A mixed bag from the Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera House

By Roger Smith, 03 July 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 30 June 2013

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) (extract)

Donizetti, Anna Bolena (extract)

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore (extract)

Mozart, Scena and Rondo for Soprano, "Ch'io mi scordi di te?", K505

Puccini, La rondine

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (extract)

Puccini, La rondine (extract)

Paul Wingfield, Conductor

Dusica Bijelic, Pamina, Tatyana, Lisette

Susana Gaspar, Soprano, Adina, Magda

Hanna Hipp, Mezzo-soprano, Olga

Justina Gringytė, Mezzo-soprano, Giovanna

Pablo Bemsch, Monostatos, Nemorino, Lensky, Ruggero

David Butt Philip, Tamino, Prunier

Michel de Souza, Papageno, Baritone

David Syrus, Conductor

Jihoon Kim, Enrico, Rambaldo

Helen Nicholas, Keyboard, Piano

Michele Gamba, Conductor

Ashley Riches, Eugene Onegin, Bass

Pedro Ribeiro, Director

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.