A two-time Metropolitan Opera district winner and regional finalist Katherine was also awarded a grant at the Giulio Gari International Singing Competition in New York. Most recently she has sung Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Musetta in La Bohème, Arcabonne in J.C. Bach’s Amadis de Gaule, Giselda in Verdi’s I Lombardi and Céphise in the UK premiere of  Rameau’s Acante et Céphise. She was a young artist with San Diego Opera Ensemble where she toured for 7 months in Die Zauberflöte as the Queen of the Night, performing the role over 80 times.

Previously with Kentish Opera she has sung Violetta in La Traviata, Micaela in Carmen, Nedda in I Pagliacci.

Perth-born Roberto Abate relocated to the UK in 2012 to pursue a Master's degree at the Wales International Academy of Voice with Dennis O’Neill, as a recipient of the Australian International Opera Awards scholarship and the Tait Memorial Trust Frank and Viola Tait Award. 

This year sees Roberto take on the role of Radames and he is extremely excited about his chance to finally perform this, as Aida was a favourite for him from a very early age. 

In 2023 Roberto performed Don José for St Paul’s Opera and Saro in the Armenian Opera Anoush for the London Armenian Opera. His European debut in 2017 saw him as Don José for the International Bel Canto Academy in collaboration with Opera Noord-Holland-Noord.

In the UK, Roberto's performances have included Azael in The Prodigal Son (Pegasus Opera), covering Don Carlos at Grange Park Opera, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and covering Cavaradossi in Tosca at Opera North. He has also covered Canio in I Pagliacci for Opera North and performed the role with Kentish Opera. 

Other notable UK performances include Don José in Carmen at The Grange Festival and Opera-Up-Close, various roles at Grange Park Opera such as the Bandit in Don Quixote, Parpignol in La bohème, and the First Philistine in Samson et Dalila (Grange Park Opera). Additionally, he has appeared as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera with Bury Port Opera, Rodolfo in La bohème with Regents Opera and King’s Head Theatre, and Fenton in Falstaff with (Fulham Opera/Grimeborn/Woodhouse Opera/Wilton’s Music Hall), Luigi Il Tabarro (Opera Vera/ Fulham Opera) among others.

Roberto has sung the tenor solos in Verdi's Requiem, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, and appeared as soloist in the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s Gala Concert with Sumi Jo in 2010, and Opera Gala with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Dennis O’Neill at the Wales Millennium Centre in 2012.

Felicity trained at the RNCM and on ENO’s Opera Works programme, and is currently negotiating being both a full-time singer and a new mum!

During the 2022/3 season she returned to ENO and to Philip Glass as a Daughter of Akhnaten in Phelim McDermott's celebrated production, made her Sondheim debut as the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd at West Green House Opera, and sang Flora in La Traviata alongside Roderick Williams at the St Endellion Festival. Concert appearances included Handel's Messiah, Verdi's Requiem and Tippett's A Child of Our Time. So far in the 2023/24 season, she has sung Mendelssohn Elijah, Beethoven Symphony No.9 and Rosina The Barber of Seville, in a new translation to Yorkshire dialect by poet Ian McMillan, for the inaugural Bradford Opera Festival.

Past operatic highlights include: Kasturbai in Philip Glass’ Satyagraha (ENO); Wellgunde The Rhinegold (Birmingham Opera); Carmen (Baseless Fabric Theatre/Grimeborn/Kentish Opera); Lily Porgy and Bess (Theater an der Wien); Nicklausse The Tales of Hoffmann (Kentish Opera), La Cenerentola (High Time); Cherubino The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Up Close); Olga Eugene Onegin (Opera Up Close, Opera South East, Mid Wales Opera (cover)); 3rd Lady The Magic Flute (Opera Up Close); Rossweisse Die Walküre (Grange Park Opera); Maddalena Rigoletto (Park Opera); and Paquette Candide and cover Suzuki Madama Butterfly (West Green House Opera).

Felicity is in demand on the concert platform with highlights including Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Mozart Requiem, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Durufle Requiem, Vivaldi Gloria, and Rutter Feel the Spirit. She has made solo appearances for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, at Royal Festival Hall, and with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Originally from Levens in the Lake District, John read Theology at Durham University before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.

John has worked for many of the UK’s leading opera companies big and small - including Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera and English National Opera. Operatic roles include title role Imeneo with Baroque Encounter, Danilo The Merry Widow and Leporello Don Giovanni for Opera della Luna, Pirate King The Pirates of Penzance for the International G&S Festival and Sacristan Tosca, Amantio Gianni Schicchi, Morales Carmen, Frank Die Fledermaus for Opera Holland Park and March Hare and the White Knight in Will Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Opera House.

Concert performances include Bach Christmas Oratorio and Stainer Crucifixion in Germany; Elgar Dream of Gerontius in Iasi, Romania; C.P.E. Bach Magnificat in Dunblane Cathedral, Vaughan WIlliams' Sea Symphony in Chichester Cathedral, Handel’s Messiah in Carlisle, Liverpool and Portsmouth Cathedrals, Vaughan Williams’ Mystical Songs in Rochester Cathedral, Pink Champagne and HMS Pinafore with the RLPO, Mozart Requiem in the Royal Albert Hall, Rachmaninov The Bells in Southampton Guildhall, Britten War Requiem in Kendal and the Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass at The Anvil, Basingstoke.

Recent and future performances include Bartolo Barber of Seville, Benoit/Alcindoro La Boheme, Morales Carmen & Baron Douphol La Traviata for Opera Brava, Dick Deadeye HMS Pinafore for Opera della Luna, A chip in the sugar and Bed among the lentils from Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, Scrooge A Christmas Carol and Yvan Art - all on tour for Entertainment Events.

Håkan Vramsmo was born in Sweden and studied singing at Malmö Musikhögskola, Sweelinck Conservatorium and Conservatoire de Metz with Udo Reinemann and Mitsuko Shirai, and at Hartmut Höll's Liedclass in Karlsruhe. In 1999 he moved to London, subsequently graduating from Guildhall School of Music & Drama with distinction and immediately going on to sing at the opening night of the BBC Proms.

He has performed extensively on the concert platform, where he is especially appreciated for his intimate musicianship, appearing at major venues throughout Europe including Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Stuttgart Liederhalle, Sibeliusacademin and Aldeburgh, in collaboration with Iain Burnside, Julius Drake, Bengt Forsberg, Rudolf Jansen, Graham Johnson, Gary Matthewman, Roger Vignoles, Llyr Williams and Andrew West at the piano.

At Festivals such as L'Heures Romantiques, BBC Proms, St Magnus, Nürnberg, Oxford, Schriermonikoog and Wroclav he has appeared with the Hebridies Ensemble, Carducci Quartet, Gabrieli Consort, Sharoun Ensemble (Berliner Philharmonier) and English Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with many symphony orchestras including the BBC, Jerusalem, City of Birmingham, Bournemouth, Wroclaw, Barcelona, Zagreb, Gothenburg, and Malmö, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, Paul McCreech, Leonard Slatkin, Sir David Willcocks, Sakari Oramo and Leon Botstein.

Giles studied at the Purcell School of Music and on a scholarship with Norman Bailey at the RCM, where he won the Lieder Competition. Since then, his concert and opera engagements have taken him across the globe, in repertoire from all periods.

He has recorded for the BBC, Capriol Films, Naxos, Chandos, Divine Art Records, Boo Productions, and on numerous film soundtracks. He has toured the UK and America as Pish-Tush in The Mikado (Carl Rosa) and also for Raymond Gubbay at the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Symphony Hall and the Bridgewater Hall.

He recently appeared in the roles of the Counsel for the Prosecution and James Smith in Madeleine by David Hackbridge Johnson with Surrey Opera. In 2022, he appeared with the company in their sell out production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall, in the role of Leporello. Giles can be heard on ‘Prayers of the Rosary’, (2020) the latest CD by Katharine Blake and the Mediaeval Baebes celebrating 25 years of the group.

He recently appeared with New Sussex Opera in their critically acclaimed productions of Offenbach’s The Princess of Trebizonde and La Belle Lurette, as Phantis in Utopia Limited (Buxton Opera House), in Surrey Opera's UK premiere of Sense and Sensibility and with Kentish Opera as Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard.

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Having trained initially in piano, singing and flute at a specialist music school in her native Poland, Lexie's UK opera journey commenced as a member of Blackheath Halls Opera chorus, where she honed her operatic craft and embraced the transformative power of music over the course of three exhilarating fully-staged operas.

She then joined the ranks of Kentish Opera chorus, an experience which has further enriched her understanding of the art form and fuelled her commitment.

She subsequently trained at Morley Opera School and, for the past three years, has had invaluable guidance and mentorship from her teacher Neil Baker, whose expertise has been instrumental in shaping her vocal prowess and artistic vision. She is constantly inspired to push the boundaries of her learning and embrace the boundless possibilities of the operatic realm. She is thrilled to be making her solo debut in Aida.

Angus was one of the first five students to attend The Orpheus Centre, which was founded by Richard Stilgoe.  Its purpose is inclusion, in providing performing arts opportunities for all and not allowing disability to become a barrier which holds back talent.  His time at The Orpheus has long finished, but he remains closely connected. He is an ambassador for the centre and is part of the Orpheus Alumni Performers, which is made up of some of the former students, who perform to raise funds and promote The Orpheus Centre vision.

Angus is a solo singer gifted with a beautiful high baritone voice. He has sung at many interesting venues such as St Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Glastonbury and Westminster Cathedral. The highlight of his career so far is when he was asked to sing for the Queen at Windsor Castle on her 80th birthday. 

In 2018, Angus starred in the role of Orpheus in a musical comedy called Orpheus The Mythical written by Richard Stillgoe. He was joined by his Orpheus Centre group alumni, Arts Education graduates and celebratory guests. The show ran for 2 weeks at Andrew Lloyd Webbers’ then-newest theatre, The Other Palace, in London.