Our Young Artist Programme

Supporting and developing diverse and talented young artists

Run by Rebecca Meltzer, our Young Artist Programme offers artists at the beginning of their careers the opportunity to develop their skills and hone their craft in a safe and exciting environment. The programme offers mentorship and training in contemporary opera practice and collaborative theatre-making. Young Artists will be mentored by Festival Staff and external practitioners throughout the programme, and singers will receive a number of coachings and performance opportunities.

2022 Programme Events 
Coming along to our Young Artist Gala for an opportunity to witness the talent of the next generation of bright opera stars in the intimate setting of the Waterperry House ballroom.

Young Artist Gala

2021 Programme Events
YOUNG ARTIST OPERA SCENES PERFORMANCES
YOUNG ARTIST MASTERCLASS

2020 Programme
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the programme was not able to function as usual. Many of the Young Artists recruited for 2020 returned in 2021.

2019 Programme Events
ABRAHAM & ISAAC (BRITTEN) PERFORMANCES
'DREAM' (DEVISED WORK) PERFORMANCES
YOUNG ARTIST MASTERCLASS

2018 Programme Events
A HAND OF BRIDGE (BARBER) PERFORMANCES
YOUNG ARTIST MASTERCLASS

2022 Young Artist

2021 Young Artist

Charlotte Jane Kennedy (Singer)
Caroline Blair (Singer)
Rachel Barnard (Singer)
David Woods (Singer)
Charles Murray (Singer)
Aïda Lahlou (Assistant Director)

Madeleine Todd (Singer)
Bethan Terry (Singer)
Hugh Beckwith (Singer)
Christopher Willoughby (Singer)
Rebecca Anderson (Singer)
Maria Willis (Singer)

Stephen Whitford (Singer)
Christopher Head (Singer)
James Gillett (MD)
Callie Nestleroth (Director)
Sofía Escobar (Design Assistant)

2018 Young Artists

Chloe Jackson (Singer)
Charlotte Collier (Singer)
Phil Durrant (Singer)
Louis Wilson (Singer)
Crispin Lord (Director)
Trojan Nakade (MD)
Beatrix Swanson Scott (Festival Ass.)
Bronte McFadyean (Designer)
Victoria Rodriguez (Designer)

2019 Young Artists

Caitlin Bell (Singer)
Caitlin Goreing (Singer)
Eleanor Westbrook (Singer)
Harry Jacques (Singer)
Jamie Woollard (Singer)
Emma Doherty (Director)
Lily Dyble (Director)

Rory Johnston (MD)
Phoebe Schenk (Creative Producer)
Rhiannon Merrifield (Creative Producer)
Georgia Smithers (Designer)
Manuela Fleming (Designer)
Inayah Thomas (Stage Manager)
Jack Firman (Stage Manager)