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For the 2022/23 season, William is set to perform the roles of Colline in La bohème for Glyndebourne on Tour and at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, and Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for his debut with Opéra de Rouen Normandie. He will also showcase his vocal abilities in Handel’s Messiah with the Academy of Ancient Music/Laurence Cummings, Mozart’s Requiem with Glyndebourne on Tour, Handel’s St John Passion with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra/Phillip von Steinacker, and Narbal in Les Troyens with the Monteverdi Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
In the coming seasons, he will make his debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala, Milan, while also returning to the Opéra national de Paris.
As a Jerwood Young Artist, he played Nicholas in the British premiere of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa at the Glyndebourne Festival. William has also performed as Shepherd in Pelléas et Mélisande for Garsington Opera and made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Recently, he has performed as Zweiter Priester/Zweiter Geharnischter in Die Zauberflöte for Glyndebourne and Colline in La bohème at Alexandra Palace for the English National Opera.
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Her outstanding talent has been acknowledged with numerous awards, including the Critics' Circle award for Exceptional Young Talent in 2010 and the Young Singer award at the 2013 International Opera Awards. In 2019, Sophie was made an MBE for her services to music in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Sophie has performed with leading orchestras around the world and under the direction of acclaimed conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, and Sir Mark Elder. Her repertoire includes works by composers such as Schubert, Faure, Handel, and Gluck. She is also a highly-regarded recitalist, having performed at venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Aldeburgh Festival, and the Wigmore Hall in London.
Sophie is in high demand for her work in opera, having performed in numerous productions including Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, and The Turn of the Screw. She has appeared at prestigious venues such as the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. Sophie lives in Oxfordshire with her husband, two children, and two cocker spaniels.
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Bethany's recent highlights include her role debut as Dorabella in the John Cox production of Così fan Tutte at Garsington Opera, winning second prize in the 2021 London Handel Festival Singing Competition, and performing a solo recital at the London Handel Festival with her duo partner Steven Devine. She has also been on an extensive tour with Holland Baroque and played the role of Žena in Káťa Kabanová at Glyndebourne.
Bethany has performed with several notable ensembles, including the Academy of Ancient Music and Voces8 for their annual performance of Handel's Messiah, and her Royal Festival Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and Kings Place solo debuts as part of the OAE Rising Stars scheme. She also joined the OAE for their broadcast production of Bach's St John Passion alongside a cast including Gerald Finley and Mark Padmore, and recorded and performed the role of Cupid in John Eccles' Semele with the Academy of Ancient Music and Cambridge Early Opera.
In 2019, Bethany won first prize in the Normandy International Music Competition Concours Corneille in association with Le Poème Harmonique, and made her Glyndebourne debut as Kitchen Boy in Dvořák's Rusalka, also covering the role of Siren in Handel's Rinaldo. She subsequently made her Berlin Philharmonie debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in their concert performance of Dvořák's Rusalka, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
Bethany's passion for new music has led her to premiere songs by Jeffrey Joseph, John Sturt, Thomas Hewitt Jones, and Tim Hamilton. She often commissions new scores and has collaborated with composers such as Nils Frahm, Terry Riley, and the London Contemporary Orchestra. She has also honed her craft in masterclasses and workshops with renowned artists such as Brigitte Fassbaender, Joyce DiDonato, David Gowland, Patricia Bardon, Mary Bevan, Dame Felicity Lott, and Sophie Daneman.
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