website.

Sarah Redgwick returns to English National Opera as Donna Elvira in revival of the 2010 production of Don Giovanni. Rufus Norris directs and Edward Gardner & James Burton conduct.

Performances run from 17 October to 17 November at the London Coliseum.

For more information visit the English National Opera website.

Claire Watkins performs First Lady in a spectaular new 'Steam Punk' Victoriana inspired production of The Magic Flute for Scottish Opera. Sir Thomas Allen directs and Magic Flute expert Ekhart Wycik conducts.

Performances run from 17 October to 1 December touring Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and Belfast.

For more information visit the Scottish Opera website.

Ailish Tynan performs at the Wigmore Hall on 26 September in a programme entitled "Frank Bridge Song Focus", alongside tenor Robert Murray and pianist Iain Burnside.

Iain Burnside’s programme charts the composer’s journey from pupil of Stanford to teacher of Britten, embracing such magnificent works as The last invocation (1918), a punchy Whitman setting, and the heart-melting melancholy of ’Tis but a week.

Ailish Tynan performs with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Season Taster Concert at St David's Hall, Cardiff on 21 September 2012.

Ailish's programme includes a selection of songs by Mahler and the Rachmaninov Vocalise for more details go to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales website.

Ailish Tynan performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in BBC Prom 70: Desert Island Discs 70th Anniversary Prom. The concert is conducted by Keith Lockhart and is presented by Kirsty Young

Ailish's programme includes well know arias by Puccini. For more details go to the BBC Proms website.

John Savournin performs the role of Colas in Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne at the Grimborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre.

Performances are on 27 & 28 August. For more details visit the Grimeborn Festival website.

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers performs works by Handel, Catalani, Fauré, Ravel, Dove and Le Gendre with Tenor/actor Brian Green at the Tricycle Theatre on Saturday 12th August.

Organised by the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission in London, the concert is part of the celebrations marking the 50th Anniversay of Independence of Trinidad and Tobago and is timed to coincide with London 2012.

Ailish Tynan performs with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at Glamis Castle on 11 August 2012. The concert is conducted by Grant Llewellyn.

Ailish's programme includes well know arias by Puccini, Gershwin and Dvořák. For further details go to the Glamis Castle website.

Paula Almerares performs Liu in Turandot in a spectacular production at the Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta del Sodre in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Performances 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 July 2012

For more informations go to the Sodre website.

Ailish Tynan is delighted to be performing the role of Madam Cortese in Rossini's rarely performed comic opera Il viaggio a Reims at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

The performance celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the first Young Artists Summer Performance in and brings together both previous and current young artists.

The performance will take place on 19 July 2012 at the Royal Opera House and will be accompanied by the orchestra of English National Opera.

Kristin Finnigan performs the role of Mistress Quickly for Iford Arts in their production of Verdi's comic masterpiece Falstaff.

The production is directed by Bruno Ravella and conducted by Oliver Gooch.

Performances are July 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 30 at 7.30pm for more information go to the Iford Arts website.

We are delighted to announce the representation of the British soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers. Engagements in the current season include Clotilde and Norma (cover) for Opera North, Leonora La forza del Destino for Chelsea Opera Group at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aida for the Macedonian Opera and a recital series at the St Mangus Festival. Next season she will perform Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana for Opera Holland Park.

Other notable performances include Aida in Helsinki, Bremen and Kiel, Leonora La forza del destino, La Gioconda and La Wally for Opera Holland Park and Amelia Un ballo in Maschera & Margherita / Helena in Boito's Mefistofele in Erfurt. 

Her concert repertoire includes the Verdi Requiem, Mahler Das Klagende Lied, Poulenc Gloria for the Three Choirs Festival and Schoenberg Gurrelieder with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has also received critical acclaim for her interpretations of Messiaen's Poemès pour Mi and Harawi with pianist Simon Lepper.

Ailish Tynan returns to the Wigmore Hall on 26 June 2012 with pianist Christopher Glynn in an exciting programme as part of the Ravel 75th Anniversary.

Ailish is acclaimed for her performances in opera and recital. She sings Ravel’s inspired folksong arrangements alongside some masterful and atmospheric songs of his late period. She also sings music by composers that Ravel especially admired - Falla, Strauss and Gershwin.

For more information about the Ravel 75th Anniversary recitals click here.

John Savournin makes his recital debut at the Wigmore Hall on 25 June 2012.

The programme includes songs by Debussy, Poulenc and Wolf, accompanying John is pianist James Eaton.

"...a real pleasure...a strong, attractive voice...brought these pieces to vigorous life. If that’s star quality, Savournin’s got it."
Peter Reed, www.classicalsource.com - Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series 2011-2

Olivia Ray performs the role of Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor for Opera Holland Park in the opening production of their 2012 season.

Performances run until 30 June 2012. For further details visit the Opera Holland Park website.

"a strongly sung and touching Alisa from Olivia Ray"
Peter Reed, www.classicalsource.com - Alisa Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Holland Park

Ben Thapa stars as Tamino in The Magic Flute for Regents Opera.

The production opens on 8 June at Walcot Hall in Shropshire and tours other venues including Walpole Park in Ealing and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in London.

For further details visit the Regents Opera website.

Susan Moore performs the role of Suzuki in Madam Butterfly for Opera Brava this summer. The production tour several venues after opening at the Leatherhead Theatre on 2 June 2012.

For more details visit the Opera Brava website.

Jeni Bern, Ben Thapa and Kristin Finnigan formed the majority of the soloist line-up for Northampton Philharmonic Choir's performance of the Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle at St Matthew's Church in Northampton on Saturday 26th May 2012.

The musical director, Christopher Mabley, passed the following comments:

Jeni Bern "Superb", "Intelligent and responsive"

Ben Thapa "made a big impact. His solos were colourfully presented"

Kristin Finnigan "sang coloufully"

"The highlight of the evening for all of us was the response to the first half of the concert: a standing ovation from some members of the audience and an opportunity for a second bow - never before experienced in Northampton! One comment at the end was "a triumph!" and all the soloists played a major part in garnering these plaudits."

Claire Watkins returns to Scottish Opera for their 50th Anniversary Season as First Lady in an new productions of The Magic Flute directed by Sir Thomas Allen in a new translation by Kit Hesketh-Harvey.

The production will premiere in Glasgow at the Theatre Royal of 17 October 2012 before touring to Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and Belfast.

For more details see the Scottish Opera website. 

Ailish Tynan performs Carmina Burana with the Philharmonia Orchestra on 18 May at the Royal Festival Hall. The concert is conducted by Andrew Greenwood.

Carmina Burana is fast becoming one of Ailish Tynan's signature pieces as this performance follows previous dates with the RTÉ NSO, RPO, Mullingar Choral Society and BSO since autumn 2011.

We are delighted to announce the representation of the conductor and vocal coach Phillip Thomas.

Phillip Thomas is one of the most sought after vocal coaches and accompanists of his generation and more recently his move to conducting has been hailed as a triumph by singers and critics alike.

His revered work with international opera singers has led to a prolific concert career around the world. In addition to his work with the world's leading artists, Phillip is renowned for developing and nurturing some of the finest young operatic talent in the country.

As maestro, Phillip's conducting career includes performances at English National Opera at the London Coliseum, Opera Holland Park, Dorset Opera Festival and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

His skills as vocal consultant and producer have been sought after by the likes of the BBC, BMG, Sony and Decca on recording projects.

We are delighted to announce that we now represent the Canadian tenor Alan Woodrow. Alan's engagements in the current season include Fatty Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Israeli Opera and Mao Tse-Tung Nixon in China Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Other recent appearances include Mao Tse-Tung Vancouver Opera, Bacchus Ariadne auf Naxos Opera Ireland, Aegisth Elektra Washington National Opera and Canadian Opera Company, Tristan Tristan und Isolde Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, West Australian Opera and Tiroler Festspiele Erl, and in Peter Sellars’ production with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra.

In concert, he most recently performed Mahler Das Lied von der Erde with the West Australia Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Ailish Tynan performs a selection of Canteloube's Chansons de l'Auvergne in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain  "Folk Explosion!" concerts on 12 & 14 April. The concerts are conducted by Charles Hazlewood.

• The Sage (Gateshead), 12 April
• Royal Festival Hall, 14 April

Ailish also performs Carmina Burana with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on 18 & 19 April in Poole and Bristol under the baton of Owain Arwel Hughes.

• The Lighthouse (Poole), 18 April
• Colston Hall (Bristol), 19 April