Charles Mackerras

Charles Mackerras

male, 84 years old
WelshNationalOpera, English National Opera, From Schenectady, Royal Philharmonic Society, Order of the Companions of Honour, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour…Carte Opera Trust, Carte Opera Company
Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras AC CH CBE (b. November 17 1925) is an Australian conductor. He is known as the leader of English National...
Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowski

male
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, WelshNationalOpera, Conductor, Kapellmeister, glyndebourne, philadelphia orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (born April 4 1972 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian conductor. His father is the conductor Michail Jurowski. He began his musical...
Nuccia Focile

Nuccia Focile

female, 48 years old
Soprano, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Singer, pavarotti, Philips, Così fan tutte…WelshNationalOpera, Royal Opera, London, Opera Rara, Seattle Opera, metropolitan opera
Nuccia Focile is an Italian soprano. She studied in Turin under Elio Battaglia, and made her opera debut as Oscar in Verdi's "Ballo in maschera" at...
Tugan Sokhiev

Tugan Sokhiev

male
Conductor, BBC Philharmonic, Mariinsky Theatre, WelshNationalOpera, Orchestre National de France, Munich Philharmonic…Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, French National, Bavarian State Opera, metropolitan opera
Tugan Sokhiev is an Ossetian conductor, trained in Saint Petersburg. Sokhiev was the music director for Welsh National Opera (WNO) from 2003-2004....
Arwel Hughes

Arwel Hughes

male, deceased (1988)
Welsh classical organist, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, International Eisteddfod, organ, Organist, BBC WALES…opera, welsh, WelshNationalOpera
Arwel Hughes, was a Welsh orchestral conductor and composer. Hughes was born in Rhosllanerchrugog, and was educated at Ruabon Grammar School near...
Gidon Saks

Gidon Saks

male
Bass, don carlos, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Walküre, The Pilgrim's Progress…English National Opera, WelshNationalOpera, Scottish Opera, New Israeli Opera, Canadian Opera Company
Bass-baritone Gidon Saks was born in Israel and spent his youth in South Africa, before moving to the UK to study at the Royal Northern College of...
Sara Fulgoni

Sara Fulgoni

female
la scala, English National Opera, Luisa Miller, Cherubini, Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria…WelshNationalOpera, Geneva Opera, Dallas Opera, royal opera house, Santa Fe Opera
Sara Fulgoni is a British mezzo-soprano. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music. She made her Royal Opera House debut in Verdi's...
Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Symmons Roberts

male, 46 years old
Alumni of Regent's Park College, Oxford, Academic of Manchester Metropolitan University, James MacMillan, Academic of Machester Metropolitan University, WelshNationalOpera, Regent's Park College, Oxford
Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1963. He is a writer of books, poetry, operas, radio and TV scripts. Since 1993 he has...
Calixto Bieito

Calixto Bieito

male, 46 years old
Opera director, Bassa Selim, Gran Teatre del Liceu, The Abduction From the Seraglio, WelshNationalOpera, Renato…English National Opera
Calixto Bieito (born 2 November 1963) is a Spanish theater director known for his radical interpretations of classic operas. Bieito gained perhaps...
Kenneth Alwyn

Kenneth Alwyn

male, 81 years old
Conductor, Decca Records, Royal Ballet, The Planets, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, London Symphony Orchestra…WelshNationalOpera
Kenneth Alwyn (born 1928, London) is a British orchestra conductor. He is principally known for his performances and recordings of film and ballet...