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Schedule


Upcoming Performances – 2022/23

Mozart, Requiem
Orchestre de Picardie/Johanna Malangré
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, 3 February 2023
Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, 4 February 2023

Deuxième Prêtresse/Femme Grecque, Iphigénie en Tauride
Opéra National de Lorraine; Alphonse Cemin (cond.), Silvia Paoli (dir.)
15, 17, 19, 21 March 2023

Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte
Opernhaus Zürich; Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (cond.), Tatjana Gürbaca (dir.)
29 April; 5, 12, 17 May 2023

Angelina, La Cenerentola
Company announcement to follow
​June 2023
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Past Performances – 2022/23

Philip Venables, Numbers/Michelle Agnes Magalhaes, The word. An invocation for a language that revives (UK première) 
Collectif Lovemusic
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 22 November 2022

Philip Venables, Numbers/Michelle Agnes Magalhaes, The word. An invocation for a language that revives (French première)
Collectif Lovemusic
Arsenal, Metz, 25 November 2022

Handel, Messiah 
Paris Choral Society, dir. Zachary Ullery
American Cathedral in Paris, 11 December 2022

Nerone, Agrippina
Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, 19 September 2022
Cancelled due to the war against Ukraine


Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Nash Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, London, 15 October 2022

Philip Venables, Numbers/Michelle Agnes Magalhaes, The word. An invocation for a language that revives (world première)
Collectif Lovemusic
Klangwerkstatt Festival, Berlin, 4 November 2022

Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ
London Mozart Players/Matthew Best
Wimbledon International Music Festival, 12 November 2022

Past Performances – 2021/22

Chausson, Poème de l'amour et de la mer
Rheinland-Pfalz Symphony Orchestra/Christoph-Mathias Mueller 
Murten Classics Festival, Switzerland
26 August 2021

Recital, Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
​Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Festival AntiquaBZ, Bolzano, Italy
2 September 2021

Recital, Nuit de la mélodie et du lied – "Aimer à loisir" CD LAUNCH
Edward Liddall, piano
Festival de Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise, France
11 September 2021

Talking Music – a Philip Venables portrait concert
Numbers 81-85, Numbers 96-100 (world premières) / collectif lovemusic
Festival Musica, Strasbourg
1 October 2021

Gregor Josef Werner, Job (Job's Wife)
Esterhaza 1750: Werner/Haydn
, Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Haydneum Festival, Budapest
5 October 2021

Talking Music – a Philip Venables portrait concert
Numbers 81-85, Numbers 96-100 (world premières) / collectif lovemusic
Théâtre de la Ville/Espace Cardin, Festival d'Automne, Paris
26 October 2021 

Recital with Edward Liddall, piano
Works by Graciane Finzi, Lili Boulanger, Chausson, Fauré and Ravel
Wigmore Hall, London
29 October 2021

Recital with Edward Liddall, piano
Works by Haydn, Lliam Paterson, Chausson, Fauré, Ravel and Poulenc
Opéra de Lille
3 November 2021

Recital with Jean-Marc Fontana, piano
Works by Haydn, Chausson, Fauré, Ravel and Poulenc
Opéra National de Bordeaux 
5 November 2021

Recital, Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Barocktage, Staatsoper Unter Den Linden, Berlin 
9 November 2021

Recital, Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Théâtre d'Ivry, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
9 December 2021 

Ravel, Shéhérazade
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra/Holly Mathieson
Rudolfinum, Prague
13 December 2021

Mercédès, Carmen
Giuliano Carella (cond.), Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 January 2021

​Recital with Edward Liddall, piano
Works by Haydn, Ravel and Dvo
řák
Musée d'Orsay, Paris 
15 March 2022 

​Recital with Edward Liddall, piano

Opéra de Montpellier
7 April 2022 

Giovanna, Rigoletto
Karel Mark Chichon (cond.), Tatjana Gürbaca (dir.) 
Opernhaus Zürich
10, 13, 18, 22, 27 April 2022


Kuchtík, Rusalka
Douglas Boyd (cond.), Jack Furness (dir.)
Garsington Opera at Wormsley, UK
18, 22, 24, 30 June; 4, 9. 14, 17, 19 July 2022  

Kuchtík, Rusalka
Douglas Boyd (cond.), Jack Furness (dir.)
Edinburgh International Festival
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 6, 8, 9 August 2022

D. Scarlatti, Stabat Mater
Ensemble Le Caravansérail/Bertrand Cuiller
Festival de Vézelay, 26 August 2022
Festival Les Musicales de Normandie, 27 August 2022

Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Murten Classics Festival, Switzerland
Jenaer Philharmonie/Simon Gaudenz
2, 3 September 2022



Past Performances – 2020/21

2nd Maid, Elektra
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 25/27/29 June, 2, 4 July 2021

Générations France Musique
Songs by Fauré, Chausson and Ravel, with Edward Liddall, piano
Live on France Musique, 22 May 2021

Clare, 4.48 Psychosis
Semperoper Dresden, 12/14/17/19/20 March 2021
Cancelled due to COVID-19


Printemps de la Mélodie Française (with Edward Liddall, piano) 
Salle Cortot, Paris, 20 March 2021

Académie Orsay-Royaumont
Song recital residency led by Stéphanie d'Oustrac and Pascal Jourdain, with Edward Liddall, piano
Abbaye de Royaumont, 1-7 February 2021 (public concert 7th February)

Recital with Jean-Marc Fontana, piano (works by Haydn, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc) 
Opéra National de Bordeaux, 16th December 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19


Title role, Carmen (concert highlights), BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber
​Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 5th December 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19


Recital with Edward Liddall, piano (works by Haydn, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc) 
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 1st October 2020

Recital: Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange
Wigmore Hall, London, 22nd September 2020/Salle Cortot, Paris, 24th September 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19

From Purcell with Love – Songs and Arias from Orpheus Britannicus
Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik
Haus der Musik, Innsbruck, 20 August 2020

Past Performances – 2019/20


Printemps de la Mélodie Française (with Edward Liddall, piano) 
Salle Cortot, Paris, 29 March 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19


Kitchen Boy, Rusalka
Garsington Opera, 14/18/26 June, 1/ 4/ 8/10/16/18 July 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19


Académie Orsay-Royaumont
Song recital residency led by Véronique Gens and Susan Manoff, with Edward Liddall, piano
​Abbaye de Royaumont, 20-26 July 2020


Clare, 4.48 Psychosis
Semper Zwei, 7/9/10/13/15 September 2019

Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia
National Concert Hall, Dublin, 12/13/15 October 2019


Toulouse International French Mélodie Competition
Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse, 23-26 October 2019

Recital: Eine winzige Träne
Neue Synagoge Dresden, 10 November 2019

Ariodante (cover), Ariodante
Marc Minkowski/Les Musiciens du Louvre (tour) – 20 November-2 December 2019

Concours international Nadia et Lili Boulanger
Conservatoire supérieur national d'art dramatique, Paris, 5-8 December 2019

Past Performances – 2018/19

Une coryphée, Les Huguenots
Semperoper Dresden, 29 June (premiere), 2/4/6/10/13 July 2019

Semper Matinee: "Fremde Freunde", Songs from France and Germany
Semperoper Dresden, 16 June 2019

Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte
Semperoper Dresden, 6/14 June, 6 July 2019

Lucienne, Die tote Stadt
Semperoper Dresden, 31 May, 4 June 2019

Clare, 4.48 Psychosis (German premiere) 
Semper Zwei, 26 April (premiere), 29 April, 3/4/6/8/10 May 2019

Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro
Semperoper Dresden, 3 March 2019

DAS LIED International Song Competition
Theater Heidelberg, 6-10 February 2019

Flora Bervoix, La traviata
Semperoper Dresden, 23/25 November 2018, 31 (mat)/31 (eve) December 2018, 2/5/13/19 January 2019

Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte
Semperoper Dresden, 3 December 2018

Semper Matinee: Composers of East Germany 
Semperoper Dresden, 18 November 2018

Semper Matinee: Strauss Lieder
Semperoper Dresden, 28 October 2018

Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro
Semperoper Dresden, 1/8/20/30 September, 11/19 October, 2 Nov 2018

Dritte nackte Jungfrau, Moses und Aron
Semperoper Dresden, 29 September (premiere), 3/6/10/15 October 2018

Paggio, Rigoletto
Semperoper Dresden, 2/5/7 September 2018

Past Performances – 2017/18
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Mercédès, Carmen 
Semperoper Dresden, 22/24/27 June, 7 July 2018

Last Night of the Proms at St Jude's
Arias by Mozart, Gluck and Meyerbeer, 1 July 2018

Semper Matinee: "Feinsliebchen, du sollst mir nicht barfuß gehen"
​Semperoper Dresden, 17 June 2018

Paggio, Rigoletto 
Semperoper Dresden, 25/30 May 2018, 3/5/8 June 2018​

Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte 
Semperoper Dresden, 24/27 (mat)/27 (eve) May 2018, 26 October 2018

Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro
Semperoper Dresden, 6/10/13 May 2018

Liederabend: Bar Classics
Lange Nacht der Dresdner Theater, Semperoper Dresden, 7 April 2018

Paggio, Rigoletto 
Semperoper Dresden, 30 March, 3 April 2018

Mozart, Mass in C minor and Vesperae solennes de confessore
Aldeburgh Music Club, Snape Maltings, 17 March 2018

Liederabend for Valentine's Day: Liebeslieder
König Albert Theater, Bad Elster, 14 February 2018

Lucienne, Die Tote Stadt
​Semperoper Dresden, 2/7/21 January, 2 February 2018

Lucienne, Die Tote Stadt
Semperoper Dresden, 16/20 December 2017

Liederabend: Eine winzige Träne
Semper Zwei, 30 November 2017

Paggio, Rigoletto
Semperoper Dresden, 12/17/21 November 2017, 1 December 2017

Semper Soirée: Damenwahl!
Semperoper Dresden, 19 October 2017

Past Performances – 2016/17

Dean & Chadlington Festival Singing Competition Final
Chadlington Church, Chipping Norton, 2 July 2017

National Opera Studio @ WNO: The London Chapter 
Painters' Hall, Little Trinity Lane, London, 14 June 2017

National Opera Studio @ WNO
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8 June 2017

National Opera Studio Lunchtime Recital
All Saints' Church, Wandsworth, 31 May 2017

YCAT Finals 2017 (as duo partner to Edward Liddall, piano)
Highlights from Enesco's Sept chansons de Clément Marot and Ravel's Shéhérazade
Wigmore Hall, 25 May 2017 (afternoon session)​

Mendelssohn, Elijah
Chichester Cathedral, 20 May 2017

Dubai/Rostov/New York: NOS Contemporary Opera Scenes
Wilton's Music Hall, 4-6 May 2017

Le Printemps de l'Académie Ravel 2017
Schumann, Frauenliebe und -Leben
Auditorium Ravel, St-Jean-de-Luz, France, 9 April 2017

Le Printemps de l'Académie Ravel 2017
"Soirée argentine": songs by Ginastera and Guastavino
Auditorium Ravel, St-Jean-de-Luz, France, 8 April 2017

National Opera Studio Lunchtime Recital
Highlights from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch and Ravel's Histoires naturelles
All Saints' Church, Wandsworth, 8 March 2017

National Opera Studio @ Scottish Opera: The London Chapter 
Hoxton Hall, 6 March 2017

National Opera Studio @ Scottish Opera
Scenes from Werther and Il barbiere di Siviglia, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 3 March 2017

Apér'Opéra: recital with Marie Perbost, soprano
Opéra Grand Avignon, 21 January 2017

National Opera Studio @ Opera North: the London Chapter
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Scenes from Mozart operas, China Exchange, London, 15 December 2016

Mozart Unwrapped: National Opera Studio @ Opera North
Scenes from Mozart operas, Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 10 December 2016​

National Opera Studio Lunchtime Recital
Ravel Shéhérazade and Dvořák Gypsy Songs, All Saints Wandsworth, 30 November 2016

"Baroque Bliss": Vivaldi Gloria and Dixit Dominus, Pergolesi Magnificat
Croydon Philharmonic Choir – St Mildred's Church, Croydon, 19 November 2016 

The Fortunes of the Orlando Furioso 
Concert celebrating the 500th anniversary of Ariosto's Orlando furioso
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge, 18 November 2016

Recital "L'invitation au voyage" in aid of Jessie's Fund, Vernon Ellis Foundation, London
Works by Ravel, Fauré, Britten and Lliam Paterson, 3 November 2016

Overture: Meet the National Opera Studio 2016/17 Young Artists
Gala concert at the home of Bob and Elizabeth Boas, 22 Mansfield Street, London, 13 October 2016

Recital "L'invitation au voyage", Les Journées Ravel de Montfort-L'Amaury
Works by Ravel, Fauré, Britten and Lliam Paterson, 9 October 2016 

National Opera Studio Lunchtime Recital
A concert of arias by the 2016/17 Young Artists, All Saints Wandsworth, 5 October 2016

Past Performances – 2015/16

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Chorus)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 3 July-24 August 2016

Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict (Chorus)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 23 July-27 August 2016

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Chorus)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 21 May-27 June 2016

Bruce Millar Gulliver Prize
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 6 March 2016

Bach, St John Passion
St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow, dir. John Butt, 6 March 2016

Ye Cronies Opera Award
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 21 February 2016

Wolf, Italienisches Liederbuch
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 15 February 2016
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, 23 February 2016

Clonter Opera Prize
Clonter Theatre, 6 February 2016

RCS Song Studio: "Serenades, Ballads and Romances"
St Andrews Hall, Crieff, 27 January 2016

Mozart, Così fan tutte​ (Dorabella)
New Athenaeum Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 16 and 22 January 2016
Perth Concert Hall, 26 January 2016

"The Flowering of Late Romantic Song": RCS Song Studio
Songs by Korngold and Alma Mahler
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 23 November 2015

Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 14 November 2015

Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Final
Works by Ravel, Rosenthal, Handel and Wishart
Wigmore Hall, London, 12 November 2015

Thierry Escaich, Visions Nocturnes
Espace Culturel Larreko, St-Pée-sur-Nivelle, 10 September 2015

Ravel, Shéhérazade
Eglise de Ciboure, 9 September 2015

Past Performances – 2014/15

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 13 June-10 August 2015

Mahler, 2nd Symphony 
Merton College, Oxford, 16 May 2015

Richard Youngs, 'Experiment for Demolished Structures'
Counterflows Festival, Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow), 3rd April 2015

Bach, B Minor Mass
Passiontide at Merton/Oxford Baroque, 29 March 2015

Bach, St John Passion
Paisley Abbey, 22 March 2015

"The Voice of Desire": RCS Song Studio
Songs by Brahms, Granados and Judith Weir
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 16 February 2015

Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino)
New Athenaeum Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 16/17/19/24 January 2015
Perth Concert Hall, 28 January 2015
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