Meet the Covers

Having made the selection for our principal cast from the 80 odd candidates we realised what talent we were about to reject.

The solution to this was to create a ‘cover’ (or understudy) cast and give the singers the chance to learn the roles. Very often the cover cast would not be given a performance for all their hard work.

Please take a moment to follow the links and get to know each of our cast with the role they will be singing in “Figaro”…

• Figaro - George Reynolds

• Susanna - Hannah Thomas

• Cherubino - Alexandra Dinwiddie

• Count - Thorvald Blough

• Countess - Tamsin Birch

• Barbarina - Tamzin Barnett

Meet the Cast

Back in January we auditioned close to 80 singers for roles in Le Nozze di Figaro. This process took place over a couple of weeks and involved a total of over 80 man hours. At the time it seemed like an exhausting process but the resulting cast was most definitely worth the effort. It is also a mark of how the aspiring opera singers regard St Paul’s Opera.

You will discover their singing talent when you come and hear them sing Le Nozze di Figaro next month, but it is really a joy to work with such immensely dedicated, and warm, human beings; every rehearsal is full of life and and buzzing with fun!

Please take a moment to follow the links and get to know each of our cast with the role they will be singing in "Figaro":

• Figaro - Louis Hurst

• Susanna - Davidona Pittock

• Bartolo - Gregor Kowalski

• Marcellina - Patricia Ninian

• Cherubino - Heidi Jost

• Basilio - Jeremy Vinogradov

• Count - Jack Lawrence-Jones

• Countess - Fiona Hymns

• Barbarina - Charlotte North

• Antonio - Owain Evans

• Curzio - Peder Holtermann