Peter Aisher – RIGOLETTO
Borsa RIGOLETTO for Nevill Holt Opera at Nevill Holt Hall (16/18/21/23)
Catherine Backhouse – IDOMENEO
Cover Idamante IDOMENEO at Wormsley (19/22/24/27/30) and public cover showing at Rada Studio Theatre, London (21) for Garsington Opera
Ian Beadle – LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, RIGOLETTO and CARMEN
Title role LE NOZZE DI FIGARO at Leatherhead Theatre, Surrey (4) and Crowcombe Court, Somerset (18), Marullo RIGOLETTO at Welsh Newton, Monmouth (11) and Escamillo CARMEN at Crowcombe Court, Somerset (17) for Opera Brava
Rhonda Browne – DIE WALKÜRE and GÖTTERDAMMERUNG
Cover Grimgerde and Schwertleite DIE WALKÜRE in Nottingham (7), Lowry (14), Southbank (29), and 1st Norn GÖTTERDAMMERUNG in Nottingham (11) and Lowry (18) for Opera North
Benjamin Cahn – DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Cover Ortel DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG for Glyndebourne Festival (2/7/11/15/19/23/27)
Gerry Cornelius – Concert for Hallé Orchestra
Concert for Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (4)
Kristin Darragh – DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Third Lady DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at St James Theatre, Wellington (2/4) and ASB Theatre, Auckland (16/18/22/26) for New Zealand Opera
Christopher Diffey – CANDIDE
Title role in the new production of CANDIDE for Volkstheater Rostock (26/28)
Alan Ewing – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Lady Bracknell THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST for Royal Opera, Covent Garden at Rose Theatre, New York (2/3/4)
Simon Gfeller – PIA DE’ TOLOMEI and CARMEN
Ubaldo PIA DE’ TOLOMEI for English Touring Opera at York Theatre Royal (3) and Remendado CARMEN for Perfect Pitch Opera at Northern Aldborough Festival (23)
Adam Green – DENIZ KÜSTÜ world premiere
World premiere of Michael Ellison’s DENIZ KÜSTÜ at Sürreya Opera House, Istanbul for Istanbul Music Festival (11)
Frederick Long – LA BOHEME
Schaunard in the new production of LA BOHEME for Opera Holland Park (11/13/15/17/19/21/23/25/27)
Donald Maxwell – IN PARENTHESIS
Dai Great Coat in Iain Bell’s IN PARENTHESIS at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (3), Birmingham Hippodrome (10) and Royal Opera House (29) for Welsh National Opera
Iestyn Morris – KING ARTHUR and ARION AND THE DOLPHIN
A reimagining of Purcell’s KING ARTHUR by Peter Wiegold for Spitalfields Festival at Wilton’s Music Hall (15/16) and Arion in Jonathan Dove’s ARION AND THE DOLPHIN at St Mary’s Ambleside (18)
Michael Rosewell – DON GIOVANNI
Conducts DON GIOVANNI for English Touring Opera in York (4), Stoke-on-Trent (6), Ulverston (8) and Carlisle (10)
Matthew Stiff – MACBETH and RIGOLETTO
Cover title role MACBETH for Iford Arts Festival (4/7/10/11/14/17/18), CARMINA BURANA for Esterhazy Chamber Choir at Sarah Abraham Recital Hall, Brighton (16) and Marullo RIGOLETTO for Opera Project at Black Mountains Barns, Herefordshire (25/26)
Matthew Stiff – DON GIOVANNI
Leporello DON GIOVANNI in York (4), Stoke-on-Trent (6), Ulverston (8) and Carlisle (10) and cover Lamberto PIA DE’ TOLOMEI in York (3) for English Touring Opera
John Tomlinson – OEDIPE and DER FREISCHUTZ
Tirésias OEDIPE for Royal Opera, Covent Garden (2/4/8) and Narrator/Hermit/Samiel DER FREISCHUTZ for Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Royal Festival Hall (7)
Adam Tunnicliffe – LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
Joe in the new production of LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST for Grange Park Opera (4/9/17/26/29)
Tom Verney – Concert
Concert for Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Waterloo (23)
Emily Vine – JENUFA
Cover Jano JENUFA for English National Opera (23/25/28)
Simon Wallfisch – Album launch recitals
Releases album French Songs on Nimbus Records (3) and album launch recitals at Schneckenmannstr, Zurich (16) and Queensgate Terrace, London (20)
Andrew Watts – LEAR
Edgar in the new production of LEAR for Paris Opera at Palais Garnier (1/6/9/12)