International Concert Series 2024-25
We welcome back Royal Holloway alum, superstar soprano Dame Felicity Lott to lead this masterclass with some of our talented vocal students at Royal Holloway, in partnership with Royal Academy of Music. Two final-year undergraduate or postgraduate taught vocal students enrolled at the Department of Music and two from the Royal Academy of Music will present to you repertoire from the concert and opera stage, each receiving a 25-minute public masterclass with one of the world's leading operatic sopranos. Our Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano, Tom Jesty, will join our masterclass participants on stage.
This event is presented as part of the International Concert Series 2024-25 at Royal Holloway.
Event programme
Charles Gounod (1818-1893): 'Ah! Je Veux Vivre' from Roméo et Juliette
- Performed by Lingling Bao-Smith (Soprano; Royal Holloway University of London)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): 'Lusinghe più care' from Alessandro, HWV 21
- Performed by Mariana Rodrigues (Soprano; Royal Academy of Music)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): ‘Er der Herrlichste von allen’ from Frauenliebe und -leben
- Performed by Kristin Polman (Soprano; Royal Holloway University of London)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): 'Un' aura amorosa' from Così fan tutte
- Performed by James Edgeler (Tenor; Royal Academy of Music)
About Dame Felicity Lott
Dame Felicity Lott is one of Britain’s best-loved sopranos. In opera, her portrayals of the Strauss and Mozart roles in particular have led to critical and popular acclaim worldwide. Her concert engagements have taken her to the major orchestras, working with Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Mehta, Previn, Masur, Welser-Möst, Sawallisch and Sir Andrew Davis. Much of her concert and recital repertoire is recorded, as are many of her great operatic roles: from her wonderful Marschallin under Carlos Kleiber to her Belle Helene, with which she enchanted the Parisians when she sang the role for the first time at the Chatelet in Paris in 2000. A founder member of The Songmakers’ Almanac, Felicity has appeared on the major recital platforms of the world and in June 2005 she celebrated the 30th anniversary of her recital debut at the Wigmore Hall, with whom she has a particularly close association and received the Wigmore Hall Medal in 2010 for her exceptional contribution to the hall. Read more.
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Dame Felicity Lott
