a long standing member of Ian Spink’s Second Stride. She has danced for the Royal Opera, ENO, WNO and Scottish Opera. She also choreographed and arranged dances for Christine Edzard’s feature film Nutcracker. Most recently she choreographed Meistersinger (WNO); Mary Stuart (Opera North); Lohengrin (Munich); Billy Budd (Frankfurt); L’Heure Espagnole and Gianni Schicchi (ROH); Rheingold and Walküre (Nationale Reisopera); Tsarevitch (South Bavarian Theatres). She has also choreographed three art films: Skeletons, The Death of Pentheus and Apollo and the Continents (Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Texas).
NICHOLAS CRAWLEY Helmsman
Tristan / ensemble was Head Chorister at St Albans Cathedral and studies at RAM. Roles include The Man in Matt Rogers’ The Raven (Opera up Close); Sergeant / Colline (cover) Bohème (BYO); Alfonso Così, Ratcliffe Billy Budd and Plumkett Martha (RAM). Other engagements include Duruflé Requiem, Bach Christmas Oratorio and Haydn Nelson Mass. Supported by TRISTAN WOOD & SALLY PHILLIPS ADAM CROCKATT ensemble
CAMERON BURNS Chorus Master was an Academic and Organ Scholar at New College, Oxford where he graduated with a starred-first in piano performance. He is a conducting scholar with the London Symphony Chorus (Otello, Lohengrin and Elektra), and Assistant Chorus Master at ENO. Professional credits include Powder Her Face and Salome (ROH and Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg); Faust, A Dog’s Heart, Parsifal, Mikado, Lucrezia Borgia and Bohème (ENO); L’Elisir d’amore (WNO); Giovanni (Aldeburgh); Rake’s Progress (BYO); Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto (Barga). EMMA CARRINGTON Jezibaba Rusalka studied at RNCM and RAM. Roles include La Zia Principessa Suor Angelica, Mother Goose Rake’s Progress (RNCM); Bianca Rape of Lucretia, Martha Iolanta, Marcellina Figaro, Diana/ Giove Calisto and Masha Paradise Moscow (RAM); Clorinda Tancredi e Clorinda (Batignano), 3rd Lady Flute and Older Woman Flight (BYO), Quickly Falstaff (Grange Park Rising Stars at Nevill Holt) and Miss Baggot Let’s Make an Opera (Aldeburgh). She appeared in the Five:15 programme and as Kabanicha Katya Kabanova (Scottish Opera) and Alticiara Francesca da Rimini (Opera Holland Park). Supported by TOM BUSHER & ELIZABETH BENSON PAUL CHANTRY dancer Rusalka
trained at Central School of Ballet and toured with Ballet Central. He has worked for Opera North, Scottish Opera, Grange Park Opera and Opera de Lille. His main collaboration is with Javier de Frutos, but he has also worked with William Tuckett, Andrew George, Lucy Burge, David Fielding and Dora Frankel.
studied at GSMD with Adrian Thompson. Recent performances include Head Oompa Loompa The Golden Ticket and chorus in Mercadante’s Virginia (Wexford); Laurie Little Women (Banff Opera); Herodiade (Dorset Opera); the British première of Berio’s ending of Turandot and Iain Burnside’s devised piece Lads In Their Hundreds. In his spare time he writes pop music, singing and playing guitar in his band Everybody Be Cool. GABRIELLE DALTON Associate
Costume Designer Rusalka studied at Middlesex Polytechnic. Costume designs include: Carmen (Opera North; Salzburg); The Red Balloon (ROH2 and tour); Rusalka (Grange Park Opera); Rheingold and Walküre (Associate to Antony McDonald at Nationale Reisopera; Joe Turner has come and gone, (Young Vic); Three Water Plays (Almeida Opera); Barber of Seville (Savoy Opera); Turandot (Nationale Reisopera); Figaro (Bologna, Genoa, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Champs-Elysées, Paris and Bordeaux); Of Thee I Sing, Let 'em Eat Cake, Dido & Aeneas, Les Noces and Ruddigore (Opera North). In US she was Costume Director on five productions by Opera Pacific and Costume Assistant on Otello and Don Pasquale (Los Angeles Opera). DAVIES Designer Rigoletto Opera includes: Falstaff (Grange Park), Cenerentola, Gazza Ladra (Garsington), Magic Flute (Graz), Snatched by the Gods, Broken Strings (Almeida Opera). Theatre includes: The Dark Philosopher and A Good Night Out (National Theatre Wales, 2010); The Prince of Homburg and Life’s a Dream (Donmar); Henry V111 (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Father (Chichester); Mahabharata (Sadlers Wells); The Magic Carpet, The Odyssey (Lyric Hammersmith); Bronte (Lyric/touring); After Mrs Rochester (Duke of York/touring); The Clearing, A Doll’s ANGELA
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