Marcel Xerri – dramatic tenor - Artistic Director
Marcel Xerri is a dramatic tenor of Maltese descent. He studied privately in the UK with international dramatic soprano Shirley Dangerfield and with Paul Farrington and Charlotte Xerri (nee Shorthouse).
Roles performed include;
Turridu/Cavalleria rusticana, Cavaradossi/Tosca, Carlos/Don Carlos, Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly, Jose/Carmen, Johnson/La Fanciulla del West, Canio/Pagliacci, Rodolfo/La Boheme, Edgardo/Lucia di Lammermoor, Calaf/Turandot, Manrico/Il Trovatore, Alfredo/La Traviata, Florestan/Fidelio
Turridu/Cavalleria rusticana, Cavaradossi/Tosca, Carlos/Don Carlos, Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly, Jose/Carmen, Johnson/La Fanciulla del West, Canio/Pagliacci, Rodolfo/La Boheme, Edgardo/Lucia di Lammermoor, Calaf/Turandot, Manrico/Il Trovatore, Alfredo/La Traviata, Florestan/Fidelio
As an oratorio soloist;
Rossini’s ‘Stabat Mater’, Haydn’s ‘Creation’, Handel’s ‘Messiah’, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Mozart’s ‘Requiem’.Contemporary music performances;
A new Cantata for voice and piano ‘In Reason and Passion’ composed for him by John Human.
‘The Strangest of Islands’ an opera by Guy Richardson.
Other performances;
As a soloist with the Cwmbach Male Choir.
CPL productions for Sky TV.
Charities including Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Educational work taking opera into schools and colleges.
'Performed with such amazing range and presentation'
Steve Bromley - Evening Argus Brighton
Lesley-Anne Sammons – piano - Music Director
As repetiteur and coach with;
Scottish Opera/Il Teatro di Palermo/De Nederlandse Opera/Glyndebourne Festival Opera & Tour/Grange Park Opera/Opera Holland Park
Scottish Opera/Il Teatro di Palermo/De Nederlandse Opera/Glyndebourne Festival Opera & Tour/Grange Park Opera/Opera Holland Park
Operas include Iolanthe/La Traviata/Peter Grimes/Die Zauberflote/Carmen/Hansel & Gretel/Norma/Don Carlos/Die Zauberflote/La Fille du Regiment/Don Giovanni/Madama Butterfly
As conductor;
Longborough Festival Opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia/Di Nozze di Figaro/Cosi fan Tutte/The Magic Flute.
As conductor;
Longborough Festival Opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia/Di Nozze di Figaro/Cosi fan Tutte/The Magic Flute.
As Musical Director;
Collaboration with Barefoot Opera director Jenny Miller in the UK and internationally, including Il Coronazione di Poppea/Di Nozze di Figaro/Don Giovanni/Cosi Fan Tutte/The Magic Flute/Dido and Aeneas/The Fairy Queen/Carmen/L’Elisir D’Amore.
Lesley Anne is a regular coach at The National Opera Studio an Associate Lecturer at Chichester University & has formed a Cabaret group called The Flaming Galahs appearing across the contry from Brighton to Edinburgh.
Collaboration with Barefoot Opera director Jenny Miller in the UK and internationally, including Il Coronazione di Poppea/Di Nozze di Figaro/Don Giovanni/Cosi Fan Tutte/The Magic Flute/Dido and Aeneas/The Fairy Queen/Carmen/L’Elisir D’Amore.
Lesley Anne is a regular coach at The National Opera Studio an Associate Lecturer at Chichester University & has formed a Cabaret group called The Flaming Galahs appearing across the contry from Brighton to Edinburgh.
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Lucy Mulgan – double bass - Composer & Music Arranger
Having trained as a jazz bass player in her native New Zealand, she moved to the UK in the mid 1990s to study composition, completing a PhD at York University in 2003.
Lucy has played in a variety of ensembles from contemporary classical to big band jazz, from avant-garde punk to traditional folk performing across the UK and Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
She has also joined the Barefoot Opera Company as the resident bass player in their gypsy band.
Lucy has played in a variety of ensembles from contemporary classical to big band jazz, from avant-garde punk to traditional folk performing across the UK and Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
She has also joined the Barefoot Opera Company as the resident bass player in their gypsy band.
Performance of Compositions include by;
The BBC Philhamonic, Northern Sinfonia, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Juice Vocal Ensemble, The London Gay Men’s Chorus.
They have also been broadcast around the world including BBC Radio 3 & 4 and BBC World.
Lucy also wrote the score for Europe’s Last Dictator (narrated by Joanna Lumley) winner of the best documentary in the London Independent Film Festival.
The BBC Philhamonic, Northern Sinfonia, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Juice Vocal Ensemble, The London Gay Men’s Chorus.
They have also been broadcast around the world including BBC Radio 3 & 4 and BBC World.
Lucy also wrote the score for Europe’s Last Dictator (narrated by Joanna Lumley) winner of the best documentary in the London Independent Film Festival.
