Eleanor Pennell-Briggs trained as an oboist at the Royal College of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music, and then as a singer at Trinity Laban and with Dennis O’Neill at the Wales International Academy of Voice. Eleanor was an OperaWorks artist at English National Opera, and now trains privately in London with Neil Baker.

Hailing from the west coast of Canada, soprano Rachel Allen has been praised for bringing “great tenderness” and “seductive power” to her singing and as a “spellbinding” performer. Particularly lauded for her interpretation of baroque repertoire, Rachel has appeared as a concert soloist in Canada and the UK, performing works including Bach’s St John Passion, Handel’s Solomon, and Couperin’s Leçons des ténèbres among others.

Soprano Philippa Boyle has been very active in the United Kingdom and is quickly establishing herself in the German and spinto repertoire. Recent performances include Leonora in La Forza del destino and title role in Janáčk’s Jenůfa for Fulham Opera, and Violetta (cover) in Verdi’s La Traviata for Nevill Holt Opera. The soprano has recently been seen as La Chouette in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lee Reynolds, Mum in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Greek and Mrs.

Cressida studied Classics at Cambridge, training as a choral scholar under Tim Brown, singing with Sir Andrew Davis, Edward Gardiner and the late great Sir David Willcocks, and beginning her professional career while still a student. After two years of opera, including the title role of Massenet’s Manon, she focussed increasingly on solo roles in larger choral works, such as Fauré’s Requiem with John Rutter at King’s College, Cambridge, and cathedral performances of Handel’s Messiah across northern England.

Nigerian-American soprano Francesca Chiejina is a recent graduate of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She studied at the University of Michigan and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and was a finalist in the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup in 2018 and the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards.

Gweneth Ann Rand trained at the University of Exeter, Goldsmith’s College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She is a former Vilar Young Artist at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in 2001 represented England at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. She is currently an Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall.

Welsh Soprano, Jessica Cale, is the 2020 First Prize winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Joint Audience prize winner at the London Handel Festival International Singing Competition. In 2022, Jessica made her European and house debut at Teatro La Fenice playing Second Niece in Britten’s Peter Grimes in addition to making her role and festival debut as Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro for Waterperry Opera Festival.

Originally from California, Elizabeth Weisberg studied at Stanford University and the Royal Academy of Music where she received the Dip. RAM, the Academy’s highest award for performance, and the Clifton Prize for her final recital.

Rebecca studied at the Royal College of Music as an RCM Scholar supported by the Marjorie Tonks award and a Pidem award. Roles at the RCM include The Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Semele in Cavalli’s L’Egisto and Madame Silberklang in Mozart’s Die Shauspieldirektor in scenes, as well as The Raver in a new opera in association with Tête a Tête (On False Perspectives by Josephine Stephenson).

Arlene Rolph studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio. She was an Associate Artist at Welsh National Opera and won Second Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards.