MONICA MCGHEE ensemble is in her final year at RSAMD. Roles include Gherardino Gianni Schicchi, Soeur Charles Dialogues des Carmélites, Else in the world première of Rory Boyle’s Kasper Hauser, and chorus in Così and War & Peace. In autumn she begins her studies at RCM. PETER MCKINTOSH Designer Tosca Opera includes the world première of Handmaid’s Tale (ENO, Royal Danish Opera, Canadian Opera), Michael Nyman's Love Counts and Silent Twins (Almeida), Roberto Devereux (Holland Park). Theatre includes 39 Steps (London, NY, Australia, Korea, Russia, Japan, China, Israel, Italy, UK & US Tours) for which he received two Tony nominations on Broadway - Best Scenic Design and Best Costume Design. Also Prick Up Your Ears, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Fiddler on the Roof, The Dumb Waiter, Summer & Smoke, Donkeys’ Years, The Birthday Party, Boston Marriage (West End), King John, Brand, Merry Wives of Windsor, Pericles, Alice in Wonderland (RSC). VALI MAHLOUJI Associate Designer Oranges trained at the Slade and Motley in London. Stage designs include Spectre (ICA), Veiled (Riverside), Le Petit Prince (Berliner Festspiele), Blood River (Sadler’s Wells), The Maids (Southwark Playhouse), The Blind (Arcola), Valparaiso (Red Lion), An Inspector Calls (German tour). He is also a published translator, writer and curator. Translations have been produced by the Royal Court (Amid the Clouds) and the Barbican (Quartet: A Journey North/Daedalus & Icarus) and broadcast on BBC Radio. GIANLUCA MARCIANO Conductor Tosca studied piano in Italy, performed as a concert pianist and then coached in many Italian opera houses (Parma, Genova, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino). Conducting engagements include Faust, Traviata, Rheinnixen (Ljubljana), Nabucco, Barbiere, Cenerentola, Carmen, Turandot and Tabarro (Zagreb), La Damoiselle Elue, Mamelles de Tiresias and La Pietra del Paragone (Sassari), Boheme (Novi Sad), Zauberflöte (Florence) and La Favorite (Chelsea). Plans include Turandot (Oviedo) and Giovanni (Longborough). Supported by Samantha & Nabil Chartouni
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STEPHEN MEDCALF Director Capriccio Winner of the Abbiati Italian Opera Critics award, his credits include Magic Flute and Fanciulla del West (Grange Park), Manon Lescaut (Parma), Pikovaya Dama (La Scala), Carmen and Aida (Cagliari), Così (Lisbon), Death in Venice (Salzburg), Il Pirata and Menotti’s Saint of Bleecker Street (Marseille), Le disgrazie d’amore (Pisa) and Lucrezia Borgia (Buxton). He returns to Buxton to direct Luisa Miller and he makes his ROH debut in 2011 directing Delius’ A Village Romeo & Juliet. TOBIAS MERZ Goro Butterfly New Zealand–born Tobias studied at Conservatorium in The Hague and sang in the chorus at Grange Park for three seasons. Roles include Leonard Meryll Yeoman of the Guard (Carl Rosa), Alfred (Opera della Luna), Cyril Princess Ida (Buxton G&S Co). Other appearances include Alfred Fledermaus (Waikato Opera), Bastian Bastian & Bastienne (Netherlands), Così (Opera Australia), Adventures of Mr Broucek (Opera North). VUYANI MLINDE Tchelio Oranges is from South Africa. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at ROH where he sang Zaretsky Onegin, Jake Wallace Fanciulla, Cappadocian Salome, Tutor Elektra, Ceprano Rigoletto, 4th Elder Lohengrin and Tom Ballo in Maschera. Other roles include Palémon Thais (Grange Park), Sparafucile, Bonze Butterfly, Angelotti Tosca, Leporello / Commendatore, Gremin Onegin, Seneca Poppea, Bartolo Figaro, Doctor Pelléas & Mélisande and Sarastro. This season Vuyani returns to ROH as Colline Boheme and 2nd Nazarene Salome. In the autumn Vuyani will join the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt. Supported by David & Amanda Leathers GARETH MORRIS 1st Servant Capriccio studied at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and RAM. Roles include Borsa and Bardolfo (Nevill Holt), Roberto Devereux (Valladolid), Tamino, Ferrando, Don Ottavio, Basilio, Curzio, Prunier, Dr Blind, Sesto, Paris (von Suppé’s The Ten Belles) and Normanno / Arturo Lucia di Lammermoor.Plans include Alfred Fledermaus (Opera della Luna) and Borsa Rigoletto (Grange Park). Supported by Tom & Sarah Floyd