A BBC New Generation Artist and Winner of both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2009 Handel Singing Competition, Ruby Hughes made her debut at the Theater an der Wien in October 2009 singing Roggiero in Tancredi, returning as Fortuna in L’Incoronazione di Poppea.

Born in Wolverhampton, Claire studied at the Birmingham School of Music, at the Royal Academy of Music with Rae Woodland and Kenneth Bowen, and subsequently with Linda Esther Gray. She joined Kent Opera during her final year at the Academy, was awarded the Wessex Glyndebourne Association Prize in 1998, and in 1999 made her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut singing the role of Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito.

Jaimee Marshall is a New Zealand soprano who, after completing a BA in English Language and Linguistics and a BMus in History and Performance, won several scholarships to study in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has won various awards in singing, including the Nelson Aria Competition, Lexus Song Quest and Thelma King Award, and Duke of Kent Award UK. She has given recitals worldwide.

Soprano Helen Meyerhoff has been praised in The New York Times for the “unabashed lushness” of her voice with her interpretation described by The Independent as
“triumphant… having the utmost dramatic force”. Since making her debuts both at the Wigmore Hall and on BBC Radio 3 (live from the City of London Festival) Helen has frequently appeared as a recitalist with leading accompanists and ensembles and orchestras internationally. 

Nina Bennet studied at the Royal College of Music, before spending the next 20 years performing around the world with choral groups such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Sonoro and the BBC Singers. 

Winner of the Loveday Song Prize at the 2014 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Jennifer France graduated from the Opera Course at the Royal Academy of Music, where she won many prizes, including the prestigious Patron’s Award that resulted in her solo recital debut at the Wigmore Hall, and was awarded the Principal’s Prize at graduation for exceptional all-round studentship in Summer 2013. She is currently studying with Lillian Watson.  

Rebecca Outram started her musical life as a pianist – it was only on joining the chapel choir of Keble College, Oxford that she discovered her voice and her passion for singing. Rebecca went on to study at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, since when she has built up an impressive career in a variety of musical fields.

Rachel Elliott’s international career has taken her to venues as diverse as the Lincoln Center, New York and the Funda Community Centre in Soweto, South Africa.  In addition, she has performed throughout Europe, the US, Japan, South America, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Katherine Broderick won the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 2007 and the Gold Medal at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied before attending the National Opera Studio.  She is now in great demand at international opera houses, concert halls and recital stages, as well as enjoying a busy recording schedule.  She wins praise for her expressive range and versatility across repertoire that spans intimate lieder recitals to orchestral songs
and leading Wagner roles.

London-born soprano and educator Raphaela Papadakis studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Clare College Cambridge, where she won numerous prizes and awards, including First Prize at the National Mozart Competition. 

She has since enjoyed a busy and varied career as an operatic soprano, singing for companies such as the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne and the Berlin Staatsoper, and specialising in contemporary chamber-music repertoire, performing with such world-class groups as the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, the Navarra Quartet and Meta4.