Welsh Soprano Eleri Gwilym graduated from Cardiff Law School before completing her Master's Degree at the Royal Academy of Music. Eleri has sung in the chorus of Trouble in Tahiti (Bloomsbury Opera), Hedd Wyn (WNO), Der Freuschütz under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, May Night (RAO), The Threepenny Opera (RAO), Dido and Aeneas (Royal Academy Early Music) and in the world premiere of Wythnos yng Nghymru fydd (OpraCymru) as well as singing the roles of Pamina, First Lady, Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte (Merry Opera), First Witch in MacBeth, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (OpraCymru) and Prima Cercatrice in Suor Angelica (Berlin Opera Academy). Eleri has sung in the chorus at Buxton International Festival (Eugene Onegin) where she also covered the role of Papira in Lucio Papirio Dittatore and more recently in the Chorus of Opera Holland Park (La Traviata, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel). Upcoming productions include featuring in the Opera-Movie Un nos Ola Leuad (OpraCymru/Channel 4/S4C) which will be released next year and returning to Opera Holland Park this summer (Acis and Galatea, The Yeomen of the Guard). Next month Eleri will compete in the final of The Welsh Singer Competition.

Elizabeth (Tilly) Green is a second-year postgraduate at The Royal Academy of Music studying under Kate Paterson. Here, she holds the position of being a Josephine Baker Trust Scholar. Having started her singing career as a chorister at both Canterbury and Rochester Cathedral, Elizabeth has performed on commercial recordings for Regent Records and Decca Records, the latter of which was both as part of the choir and as a soloist.

Elizabeth has performed as a soloist internationally, singing J S Bach’s St John Passion in Aachen, Germany. Some of her other soloist opportunities have included Handel’s Messiah at Canterbury Cathedral, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Haydn’s Creation and Dvorçak’s Stabat Mater amongst others.

Whilst pursuing her undergraduate studies at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and graduating with a first-class honours degree, Elizabeth successfully auditioned for the Associate Artist programme under the tutelage of Karen Cargill. Whilst at RCS, she took part in opera scenes, performing the roles of Papagena and Fiordiligi. Elizabeth also completed a year-long contract with the Scottish Opera Young Company as well as a workshop with British Youth Opera. In December 2021, she performed the role of Sandmann in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel as a Young Artist for Westminster Opera Company, the performance of which was reprised at Château de Panloy, France.

Elizabeth recently performed as Venus in Venus and Adonis with Hampstead Garden Opera and Gertrude (Hänsel und Gretel) with Berlin Opera Academy under the Ian Donald Wilson Memorial Scholarship. Elizabeth is also in demand as a recitalist internationally, performing at venues such as Budapest International School, Cobham Hall School and Canterbury Cathedral.

On the concert platform, Elizabeth has performed Songs for Sue by Oliver Knussen under the baton of Barbara Hannigan as part of a project with Julliard school. She also performed the Staged Messiah with The Merry Opera Company which toured around Kent and London. Most recently, Elizabeth has been an Emerging Artist with The Australian Contemporary Opera Company, based in Melbourne where she performed many roles, most notably the Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul.

Matthew Quirk spent many years advising boardrooms of international companies across Europe, where he saw passions played out in operatic dimensions. Roles include Benoit/Alcindoro (la boheme), Leporello (Don Giovanni ), Bartolo & Basilio (The Barber of Seville), Sarastro (Magic Flute), Germont (La traviata), Raimbaud (Count Ory), Kecal (Bartered Bride), Jupiter (Orpheus in the Underworld), The Old Man (Bloch’s Macbeth), Swallow (Peter Grimes), Calchas & Agamemnon (La belle Hélène), Marcus (Kiss Me, Figaro!), Street operas in England and Ireland, ten UK tours of three different staged versions of Handel’s Messiah, Drunken Poet (Fairy Queen), Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea), Ipparco (L’Egisto), Pandolfe (Cendrillon), Concerts of opera and cabaret items on tour & at St Martin’s-in-the-Fields. He studies with Gary Coward.

London born Tenor, Thomas Elwin, is rapidly developing a career in opera houses and concert halls across Europe with audiences drawn to his warm lyric voice and engaging performances. Thomas’s recent work has included Gennaro/Lucrezia Borgia and Rodolfo/La Boheme with ETO, Oronte/Alcina with Glyndebourne, Lensky/Eugene Onegin with Opera Holland Park. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the Solti Accademia Bel Canto, Thomas is a current Equilibrium Artist, a Classical Opera associate artist and was recently elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

The 2023/24 season will see Thomas debuting the role of Alfredo in a filmed production of La Traviata with Opera Glass Works. He will also be recording his debut recital disc with pianist Lana Bode. In concert Thomas’s season includes Verdi Requiem with the Royal Free Singers, Puccini’s Messe di Gloria with Brighton Festival Chorus, Messiah in Northern Ireland with the Ulster Consort, and Mozart Requiem with the Oxford Philharmonic.

Recent performances include: Mahler 8 at the Cheltenham Festival, Mozart Requiem at the Mozartiana Festival, Gdansk, Sam Kaplan/Street Scene at Oper Koeln, Jaquino/Fidelio and Belmonte/Die Entfuhrung both at the Vorarlberg Landestheater, Ferrando/Cosi Fan Tutte at Oper Stuttgart and with Teatro Barocco in Vienna, Fracasso/La Finte Semplice with Classical Opera Company, Mozart Requiem with Barbara Hannigan and the Munich Philharmonic and a debut BBC Proms appearance with Sofi Jeanin and the City of London Sinfonia.

Thomas began his musical life as a choirboy at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Whilst at St Paul’s Thomas also appeared regularly as a treble soloist, including on Radio 3, Classic FM, at the Royal Festival Hall and Tokyo Opera City. Following graduation from the Opera course of the Royal Academy of Music, Thomas joined the Opera studio at Oper Stuttgart.

Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex, Elspeth studied at King’s College, London, Trinity College of Music and Royal Academy of Music. She has performed at the Royal Opera House; the Royal Albert Hall; St Martin-in-the-Fields; several West End theatres and at the Ravenna festival, the Edinburgh Festival and the Dublin Theatre Festival winning an ‘Oscar’ award. Elspeth has worked with BBC Wales, Royal Ballet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Opera up Close, Opera Brava, Merry Opera Company and Opera de Bauge. She is the conductor of Thurrock Choral Society and assistant conductor of Barnes Choir and Putney Choral Society. Elspeth enjoys quizzing in her spare time and has appeared on Mastermind, The Chase, The Weakest Link and Countdown!