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Louise Alder becomes the first Samling Artist to headline Last Night of the Proms; Neil Balfour and Sid Ramchander take up their Samling and Song residency; BBC Music Magazine feature Kitty Whately on their cover CD; and our usual round up of new recordings and news.
This summer’s Samling Academy Opera Dido and Aeneas showed yet again that when you invest in young people, the results can be astonishing. Many of the cast will be continuing their Academy journey with us in October along with new singers from schools and universities across the North East. Read more in the cover story of our Autumn newsletter.
Our summer Samling Artist Programme residency ended with a public masterclass on a sunny Saturday afternoon, led by Véronique Gens, Susan Manoff and James Garnon, with staff pianist Samling Artist Ian Tindale.
Our Samling Academy Opera production of Dido and Aeneas combined homegrown talent and international excellence – and showed why the North East is the place to be for young classical singers.
Samling Artist duo baritone Neil Balfour and pianist Sid Ramchander will be premiering ‘Untold Lives’ at Oxford Song on Wednesday 15 October, a project that has been supported by our Samling and Song initiative.
This month brings a new album from Samling Artist duo Harriet Burns and Ian Tindale, Samling Artists on Gramophone award nominations and opera and performance news.
Charles Cunliffe tells us how his week at Samling prepared him for a major role debut at Glyndebourne, James Newby is recognised in his hometown with an honorary doctorate, plus more news and new recordings from our family of Samling Artists.
Samling Artists make an impact across the world and this month is no exception, with news from France, UK, Spain, Germany and the USA, including an exciting role and company debut for Madison Nonoa and a new album of French song by Kitty Whately.
Madeline Boreham becomes a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, Daniel Barrett joins Scottish Opera as an Emerging Artist and Hugo Brady will become a Rising Star with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Read on to find out more about their upcoming engagements and those of other Samling Artists in the latest round of season announcements. There are also lots of Samling Artists at Oxford Song and Benjamin Appl pays tribute to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
April brings a packed news round-up, including the first Samling Artist to headline Last Night of the Proms, successes at The Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Royal Ballet and Opera debuts, including two Samling Artists who join their prestigious Jette Parker Artists Programme.