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Guildhall has a unique buzz and vibe to it…a great sense of community and friendliness

Rebecca Carson
BMus Flute

Rebecca Carson
Guildhall has prepared me for a career in music therapy from searching for jobs to having brilliant work experience from the placements they chose for me

Emma Barber
MA Music Therapy

Emma Barber
Guildhall had a crucial role in my success. The very high quality orchestral projects and masterclasses prepared me for professional life

Joao Seara
BMus Double Bass

Joao Seara
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Rebekah Carpio
MMus Clarinet (Orchestral Artistry)

Rebekah Carpio
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Vijay Prakash
MMus Jazz Trombone

Vijay Prakash
In my first year, I was given the opportunity to play with the Britten-Pears Orchestra. We performed a number of concerts and our CD, recorded at one of those concerts, went on to win the BBC Music Magazine Award for Best Opera Recording.

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MA Opera Making and Writing

Zoe Palmer (writer)
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MPerf Piano

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BMus Composition

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MPerf Vocal Studies

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Eden Lonsdale
BMus Composition

Eden Lonsdale
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BMus Violin

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MA Opera Making and Writing

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MA Opera Making and Writing

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Recent productions

November 2020

Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari Il segreto di Susanna (Susanna’s Secret), Mascagni Zanetto, Donizetti Rita (Two Men and a Woman) - see production photos

Stephen Medcalf director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Cordelia Chisholm designer 
Simon Corder lighting designer

July 2020

Virtual Opera Makers

John Ramster director
Tim Redmond music director
Louis Carver designer
Jack Weir lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn choreographer

The Apothecary
Clare Best writer
Amy Crankshaw composer

Eintänzer
Kaitlin Sullivan writer
Aran O’Grady composer

I’m Cleaning, I’m Cleaning
Aubrey Lavender writer
Ábel Esbenshade composer

June 2020

Virtual Opera Double Bill - Purcell Dido and Aeneas and Respighi La bella dormente nel bosco

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Olivia Fuchs director
takis designer
Jake Wiltshire lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn movement director
May Howard-Shigeno assistant director
Will Sharma & Josh Ridley assistant conductors and chorus masters
Liam Sayer & Rin Akiyama assistant lighting designers*
*Students on BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme

February 2020

The Angel Esmeralda (world premiere)

Commissioned by Scottish Opera
Adapted from the short story by Don DeLillo
Music by Lliam Paterson (Former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Composer in Residence)
Libretto by Pamela Carter

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Gregor Donnelly designer
Robbie Butler lighting designer
Liam Strong video designer

See production photos

November 2019

Haydn La Fedeltà Premiata

Alice Farnham conductor
Stephen Barlow director
Adrian Linford designer
David Howe lighting designer
Emily Coppola assistant director
Manon Fischer-Dieskau assistant conductor

See production photos

July 2019

Opera Makers

Ashley Dean director 
Dominic Wheeler musical director 
Khadija Raza designer 
Victoria Newlyn choreographer
Shona Robertson lighting designer* 
*Student on BA (Hons) Technical Theatre Arts programme 
Blind
Bahaa Ansary composer
Monika Dalach librettist
Genizah
Richard Melkonian composer
Yashka Moore librettist
Grace
Maeve McCarthy composer
Sophie Rashbrook librettist

See production photos

June 2019

Handel Aminta e Fillide and Blow Venus and Adonis

Chad Kelly conductor 
Victoria Newlyn director 
Madeleine Boyd designer 
Andrew May lighting designer 
Karl Dixon video designer 
Sam Behan assistant director 
Hope Marshall sound designer

See production photos

March 2019

Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Ruari Murchison designer
Mark Jonathan lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn movement director
Karl Dixon video designer 
Stephen Higgins language coach

See production photos

November 2018

Mozart Così fan tutte

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Oliver Platt director
Neil Irish designer
Rory Beaton lighting designer

See production photos

July 2018

Opera Makers

John Ramster director
Timothy Redmond musical director 
Thomas Malyon designer 
Reel Woman 
Gareth Mattey writer 
Pedro Lima Soares composer 
The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot 
Edward Einhorn writer 
Pedro F. Finisterra composer 
A Risk of Lobsters 
Klara Kofen writer 
Lucy Armstrong composer

See production photos

June 2018

Hindemith The Long Christmas Dinner & Berkeley A Dinner Engagement

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Ashley Dean director
Cordelia Chisholm designer 
Kevin Treacy lighting designer
Laura Jane Stanfield costume designer
Victoria Newlyn movement director

See production photos

February 2018

Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites

Dominic Wheeler conductor 
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
takis scenography and costume designer
Robbie Butler lighting designer

See production photos

November 2017

Menotti The Consul

Timothy Redmond conductor
Stephen Medcalf director
Victoria Newlyn movement director
Simon Corder designer and scenography
Susannah Henry costume designer

See production photos

June 2017

Handel Radamisto

Chad Matthias Kelly conductor
John Ramster director
Louis Carver designer
Jake Wiltshire lighting designer

See production photos

February 2017

Julian Philips & Stephen Plaice The Tale of Januarie

Julian Philips composer
Stephen Plaice librettist
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Dick Bird designer
Mark Jonathan lighting designer

See production photos

November 2016

Stravinsky Mavra & Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Dominic Wheeler conductor
Kelly Robinson director
Bridget Kimak designer
Declan Randall lighting designer
K Yoland video designer

See production photos

2015-2016

Martinů Ariane & Alexandre bis
Britten The Rape of Lucretia
Wolf-Ferrari Le donne curiose

2014-2015

Henze Ein Landarzt and Phaedra
Arnold The Dancing Master and
Donizetti I pazzi per progetto
Dvořák The Cunning Peasant 

2012-2013

Massenet La navarraise,
Massenet Le portrait de Manon and
Martinu Comedy on the Bridge
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
Britten Owen Wingrave 

2011-2012

Nicolai Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor 
Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream 
Rorem Our Town

2010-2011

Almeida Spinalba 
Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites 
Donizetti Rita 
Tchaikovsky Iolanta

2009-2010

Donizetti L’assedio di Calais 
Massenet Chérubin 
Britten Albert Herring 

2008-2009

Martinů The Marriage 
Rossini La cambiale di matrimonio
Gluck La rencontre imprévue 
Sallinen The King Goes Forth to France

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