Hannah Sawle (soprano)

Hannah Sawle studied at Chethams School of Music as a cellist, pianist and singer and completed her BMus(Hons) (First Class) and MMus (Distinction) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, supported by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Sir Richard Stapeley Trust and the Nicolas Boas Charitable Trust. She completed a year on English National Opera’s Opera Works Course and is currently studying with John Evans.

Operatic roles include Trio Soprano (Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein), Premiere Adolescent (la cour de Celimene, Thomas) both with Wexford Festival Opera Nedda, (Pagliacci, Leoncavallo) and Mademoiselle Silberklang (The Impresario, Mozart) for Garden Opera, Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte, Mozart) for Jackdaws, cover Elettra (Idomeneo, Mozart) for Opus Opera and Pamina (Die Zauberflote, Mozart), Adina (l’elisir d’amore, Donizetti), Elettra (Idomeneo) all with Hampstead Garden Opera and created the role of Ruth, (A Fountain Sealed, Williamson) for Charles Court Opera. Chorus engagements include Wexford Festival Opera, Iford Arts, Opera East and Raymond Gubbay (Carmen at the O2 and Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall).

Future engagements include chorus for Aida with Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall.  Hannah is also singing various roles at the Buxton festival opera including works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Handel and Sibelius

Amy J Payne (mezzo)

Amy hails from South Devon and lives in London. She graduated with a Masters in Performance with Distinction in November 2010 from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after studying as a postgraduate on the vocal and opera studies courses. In 2009 she was recipient of The School’s English Song Prize and won The Susan Longfield Competition. She has a Bachelor Honours degree in French and German from King's College, London, where she also held a choral scholarship.

Operatic experience includes: Mrs. Noye Noye's Fludde (Faversham Fludde Festival), Suzuki Madam Butterfly (Mid Wales Opera), Schwertleite Die Walküre (St. Endellion Summer Festival), Dr Blind/Ida Die Fledermaus (Iris Theatre/Orchestra of St Pauls), Second Lady (cover) & Chorus The Magic Flute (Garsington Opera), Mère Marie de l'Incarnation Dialogues des Carmélites (GSMD), Dianora Spinalba (GSMD), Dorabella Così fan Tutte (Westminster Opera), Florence Pike Albert Herring (GSMD), Olga Eugene Onegin (DISS), Anne Who Strips (cover) The King goes forth to France (GSMD), Arina (cover) The Marriage (GSMD), Alto Chorus Acis & Galatea (Westminster Opera), Un Pâtre/La Chatte/La Libellule L'enfant et les Sortileges (Syred Consort), Sarah/Eliza Jacko's Hour (Opera Engine), Coryphée Alceste (Chelsea Opera Group). Projects include: Mastrilla (cover)/Chorus La Perichole & Chorus Don Giovanni for Garsington Opera. As a member of the Garsington Opera Studio Programme, Amy will sing the role of Second Lady for two fully-staged performances of The Magic Flute in July 2012 at West Green House. Amy appears regularly on the oratorio and concert platform both as a soloist and a consort singer. Solo repertoire includes: Messiah (Handel), Requiem (Mozart), Vespers (Rachmaninoff), Gloria (Vivaldi), Requiem (Verdi), Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Missa Solemnis (Beethoven), Magnificat (CPE Bach) and Requiem (Durufle). She has sung Sea Pictures (Elgar), Les Nuits d'Été (Berlioz) and Frauenliebe und - leben (Schumann) in piano recitals and with orchestra.In 2010 she made her Barbican Hall debut with The Guildhall New Music Ensemble in Voices (Henze) and has collaborated with Iain Burnside in song projects and recitals both at GSMD and St. Endellion Summer Festival. As a soloist she has performed live on BBC Radio 3, and as a chorister on BBC Radio 4 and at the BBC Proms. Ensemble credits include: Hanover Band Chorus, Philharmonia Voices, Coro Cervantes and Colla Voce Singers. She also sings with and manages her own vocal ensemble, Canteremo.

Paul Curievici (tenor)

Paul Curievici recently completed his studies on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama under John Evans. Recent performances include Sam Kaplan Street Scene at the Young Vic (The Opera Group), Orpheus Euridice and Sellem The Rake's Progress (BYO), Henze's song cycle Voices at the Barbican, Vaudemont Iolanta, Chevalier de la Force Les dialogues des Carmélites, Ippolito La Spinalba and Mayor Upfold Albert Herring (Guildhall Opera), Evandre Alceste and Giuseppe La Traviata (Chelsea Opera Group), and Flavio Norma (Grange Park Opera); future plans include Piquillo (cover) in Garsington Opera's La Perichole (Offenbach) and Monostatos The Magic Flute for Garsington's Studio Programme at West Green. He is extremely grateful for the continuing support he receives from Serena Fenwick. 

Ricardo Panela (baritone)

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Portuguese baritone Ricardo Panela is a Licentiate in Voice Performance and Teaching, a degree he finished at the University of Aveiro under the direction of António Salgado.
Ricardo also holds a Guildhall School of Music & Drama MMus in Performance (Vocal Studies), and still studies under Laura Sarti.
He has participated in Voice Masterclasses with Patricia MacMahon (FRSAMD), Robin Bowman (MMus AKC FGSM FRCO ARCM), amongst others, and with the singers Dame Emma Kirkby and Montserrat Caballé. 
Equally at home in Operatic and Sacred repertoire, his oratorio credits include Stabat Mater by G. Rossini, Requiem by Fauré, Oratorio de Noel by C. Saint-Saens, Te Deum by Lully and Te Deum by Charpentier, Missa in Angustiis by F. J. Haydn, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée by M. Ravel, Cantata 147, Johannes-Passio (excerpts)  and Matthaus-Passio (excerpts) by J. S. Bach and Kroenungsmass and Vesprae Solenne de Confessore by W. A. Mozart
Upcoming engagements include Marco in Gianni Schicchi for Fulham Opera (March 2012), Belcore in Elisir d’Amore for Pop-Up Opera (May 2012) and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Westminster Opera (UK).
Ricardo would like to acknowledge the support of the Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust with his studies and career.