3, 5, 7 & 10 November 2025
7pm
Silk Street Theatre
Opera Double Bill
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Stephen Barlow director
Jon Morrell designer
Simon Bennison lighting designer
Abigail Kessel intimacy director
Bret Yount fight director
Charlie Morgan choreographer
Jack Stone assistant conductor & chorus master
Oscar Simms assistant director
Lili Warden assistant lighting designer
Welcome
In this programme:
Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
Der Wald
Interval (30 minutes)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Lucrezia (UK Premiere)
Sung in German and Italian with English surtitles.
Surtitles created by Ruth Hansford.
The performance duration is approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including a 30-minute interval.
Please note this production contains adult content including scenes of murder, suicide and sexual violence. There may be loud noises and haze. Pyrotechnics will be used during the performance of Der Wald.
Conductor's note
I am often asked how we choose the operas here at Guildhall, especially when we are performing the only opera composed by a woman that the Metropolitan Opera performed in the entire twentieth century, and the UK premiere of a well-known composer’s setting of a well-known story.
The answer is that we search for pieces that present the best developmental opportunity we can find for the exact cohort of second year singers we have. In this year’s case, we have some larger soprano voices than one often sees at student level. We wanted to give these singers a chance to sing some ‘big’ repertoire but intentionally chose to find one-act pieces for this opportunity, so that they could tackle the substance of this material without being overwhelmed by the stamina that a full-length role in their voice type would require.
Consequently, the chance for our singers to sing and our orchestra to play what seems to be Dame Ethel Smyth’s homage to Wagner seemed irresistible. Likewise, Respighi’s fabulously compact telling of a story we know better from Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia presents our players and singers with a genuine verismo opera experience that they have responded to with relish!
The happy by-product of this intention to choose our repertoire to fit our specific cohorts of singers, is that in the last twelve years, we have commissioned three new operas and two new orchestrations, presented one world stage premiere along with several UK and London premieres, and have been delighted to see a selection of operas we have ‘revived’ subsequently programmed elsewhere after colleagues had seen our productions.
We hope very much that you enjoy these operas this evening and perhaps have the chance to see them presented elsewhere again in the near future!
Dominic Wheeler
Head of Opera Studies
Synopses
Der Wald
A rural community deep in the forest.
Röschen is to be married tomorrow. During the humble preparations, overseen by her father, a travelling salesman arrives to peddle his wares. The merriment is interrupted by a strange sound from the forest – the call of Iolanthe, a treacherous figure and partner of Rudolf, who owns the land on which they all live and work. Everyone scatters in fear apart from Röschen who prays while waiting for her fiancée, Heinrich, a Woodsman. When he arrives lugging a deer that he has just killed for the wedding feast Röschen insists he hide it as poaching on Rudolf’s land is punishable by death. Once concealed, the couple dream of their new future together in the forest which has cradled them since birth. Röschen returns home shortly before Iolanthe arrives.
Struck by his prowess as a Woodsman, Iolanthe propositions Heinrich who explains he is faithful to Röschen. Iolanthe threatens Heinrich and orders him to leave Röschen. After Heinrich has left, Rudolf arrives questioning why Iolanthe is avoiding him, but Iolanthe says their relationship is over. Spotting a Woodsman’s axe on the table, Rudolf suspects Heinrich of being Iolanthe’s new lover. Suddenly, a group of Iolanthe’s friends drag in the Hausirer, a Pedlar. As they interrogate him, the men stumble across the dead deer. Fearing for his life, the Pedlar tells Rudolf that he saw Heinrich with the deer. Rudolf brags to Iolanthe that Heinrich must be punished for his crime.
Iolanthe threatens Heinrich again, saying that to avoid punishment for his crime he must leave Röschen and join her. Röschen pleads with Heinrich to save himself, but he refuses, telling her their love will defy death. Iolanthe orders the execution of Heinrich; Röschen is left distraught.
Interval (30 minutes)
Lucrezia
Ancient Rome.
Evening. Sextus Tarquinio, Prince of Rome, and four noblemen are leading a siege against Ardea, outside Rome. Bored and drunk, they argue about the moral character of their wives. One of the men, Tarquinio’s cousin Collatino, proposes that they bet on whose wife is the most virtuous. They return to Rome to find their wives are out feasting, apart from Lucrezia, the wife of Collatino, who is at home with her handmaidens. Collatino has won the bet. But a seed of desire ferments in Tarquinio.
The next evening. Late. Lucrezia is reading a story to her handmaidens, Servia and Venilia, while they spin wool. Lucrezia emphasises the moral of the story – that while it’s possible to live without love, one cannot live without honour. Tarquinio arrives unexpectedly on the pretext of needing accommodation for the night. Lucrezia obliges but is unsettled by this unusual visit. After Lucrezia has gone to sleep, dreaming of her husband, Tarquinio enters her bedchamber and rapes her.
The next day. Early morning. Lucrezia is disturbed by the light exposing her violated body. She demands Servia and Venillia remain silent. Lucrezia summons Collatino and her father, Spurio Lucrezio, instructing them to bring witnesses, Bruto and Valerio. Lucrezia reveals what happened to her and insists they vow to avenge the crime before revealing the name of the perpetrator. Despite Collatino’s reassurance, Lucrezia sees her relationship as tainted and ends her life to retain her honour. After her death, Bruto leads the charge to kill Tarquinio and overthrow the corrupt Tarquinii royal family.
Throughout, a female character, La Voce, observes and comments on the action, at times channelling the thoughts of the protagonists.
Synopses by Stephen Barlow
Cast
Der Wald
Röschen
Seohyun Go (3 & 7 Nov)
Manon Ogwen Parry (5 & 10 Nov)
Iolanthe
Avery Lafrentz
Heinrich
Harry Jacques (3 & 7 Nov)
Tobias Campos Santiñaque (5 & 10 Nov)
Rudolf
Redmond Sanders
Peter
Oliver Williams
Hausirer
Sonny Fielding
Ein Bursche
Samuel Horton (3 & 7 Nov)
Jacob Cole (5 & 10 Nov)
Erste Jäger
Ben Hendry-Watkins (3 & 7 Nov)
Aidan O’Donnell (5 & 10 Nov)
Chorus
Thomas Aminfar-Antoniw
Ciara Byrne
Jacob Cole
Charlotte Du-Cann
Ben Hendry-Watkins
Samuel Horton
Hannah Hughes
Alex Hutton
Will Jowett
Niamh Kearney
Miranda Kettlewell
Aidan O’Donnell
Jiho Park
Owen Ravden
Georgia Tolson
Tokio Ueno
Lucrezia
La Voce
Gabriella Giulietta Noble
Lucrezia
Hannah McKay (3 & 7 Nov)
Lowri Probert (5 & 10 Nov)
Servia
Marianne Ruel
Venilia
Manon Ogwen Parry (3 & 7 Nov)
Seohyun Go (5 & 10 Nov)
Collatino
Tobias Campos Santiñaque
Bruto
Harry Jacques
Tarquinio
Redmond Sanders
Tito
Sonny Fielding
Arunte & Spurio Lucrezio
Oliver Williams
Valerio
Sonny Fielding
Defendant
Jacob Cole
Plaintiff
Hannah Hughes
Judge
Ben Hendry-Watkins
Orchestra
Violin I
Malena Benavent Gimeno*
Natalia Lerch
Erola Masque Garcia
Yuxi Yang
Jess Hendry
Luke Doyle
Hana McDowell
Violin II
Pavla Bedrichova*
Francisca Davies-Attwood
Clara Lacout
Hayun Lee
Filip Gutten
Anson Kwong
Viola
Charlie Potts*
Sean Lee
Michael Soza
Lydia Atkinson
Cello
Sophie Naden-Johns*
Gabriel Webb
Nadlly Wang
Kit Cookson
James Conway (10 Nov only)
Double Bass
Anton Avis*
Annabel Beniston
Flute
Laoise Corrigan*
Belle Brunson
Piccolo
Emily Moores
Oboe
Miriam Cooper*
Jemima Inman
Cor Anglais
Oliver Brown
Clarinet
Rosa Jones*
Thomas Young
Bass Clarinet
Ben Adams
Bassoon
Lucy Powell Davies*
Billy Harrold
Horn
Freya Campbell*
Ima Kirkwood
Ping-Wei Wu
Jacob Eynon
Sinead McEvoy (offstage)
Trumpet
Florence Wilson-Toy*
Victor Dutor Davidson
Freya McGrath
Trombone
Andy Leeming*
Robbie Palmer
Bass Trombone
Ben Loska
Tuba
Stanley Aitken
Timpani
Bryony Che
Percussion
Johan Smith*
Sum Yin Ng
Harp
Emily Hopper
* Section principal
Names and seating correct at time of publication.
Ensembles, Programming & Instrument Manager
Phil Sizer
Orchestra Librarian
Anthony Wilson
Music Stage, Logistics & Instrument Manager
Kevin Elwick
Music Stage Supervisor
Louis Baily
Production Team
Opera/Vocal Department Students and Fellows
Assistant Conductor & Chorus Master
Jack Stone
Assistant Director
Oscar Simms
Repetiteurs & Surtitle Operators
Arianna Congedi
Daniel Greenway
Covers
Jacob Cole
Ben Hendry-Watkins
Hannah Hughes
Alex Hutton
Will Jowett
Miranda Kettlewell
Hayley Meth
Aidan O’Donnell
Jiho Park
Tokio Ueno
Production Arts Students
Production Manager
Liam Allen
Assistant Production Managers
Muiris Capon-Telford
Jasmin Weekes
Deputy Stage Manager
Nyah Felix
Assistant Stage Managers
Ellisia Paper (Book Cover)
Mary Lwena
Charlie Tiernan
Production Electrician
Iris Farquharson
Lighting Programmer/ Assistant Production Electrician
Elliott Stradling
Lighting Programmer
Lili Warden
Assistant Production Electrician
Jamie Waters
Technical Manager
Beau Morton-Turner
Assistant Technical Managers
James Broadhurst
Edmond Rudland
Props Coordinator
Emma Mason
Lead Prop Makers
Hawks Gómez Martínez
Christa Yap
Prop Makers
Cam Cole
Maisie Gamble
Izzy Lovelock
Scenic Art Coordinator
Christina Angus
Lead Scenic Artists
Katherine Byrne
Jasmine Green
Scenic Artists
Mary Dorian
Tia Alexandrou
Hannah Rhind
Construction Manager
Alice Friend
Lead Scenic Carpenter
Seth Cunningham
Construction
Alice Green
Liam Jenkins
Phoenix Lok Stallabrass
Costume Supervisor
Tara Duffy
Head of Costume Making
Koren Little
Wardrobe Manager
Beca Roberts
Costume Assistants
Megan Allison
Scarlett Horsburgh
Freya Parnell
Costume Makers
Katie Ball
Emma Blake
Head of Costume Props
Imogen Marinko
Sound Engineer
Muiris Capon-Telford
Video Engineer
Jay Culmer
Freelance
Stage Manager
Beth Pratt
Technical Management Supervisor
Sam Bull
Sound Supervisor
Harry Travis
Hair & Makeup Supervisors
Debbie Purkiss
Tom License
Additional Staff
Italian Language Coach
Emma Abbate
German Language Coach
Johanna Mayr
Stage Crew
working across our Opera and Drama productions this year:
Marvin Amrine
Arden Arkwright
CJ Avery
Naomi Bleazard
Charlotte Boother Dominguez
Autumn Star Bragg
AJ Brandt
Isabella Brugnoli
Clara Clow
Thea Cook
Evangeline Cuthbert
Phoebe De Azevedo Gillham
Daisy Doughty
Robin Draper
Xuxu Elliott-Stuart
Alex Emmens
Ciara Falola Cook
El Green
Rina Grošelj
Adam Gulamali
Jago Hannen
Lizzie Harrington
Vanille Henry
Matthew Hill
Linh Hoang
Ruby Hoffer
Daisy Hollies
Ciel Hook
Remée Hutchings
Naomi Jansson
Izzy Johnson
Monty Johnston
Annabelle Jones
Tom Kirby
Codie Lockyer
Maddison Loyns
Hazel Lum
Sian Lynch-Lewis
Angus MacDonald
Jack Masters
Katy Murray
Devesh Nandwani
Isaac Newman
Noah Philby
Hannah Phillips
Lacey Powers
Zac Reynolds
Millie Roberts
Emily Rowe
Caspian Scrivens
Rebecca Seibert
Emily Short
Milo Thomas
Oscar Thomas
Matilda Thomas-Baruya
Megan Thurlby
Axel Toms
Elise Turner
Madi Watts
Ava Whittington
Creative Team
Dominic Wheeler
conductor
Guildhall School productions Mansfield Park, Die Fledermaus, A Star Next to the Moon (world premiere), The Angel Esmeralda (world premiere), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Così fan tutte, The Long Christmas Dinner, A Dinner Engagement, Dialogues des Carmélites, The Tale of Januarie (world premiere), Mavra and Iolanta, The Rape of Lucretia, The Cunning Peasant, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Little Green Swallow Dove (UK premiere), The Marriage of Figaro and Owen Wingrave with the Banff Centre (Canadian premiere).
Other operatic credits The Rhinegold, Siegfried, War and Peace, The Trojans and The Turk in Italy (English National Opera); The Barber of Seville (English National Opera and Opera North); L’elisir d’amore (Opera North); Don Giovanni (Opera North, Scottish Opera and Batignano Festival); Alceste (Scottish Opera and Opera de Nice); Manon (New Zealand Opera); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hungarian State Opera); Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi (New National Theatre, Tokyo); Curlew River (Geidai Arts, Tokyo); Echo and Narcissus by Stuart Macrae and Gentle Giant by Stephen McNeff (ROH2 at the Linbury – world premieres); The Sofa/The Departure by Maconchy (Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells); Pelléas et Mélisande (recorded for Chandos and shortlisted for Royal Philharmonic Society Opera Award); and productions for Royal Academy Opera, English Touring Opera, Opera Holland Park, Chelsea Opera Group, Batignano Festival and Berlin Opera Academy.
Orchestral and choral credits Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, BBC Concert, English Chamber, European Youth and Opera North orchestras, and BBC Singers, Bach Choir, London Mozart Players, Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, Sinfonia Viva, Orchestre de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Tokyo Mozart Players and Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
Stephen Barlow
director
Guildhall School productions Dialogues des Carmélites, La Navarraise, Le portrait de Manon, Comedy on a Bridge, L’enfant prodigue, Francesca di Foix, Le donne curiose and La fedeltà premiata.
Other operatic credits Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); Rigoletto (Chicago Lyric Opera and Romanian National Opera); Roméo et Juliette (Estonian National Opera); Madama Butterfly (Danish National Opera and Mid Wales Opera); Marx in London (Scottish Opera); Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola (Grange Festival); La Cour de Célimène (Wexford Festival); Flight (Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and State Opera South Australia); Tosca, Itch, La bohème, Hänsel und Gretel, Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, Fantastic Mr Fox, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La fanciulla del West and The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Holland Park); Così fan tutte (Central City Opera); Carmen (Opera Theater Saint Louis); Die Zauberflöte, L’heure espagnole and Gianni Schicchi (Royal Academy of Music); Hänsel und Gretel (Royal College of Music); Mansfield Park and Die Fledermaus (Royal Northern College of Music); and La bohème (British Youth Opera). Also The Phantom of the Opera (Europe and Middle East tour).
Jon Morrell
designer
Jon is a multi-award winning set and costume designer working across theatre, opera and dance. He studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London.
Recent credits as Costume Designer include Sinatra The Musical (Birmingham Rep); La bohème (Glyndebourne); La Juive (Geneva); Anything Goes (Barbican and UK tour); Top Hat (Olivier Award Best Costume Design, Aldwych Theatre, UK tour, Japan tour); His Dark Materials (National Theatre); Un ballo in maschera (Den Norske Opera, Royal Danish Theatre); Jenůfa (English National Opera, Santa Fe Opera); Katya Kabanova (Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera); Peter Grimes (Oper Frankfurt); Partenope (English National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Australia, Madrid); La finta giardiniera (Santa Fe Opera); Tannhäuser (Royal Opera House, Chicago); Richard III (Almeida Theatre); and Fearful Symmetries (San Francisco Ballet).
Recent credits as Set and Costume Designer include Gotta Dance! and Cinderella (Royal Danish Ballet); Carmen, Madama Butterfly and Undine (Oper Graz Ballet); Blixen, The Queen of Spades and Cinderella (Royal Danish Ballet); Georgiana (world premiere) (Buxton International Festival); Otello (Washington National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Madrid, English National Opera); Maometto II (Canadian Opera Company, Santa Fe Opera); and Tipping Point (Joffrey Ballet).
Simon Bennison
lighting designer
British lighting designer Simon Bennison is from Manchester and has trained in lighting, architecture and music at University College London, Surrey, Yale, North London, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Salford. He was Deputy Head of Lighting and Lighting Associate for the Royal Opera House until 2022.
Recent credits as Lighting Designer include Barbara (Ballet du Capitole); The Realistic Joneses (Gare St Lazare); Dispatches Duet, Like Water for Chocolate, Or Forevermore and Pilgrim/The Dante Project (The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Danish Royal Ballet); The Winter’s Tale and Woolf Works (American Ballet Theatre); Die Zauberflöte (Sofia Opera); and Carlos Acosta at 50 (Royal Opera House).
Recent credits as Set and Lighting Designer include Shades Through a Shade (Gare St Lazare); and Dusk (The Royal Ballet).
Scenes from an Execution and In a Minor Key (Dundee Repertory Theatre and Mikhailovsky Ballet) were both nominated for best lighting awards. Scherzo and Anemoi (The Royal Ballet) each received best new dance piece awards from the South Bank and Dance Critics Awards. The Dante Project won best dance work in 2022 and Waiting for Godot (Geffen Theater) won best production lighting 2025.
Abigail Kessel
intimacy director
Opera and Theatre credits for intimacy direction, movement direction and choreography include productions at El Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, Dead Centre Theatre Company for Ireland and New York tour, Soho Theatre, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garsington Opera, British American Drama Academy, Guilford Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare productions at The Globe for Rutgers Conservatoire and numerous MA/BA productions at Guildhall School, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama for Richard Burton Company, Royal Northern College of Music, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and others.
Film and Television credits for intimacy coordination include features and series for Warner Bros., Netflix, Disney+, BBC, BBC3, BFI, iPlayer, HULU, Film 4, ABC, ITV, ITVX, Sky TV & Arts and other independent productions.
Abigail is Artistic Director of ARC Dance Academy London which she founded in 2015 to bring professional dance training to her local community to inspire the next generation. She is currently choreographing a full-length ballet to be premiered in 2026.
Bret Yount
fight director
Bret is a Master Teacher with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, a Certified Teacher and Theatrical Firearms Safety instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors and a member of Equity’s Fight Directors Register.
Theatre and Opera credits include Tosca and Festen (The Royal Opera); Fifth Step (@sohoplace); Itch and Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Holland Park); Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Company); Speed (Bush Theatre); Oliver! (Gielgud Theatre); King Lear (Wyndhams/The Shed, New York – Nominated for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography); Dr Strangelove (Noël Coward Theatre); Quiet Songs (The Pit, Barbican); Endgame, 1984, The Birthday Party, The Deep Blue Sea, A View From the Bridge and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Theatre Royal, Bath); The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Minerva Theatre, Chichester); Abigail’s Party (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); Carmen (Glyndebourne); Girl from the North Country and Machinal (Old Vic); The Hungry Body (Donmar Warehouse); The Witches (National Theatre); Cruel Intentions (The Other Palace); The Hunt (St Anns, NYC); My Beautiful Laundrette (Leicester Curve); Sleuth, Closure (Theatre Royal, Windsor); Shooting Hedda Gabler (Rose Theatre, Kingston); Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Crucible (Olivier Theatre, National Theatre/Gielgud Theatre); Mates In Chelsea, Hope Has a Happy Meal and Imposter 22 (Royal Court); Village Idiots (Nottingham Playhouse/Stratford East); East is South, The Harmony Test, Between Riverside and Crazy and Akebah (Hampstead Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre/National Tour); A Beautiful Thing (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); and A Little Life (Harold Pinter).
Charlie Morgan
choreographer
Charlie is Associate Head of Vocal Studies (Movement and Performers Health) at Guildhall School. She has also taught at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Royal Academy of Music, Drama Centre, Mountview, The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Guildford Stage Academy, Italia Conti, Dance East and Creative Partnerships.
Guildhall School productions Mansfield Park, A Fairy Queen’s Midsummer Night, An American Songbook, Le nozze di Figaro, The Fairy Queen, The Tempest, Die Zauberflöte, Timon of Athens, Venus and Adonis, Acteon, The Poetry of Lorca, Dear Brutus, Badenheim 1939, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and various Zarzuelas and Cantata Projects.
Other Movement Direction and Choreography Credits: Eugene Onegin (West Green Opera); The Philistines, Don Juan Comes Back From the War (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art); Timon of Athens, Venus and Adonis and Acteon (Trinity Laban, Hatchlands, St Mary at Hill, New Maldon); Ceruleo and The Hired Man (Leicester Curve, Mercury Theatre); Saer Doliau (Finborough Theatre, Earls Court); The Time of my Life (Watford Palace Theatre); Flo+Sam: Operatic Salvage (Metal, Chalkwell Park); The Towers of Ilium (Short Film); Red Riding Hood (The Mack, Mountview); Never Lost At Home (New Wolsey Theatre); Fame, Oliver, Treasure Island, Night Watch, Dick Whittington, Aladdin, The Wall, You Can Always Hand Them Back, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Quadrophenia, The Winter’s Tale, The Rivals, The Grapes of Wrath, King David, Man of Blood, Hell is Empty and all the Devils Are Here!, TWO, Sleeping Beauty, Iphigenia, Death of a Salesman, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Beauty and the Beast, Brass Balls, Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar (Mercury Theatre). Charlie has also worked on a variety of corporate events, commercial shows, drama school productions, summer schools, youth theatres, Historical Dance events and movement workshops.
Students & Fellows
Jack Stone
assistant conductor & chorus master
Guildhall School Repetiteur Course (second-year) studying with Dominic Wheeler.
Scholarships Guildhall Scholarship.
Competitions Harold Darke Prize (Royal College of Music, 2016).
Credits Assistant Conductor & Repetiteur Mansfield Park and Opera Makers 2025, and Repetiteur Autumn Opera Scenes 2024 and Spring Opera Scenes 2025 (Guildhall School); Repetiteur La straniera, Le roi d’Ys, Le villi, Un Ballo di Maschera and Orfeo ed Euridice (Chelsea Opera Group); Conductor The Messiah (The Merry Opera Company); Repetiteur & Chorus Master La bohème (Opera Greenwich); Repetiteur & Orchestral Organ Suor Angelica (Opera Greenwich); Repetiteur & Assistant Conductor Così fan tutte (Regents Opera); Repetiteur & Chorus Master La forza del destino (Regents Opera); and Repetiteur Nabucco (Fulham Opera).
Future plans Assistant Conductor Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Oscar Simms
assistant director
Guildhall School Junior Fellow.
Credits Assistant Director The Veil of the Temple (Edinburgh International Festival); Assistant Director Jane Eyre and Bluebeard’s Castle (Arcola Theatre); Associate Director Hamlet (Buxton International Festival); Assistant Director Itch (Opera Holland Park); Associate Director Mahler’s Eighth Symphony (Southbank Centre/London Philharmonic Orchestra); Assistant Director Simon Boccanegra (Opera North); Assistant Director Tales of Apollo & Hercules (London Handel Festival); Assistant Director Hänsel und Gretel (Royal Academy of Music); Director Young Artist Gala and Assistant Director The Turn of the Screw (Waterperry Opera Festival); Director Noye’s Fludde (Pimlico Musical Foundation); and Director The Lost Life of Tilly MacLeod (Artled Productions).
Future plans Assistant Director La traviata (The Royal Opera).
Lili Warden
assistant lighting designer
BA (Hons) in Production Arts: Theatre Technology (third-year).
Credits Lighting Programmer Loveplay (dir Ola Ince), Production Manager Production Arts Projects 2024, Gaffer Hidden in Plain Sight (Screens Project 2025), Assistant Stage Manager Autumn Opera Scenes 2025 (dir Lucy Bradley), Technical Manager Orlando (dir Ellen McDougall), Lighting Designer Making It Festival 2025 and Lighting Designer Vocal Scenes 2025 (dir John Ramster) (Guildhall School); Associate Lighting Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart (Proms 2025, Aurora Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall); LX dep Choir of Man (The Arts Theatre); LX dep Starlight Express (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre); and Casual Lighting Technician at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
After graduating, Lili is planning to pursue lighting design, associating and programming in Theatre and Television productions.
Arianna Congedi
repetiteur
Guildhall School Repetiteur Course (first-year) studying with Elizabeth Rowe.
Scholarships Sally Cohen Opera Scholarship; 2024 Opera Awards Foundation bursary recipient; and 2024 Solti-Peretti Repetiteur Young Artist.
Conducting credits Teseo and Don Giovanni (Ensemble Orquesta).
Repetiteur credits Alcina (Saluzzo Opera Academy); Carmen, Dido and Aeneas and Le nozze di Figaro (Zurich University of the Arts); Larmes du couteau/Alexandre bis (Theater Gessnerallee Zurich); and Die Fledermaus (Lyric Opera Studio Weimar).
Daniel Greenway
repetiteur
Guildhall School Repetiteur Course (first-year) studying with Elizabeth Rowe.
Scholarships Jack Irons Repetiteur Scholarship.
Competitions Winner of Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal (2024).
Repetiteur credits Dido and Aeneas and Acis and Galatea (Keble Early Music Festival).
Jacob Cole
tenor
Guildhall School Vocal Course (second-year) studying with Marie Vassiliou and Marcus van den Akker.
Scholarships Guildhall Scholarship; and Hammond Award (Chipperfield Choral Society).
Previous roles Older Son Dead Man Walking (Guildhall School).
Sonny Fielding
baritone
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Robert Dean.
Scholarships Fishmongers’ Music Scholarship.
Previous roles Dr Blind Die Fledermaus, Aristotle Alexander and the Tree, Puppet Master Strings of Rebellion and scenes from Gloriana, Don Pasquale, Manon, Maria Stuarda and L’elisir d’amore (Guildhall School).
Future plans Title role Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Seohyun Go
soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Samantha Malk.
Scholarships Margaret Easton Scholarship; Richard Buxton Scholarship; and Fishmongers’ Colyers-Edwards Bequest.
Competitions Winner, Guildhall School Gold Medal (2025); Finalist, The Kathleen Ferrier Awards (2025); and Winner, Franz-Schubert-Institut Lieder Prize (2024).
Previous roles Princess Strings of Rebellion, First Witch Dido and Aeneas, Queen of the Night Introduction to Opera: The Magic Flute and scenes from Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, Manon, Rodelinda, Flight, Tancredi, Albert Herring and Roméo et Juliette (Guildhall School); Donna Elvira Don Giovanni and scenes from Così fan tutte (Korea National Opera); Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte (Lotte Concert Hall); and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni (Seoul National University).
Future plans Mrs Coyle Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); Glyndeborne Opera Festival Jerwood Young Artist 2026; Poulenc’s Gloria in Exeter; Guildhall Artists at Carnegie Hall; and Haydn’s The Creation in Brenchley.
Ben Hendry-Watkins
bass-baritone
Guildhall School Vocal Course (first-year) studying with David Pollard.
Scholarships Hazell Scholarship Fund; Sidney Perry Foundation Scholarship; Countess of Munster Musical Trust; Winship Foundation; Wavendon Foundation; and Hywel Davies Trust for Young Musicians.
Competitions First Prize, Liz Chant Bursary Competition (2025); First Prize, Southwell Choral Society Bursary for Young Musicians (2025); Singing Prize, Nottingham Young Musician of the Year Competition (2017); and Second prize, Bingham Choral Society Award for Young Musicians (2017).
Previous roles Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro (Oxford Opera Society); Polkan The Golden Cockerel (Orchestra VOX); and Herzog Mount Herzog (Tête à Tête Festival).
Future plans JS Bach’s Magnificat (Wokingham Choral Society); and Pilate in St Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio (Winchester Bach Voices).
Samuel Horton
tenor
Guildhall School Vocal Course (first-year) studying with Marilyn Rees.
Scholarships Behrens Foundation Scholarship.
Previous roles Chorus The Rape of Lucretia (British Youth Opera); and Sir Philip Wingrave Owen Wingrave, Mr Rushworth Mansfield Park, Patacha L’étoile and Dr Blind Die Fledermaus (Royal Northern College of Music).
Harry Jacques
tenor
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with John Evans.
Scholarships Grocers’ Scholarship; Edith Vogel Bursary; and Josephine Baker Trust.
Competitions Finalist, Keith Bonnington Competition (Guildhall School, 2025).
Previous roles Mr Price Gef!, Alex Alexander and the Tree and scenes from Maria Stuarda, Albert Herring, Roméo et Juliette, Dialogues des carmélites and Gloriana (Guildhall School); and Nemorino (cover) L’elisir d’amore (Wild Arts Festival).
Future plans General Sir Philip Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Avery Lafrentz
soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Marilyn Rees.
Scholarships Rosemary Thayer Award; and Beris Hudson Award.
Previous roles Witch Strings of Rebellion and scenes from La clemenza di Tito, Albert Herring, La Gioconda and Der Rosenkavalier (Guildhall School); Title role Suor Angelica (Greve in Chianti, Italy); Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Anna Maurrant Street Scene, Vitellia La clemenza di Tito, Governess Turn of the Screw and Older Sister Come Closer (Opera McGill); and Robin Northern Lights Dream (Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Toronto).
Future plans Miss Wingrave Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Hannah McKay
soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Yvonne Kenny.
Scholarships Behrens Foundation Scholarship; Carpenters’ Company Henry Osborne Award Scholarship; Sybil Tutton Opera Award Holder.
Competitions Finalist, Susan Longfield Award (Guildhall School, 2025); Audience Prize, Glenarm Festival of Voice (2024); Finalist, Irish Heritage Bursary Competition (Wigmore Hall, 2024); and Finalist, Veronica Dunne Bursary Competition (2023).
Previous roles Second Woman Dido and Aeneas, Maria Bertram (cover) Mansfield Park, Signora Guidotti (cover) I due timidi, La fata azzura (cover) La bella dormente nel bosco and scenes from Maria Stuarda, Così fan tutte, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Don Giovanni, War and Peace, L’incoronazione di Poppea, L’amico Fritz, Peter Grimes, La clemenza di Tito and L’elisir d’amore (Guildhall School); Ein Sklave Salome (London Symphony Orchestra); Suor Angelica (cover) Suor Angelica (West Green House Opera); Geraldine A Hand of Bridge (Durham University Opera); and Mary Crawford Mansfield Park (Samling Academy – COVID cancellation).
Future plans Mrs Coyle Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); and Mother Amahl and the Night Visitors (Heritage Opera).
Gabriella Giulietta Noble
mezzo-soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Janice Chapman and Marcus van den Akker.
Scholarships Dyers’ Scholarship; and Horners’ Becker Scholarship.
Competitions Winner, Salvat Beca Bach Award for young soloists (Fundación Salvat, 2023); Winner, Rodney Gibson prize for Early Music (Association of English Singers and Speakers, 2023); and Winner, Tracey Chadwell Memorial Award for New Music (Guildhall School, 2023).
Previous roles Voirrey Gef!, Spirit Dido and Aeneas and Fanny (cover) Mansfield Park (Guildhall School); Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro (Cumbria Opera Festival); Chorus Un giorno di regno (Garsington Opera); Chorus Everest (BBC Singers/BBC Symphony Orchestra); Chorus The Rake’s Progress (La Monnaie/De Munt Opera House); and Belinda Dido and Aeneas (New Chamber Opera).
Future plans Kate Julian Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); Alto soloist in Duruflé’s Requiem (Leicester Cathedral); and chorus for Puccini’s La Rondine (Barbican).
Aidan O’Donnell
bass-baritone
Guildhall School Vocal Course (first-year) studying with John Evans.
Scholarships Guildhall Scholarship.
Previous roles Leporello Don Giovanni (Prague Summer Nights); Sarastro/Sprecher/Second Armed Man Die Zauberflöte (Berlin Opera Academy); Seneca L’incoronazione di Poppea (Sydney Conservatorium of Music); and Figaro Le nozze di Figaro (Prague Summer Nights).
Manon Ogwen Parry
soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Marilyn Rees.
Scholarships Tallow Chandlers’ Scholarship; Michael Bryant Bursary.
Competitions W. Towyn Roberts Scholarship Winner (National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2025); Finalist, Guildhall School Gold Medal (2025); Winner, The Paul Hamburger Prize for Voice and Piano (Guildhall School, 2024); First Prize, Osborne Roberts Memorial Prize (National Eisteddfod, 2024); First Prize, Soprano Solo Competition (National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2023); Winner, Susan Longfield Award (Guildhall School, 2023); and First Prize, Junior Kathleen Ferrier Bursary (2019).
Previous roles Belinda Dido and Aeneas, Ida Die Fledermaus and scenes from Rigoletto, L’elisir d’amore, Der Rosenkavalier, Dialogues des Carmélites, Die Zauberflöte and Le nozze di Figaro (Guildhall School); and Una Conversa I/Una Novizia Suor Angelica (BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival).
Recital appearances Guildhall Artists at Carnegie Hall; Wigmore Hall and Leeds Lieder Festival with Graham Johnson OBE; and Machynlleth Music Festival recital with Julius Drake.
Future plans Mrs Julian Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); and Handel’s Messiah (Oxford Orpheus).
Lowri Probert
soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Janice Chapman and Marie Vassiliou.
Scholarships Baroness de Turckheim Scholarship; Walter Hyde Memorial Prize; and The Hywel Davies Trust for Young Musicians.
Previous roles Margaret Gef!, Aunt Norris (cover) Mansfield Park, Ida Die Fledermaus and La fata verde (cover) La bella dormente nel bosco (Guildhall School); Seconda Sorella Cercatrice Suor Angelica (West Green House Opera); and Masha Cherry Town, Moscow (Welsh National Opera Youth Opera).
Future plans Miss Wingrave Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Marianne Ruel
mezzo-soprano
Guildhall School Opera Course (first-year) studying with Samantha Malk.
Scholarships Elizabeth Sweeting Award; and Wallis Award.
Competitions Grand Prize, Pierre-De Saurel Classical Music Competition (2022).
Previous roles Ruggiero Alcina (Saluzzo Opera Academy); La Ciesca Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Vocal Arts Institute); and The Son The Juniper Tree, Orfeo Orfeo ed Euridice, Dorothée Cendrillon and Junon/Hyale Actéon (Conservatoire de musique de Montréal).
Future plans Guildhall School Autumn 2025 Opera Scenes.
Redmond Sanders
baritone
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Susan Waters.
Scholarships Anne Pashley Opera Scholarship; Robert Easton Scholarship; The Countess of Munster Trust; and The Drake Calleja Scholarship.
Competitions Finalist, Guildhall School Gold Medal (2025); Opera Prize, Chris Treglown Memorial Competition (2025); Semi-finalist, Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition (2025); and Finalist, Eastbourne International Singing Competition (2025).
Previous roles Frosch Die Fledermaus, Edmund Bertram (cover) Mansfield Park and scenes from Hänsel und Gretel, Albert Herring, War and Peace and Dialogues de carmélites (Guildhall School); Ein Cappadocier Salome (London Symphony Orchestra); Antonio Le nozze di Figaro (Verbier Festival); Corporal The Daughter of the Regiment (Grange Park Opera); and Il Boscaiuolo La bella dormente nel bosco and John Styx Orpheus in the Underworld (Royal College of Music).
Future plans Title Role Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); King Melchior Amahl and the Night Visitors (Heritage Opera); and Fasolt Das Rheingold (Barbican Sinfonia).
Tobias Campos Santiñaque
tenor
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with Samantha Malk.
Scholarships Weavers’ Scholarship.
Previous roles Prince Strings of Rebellion, Sailor Dido and Aeneas, Alfred (cover) Die Fledermaus, Tamino Introduction to Opera: The Magic Flute, Il Principe Aprile (cover) La bella dormente nel bosco, Howard/Motorcycle Cop (cover) Dead Man Walking, Dr Sinisgalli (cover) I due timidi and Alfredo Introduction to Opera: Die Fledermaus (Guildhall School); Parpignol/Chorus La bohème and Nemorino L’elisir d’amore (Longborough Festival Opera/Playground Opera); Bell Boy/Roland (cover) The Land of Might-Have-Been, Il notaro/Chorus La sonnambula, Italian Tenor (cover) Viva la Diva and Chorus La donna del lago (Buxton International Festival); and Don Ramiro (cover) La Cenerentola, Pollicino’s Father Pollicino, Page Lohengrin and First Spirit Die Zauberflöte (Teatro Colón).
Future plans Lechmere and Narrator Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera).
Oliver Williams
baritone
Guildhall School Opera Course (second-year) studying with John Evans.
Scholarships Gwen Catley Scholarship; and Sybil Tutton Opera Award.
Previous roles scenes from Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Manon, Maria Stuarda and Giulio Cesare (Guildhall School).
Future plans Guildhall School 2025 Autumn Opera Scenes; Mr Coyle Owen Wingrave (Guildhall School 2026 Spring Opera); and King Balthazar Amahl and the Night Visitors (Heritage Opera).
Guildhall School
Production Arts Department
Guildhall School
Opera Department
Interim Director of Production Arts
Hansjörg Schmidt
Interim Programme Leader, BA Production Arts
Bex Snell
Programme Leader, BA Performance Design
Dr Susannah Henry
Programme Leader, BA Digital Design & Production
Pete Wallace
Programme Leader, MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design
Dr Emily Orley
Head of Costume
Rachel Young
Head of Design Realisation
Vanessa Cass
Head of Stage Management
Helen Barratt
Associate Producer
Stuart Calder
Outreach Manager (Production Arts)
Jon Hare
Head of Opera Studies
Dominic Wheeler
Resident Producer
Martin Lloyd-Evans
Opera Department Manager
Steven Gietzen
Visiting Music Coaches
Lionel Friend
Kate Golla
Alexander Ingram
Tony Legge
Michael Lloyd
Elizabeth Marcus
Jonathan Papp
Linnhe Robertson
Peter Robinson
Elizabeth Rowe
Susanna Stranders
Drama Coaches
Martin Lloyd-Evans
Victoria Newlyn
Movement Coaches
Victoria Newlyn
Rachel Wise
Combat Coaches
Jonathan Leverett
Language Coaches
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux
Johanna Mayr
Emma Abbate
Lada Valešová
A full list of Production Arts teaching staff and technicians can be found on our website.
Forthcoming Events
Songs at Six: Postcards from Italy
25 November 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
Eugene Asti leads this Songs at Six recital of songs with an Italian connection by composers including Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Brahms and others.
Free, no tickets required
Autumn Opera Scenes
27, 28 November & 1, 2 December 2025
Silk Street Theatre
Rising opera stars perform a dynamic mix of classic and modern scenes with piano accompaniment.
Tickets: £15 (£8 concessions)
Save the dates for Guildhall School’s Spring 2026 Opera production!
Owen Wingrave
23, 25, 27 February & 2 March 2026
Silk Street Theatre
music by Benjamin Britten
libretto by Myfanwy Piper
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Laura Jane Stanfield designer
Tickets available from Tuesday 2 December (Tuesday 25 November for Guildhall Patrons & Circle members).
Become a Patron or Circle member for priority booking.
Dedication
This performance is dedicated to Clare Lawrence. Clare was introduced to the world of music and performance by Dudley Cole – a close friend of her father, whose greatest delight was opera, and who held a deep love for London’s cultural life. Inspired by his passion and his wish for his estate to benefit charity, Clare chose to follow suit.
Her gift has created The Cole Bequest, supporting scholarships and opera productions at Guildhall School – a lasting tribute to Dudley’s influence and enduring love of the arts.
Clare had long considered leaving a gift in her Will, but it was her very first visit to Guildhall that confirmed it was the right choice. The students’ creativity, professionalism and enthusiasm convinced her that her legacy could make a real and lasting difference.
We celebrate the generosity of all who inform us of their intention to support Guildhall School in their Will by inviting them to join the 1880 Society. Please visit gsmd.ac.uk/legacies or contact Meg Ryan at meg.ryan@gsmd.ac.uk / 020 3834 1561 to discuss leaving a gift in your Will or to arrange a visit to see how you could make a difference to our students.
Guildhall School Scholarship Fund
Each year the Scholarships Fund enables talented young actors, musicians, production artists and theatre technicians to take up their places or continue their studies at Guildhall School. We are extremely grateful to the many trusts, foundations, businesses, City livery companies and individuals who make annual donations to the Scholarships Fund, and to those people who make provision for legacy donations in support of the School in their wills. Production Arts and Opera students involved in this production who have received support from this year’s Scholarships Fund and from external donors are as follows:
Opera/Vocal Department Students & Fellows:
Jacob Cole Guildhall Scholarship
Arianna Congedi Sally Cohen Opera Scholarship
Sonny Fielding Fishmongers’ Music Scholarship
Daniel Greenway Jack Irons Repetiteur Scholarship
Seohyun Go Margaret Easton Scholarship, Richard Buxton Scholarship, Fishmongers’ Colyers-Edwards Bequest
Ben Hendry-Watkins Hazell Scholarship Fund, Sidney Perry Foundation Scholarship
Samuel Horton Behrens Foundation Scholarship
Hannah Hughes Nicky Spence Scholarship
Harry Jacques Grocers’ Scholarship, Edith Vogel Bursary
Will Jowett Behrens Foundation Scholarship
Niamh Kearney Guildhall Scholarship
Miranda Kettlewell Roderick Williams/Christopher Wood Scholarship
Avery Lafrentz Rosemary Thayer Award, Beris Hudson Award
Hannah McKay Behrens Foundation Scholarship, Carpenters’ Company Henry Osborne Award Scholarship
Gabriella Giulietta Noble Dyers’ Scholarship, Horners’ Becker Scholarship
Aidan O’Donnell Guildhall Scholarship
Jiho Park Leverhulme Arts Scholarship
Manon Ogwen Parry Tallow Chandlers’ Scholarship, Michael Bryant Bursary
Lowri Probert Baroness de Turckheim Scholarship, Walter Hyde Memorial Prize
Marianne Ruel Wallis Award, Elizabeth Sweeting Award
Redmond Sanders Robert Easton Scholarship, Anne Pashley Opera Scholarship
Tobias Campos Santiñaque Weavers’ Scholarship
Tokio Ueno Margaret Easton Scholarship, Leverhulme Arts Scholarship
Jack Stone Guildhall Scholarship
Oliver Williams Gwen Catley Scholarship
Production Arts Department Students:
Tia Alexandrou Guildhall Scholarship
Megan Allison Guildhall Scholarship
Christina Angus Guildhall Scholarship
Katie Ball Guildhall Scholarship
Emma Blake Guildhall Scholarship
Mary Dorian Guildhall Scholarship
Iris Farquharson Guildhall Scholarship
Alice Friend Guildhall Scholarship
Maisie Gamble Guildhall Scholarship
Hawks Gómez Martínez Guildhall Scholarship
Alice Green B&T Scholarship
Scarlett Horsburgh Guildhall Scholarship
Liam Jenkins Guildhall Scholarship
Koren Little Guildhall Scholarship
Izzy Lovelock Guildhall Scholarship
Mary Lwena Guildhall Scholarship
Emma Mason Guildhall Scholarship
Ellisia Paper Guildhall Scholarship
Hannah Rhind Guildhall Scholarship
Edmond Rudland Guildhall Scholarship
Charlie Tiernan Guildhall Scholarship
Jasmin Weekes Guildhall Scholarship
Christa Yap Vanstone Scholarship
50 Years of Bohemian Rhapsody
Friday 28 November
5.30pm, 7.30pm, 9.30pm
Milton Court Concert Hall
Marking 50 years to the day since the release of the album A Night at the Opera, and the eve of this iconic song reaching UK No. 1 in 1975, this very special performance presents brand-new orchestral arrangements of Bohemian Rhapsody and other much-loved Queen tracks reimagined for a thrilling euphonic experience, performed by the professional musicians of Guildhall Session Orchestra.
Tickets: £30 (£15 concessions)
Our supporters
Guildhall School is grateful for the generous support of the following individuals, trusts and foundations, City livery companies and businesses, as well as those who wish to remain anonymous.
Exceptional Giving
City of London Corporation
Estate of John Donnelly
The Guildhall School Trust
The Leverhulme Trust
Estate of Evelyn Morrison
John Murray Young Artists’ Fund
Leadership Giving
Foyle Foundation
The Garek Trust
Estate of Brian Hartley
Estate of Eric Pattison
National Philanthropic Trust UK
Principal Benefactors
Amar-Franses & Foster-Jenkins Trust
Foundation for Young Musicians
Estate of Beris Hudson
Christina and Ray McGrath Scholarship
Purposeful Ventures
Nicky Spence Scholarship
Estate of Harold Tillek
Jessie Wakefield Bursary
Garfield Weston Foundation
Estate of Anne Wyburd
Estate of Jane Manning
Major Benefactors
City of London Corporation Education Board
Daniel Craig Scholarships
Dominus and the Ahluwalia Family
Fishmongers’ Company
Leathersellers’ Company
London Symphony Orchestra
Sidney Perry Foundation
Barbara Reynold Award
Rosemary Thayer Scholarship
Wolfson Foundation
Professor Christopher Wood MD FRCSEd
FLSW HonLMRCO
Henry Wood Accommodation Trust
C and P Young MBE HonFGS
Benefactors
Jane Ades Ingenuity Scholarship
Carrie Andrews
Brendan Barns
David Bartley Award
Behrens Foundation
Binks Trust
Timothy Brennan KC
Derek Butler Scholarship
Dow Clewer Foundation
Liz Codd
Sally Cohen Opera Scholarship
Brian George Coker Scholarship
The Cole Bequest
Ian Crewe
Stella Currie Award
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Professor Sir Barry Ife CBE FKC
and Dr Trudi Darby
Elmira Darvarova
David Family Foundation
Drapers’ Company
Margaret Easton Scholarships
Amy and John Ford HonFGS
Lillian and Victor Ford Scholarships for Drama
Bishop Fox’s Educational Foundation
Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust CIO
Gita de la Fuente Scholarship
Mortimer Furber Scholarship
Girdlers’ Company Charitable Trust
Dr Jacqueline Glomski
Ralph Goode Award
Haberdashers’ Company
Faye Hamilton
The Hearn Foundation
Sarah Holford
Huddersfield 1980 Scholarship
Elaine Hugh-Jones Scholarship
Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust
Damian Lewis CBE FGS
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
Alfred Molina FGS
Anne Page
Jane Manning and Anthony Payne Award
Ron Peet Scholarship
David and Margaret Phillips Bursary
Reed Foundation
Ripple Awards
Lady Victoria Robey CBE
Scouloudi Foundation
Skinners’ Company
South Square Trust
Steel Charitable Trust
Hugh Vanstone HonFGS and George Stiles
Barbara Stringer Scholarship
Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade
Benevolent Fund
Frederic William Trevena Award
Edith Vogel Bursary
Wallis Award
Roderick Williams / Christopher
Wood Scholarship
Worshipful Company of Carpenters
Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors
Worshipful Company of Grocers
Worshipful Company of Innholders
Worshipful Company of Skinners
Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
Worshipful Company of Weavers
Supporters
Margaret B Adams Award
Adelaide E Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Alexander Technique Fund
Anglo-Swedish Society
Athena Scholarship
George and Charlotte Balfour Award
Alison Balsom Scholarship
Peter Barkworth Scholarship
Maria Bjӧrnson Memorial Fund
Board of Governors’ Scholarship
Ann Bradley
William Brake Foundation
Sir Nicolas Bratza
John S Cohen Foundation
Noël Coward Foundation
Diana Devlin Award
Robert Easton Scholarship
Gwyn Ellis Award
Adam Fabulous Scholarship
Carey Foley Acting Scholarship
Iris Galley Award
James Gibb Award
Jess Gillam Scholarship
Hargreaves and Ball Trust
Hazell Scholarship Fund
Michael and Rosamund Herington
Ironmongers’ Company
Brian Edwards and Mandy King
Gillian Laidlaw HonFGS
Peter Lehmann Bedford Award
Eduard and Marianna Loeser Award
Alison Love - In Memory of Barry MacDonald
Marchus Trust
Narrow Road
Noswad Charity
NR1 Creatives
Ann Orton
John Peach
Peter Prynn
Denis Shorrock Award
Silver Bow Scholarship
Graham Spooner
AM Spurgin Charitable Trust
and John Younger Trust
Steinway & Sons
Caroline Stockmann LGSM HonFCT
Hannah Stone Scholarship
Elizabeth Sweeting Award
Sir Bryn Terfel Scholarship
Thompson Educational Trust
Louise Thompson Licht Scholarship
Kristina Tonteri-Young Scholarship
HWE & WL Tovery Scholarship
Harry Weinrebe Award
Dominic West FGS
Worshipful Company of Carmen Benevolent Trust
Worshipful Company of Dyers
Worshipful Company of Gold
and Silver Wyre Drawers
Worshipful Company of Horners
Worshipful Company of Musicians
Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation
Chair of the Board of Governors
The Hon. Emily Benn
Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan
Vice-Principal & Director of Music
Armin Zanner
Interim Director of Production Arts
Hansjörg Schmidt
Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation.
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