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Owen Gilhooly studied with Jean Holmes at the Limerick School of Music and subsequently at the Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio. He made his Royal Opera House debut singing Fauré Requiem for the Royal Ballet and in 2007 represented Ireland at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World.
Having had a significant career as a high baritone, his voice has now developed into the tenor range with focus on lirico-spinto repertoire including Macduff Macbeth, Don José Carmen, Lensky Eugene Onegin, Cavaradossi Tosca. He continues his vocal studies in London with David Pollard.
Bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi opens the 2014-2015 season with the St. Louis Symphony under the baton of Markus Stenz in Brahms’ Requiem and Vier ernste Gesänge, followed by his company debut with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Mustafa in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri. Mr. Carfizzi will return to Seattle Opera as the Music Master and Truffaldino in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as Houston Grand Opera as the Speaker in Sir Nicholas Hytner’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute conducted by Robert Spano.
"At 30, the tenor Paul Appleby is nearly double Brian’s age, but he slouches and flops and wears his baggy jeans and polyester windbreaker so convincingly, and sings the role with such guileless urgency that makes a vague character come alive. Appleby is a marvel: an intelligent young singer equipped with the elegance and expressivity of an old pro, impersonating a lost soul of a kid."
Justin Davidson, New York Magazine
Paul Curievici’s current and future plans include PAINTER in Olga Neuwirth’s American Lulu The Opera Group at the Young Vic, Bregenzer Festspiele and Edinburgh International Festival, HÉRISSON L’Etoile New Sussex Opera, Faust (title role) Clonter Opera and roles in Philip Glass’ The Trial (world premiere) Music Theatre Wales and the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.
Paul is an experienced and versatile professional actor and operatic tenor who has worked with Scottish Opera, The Opera Group, Wexford Festival Opera, Opera North, Grange Park Opera, Garsington, The Young Vic, Glasgow Citizens Theatre and many others.
As a performer and director with English Pocket Opera Company he does a wide variety of educational projects and performances. The wildly successful interactive "Opera Blocks" workshop has been rated 5 stars by hundreds of schools and has also proved a hit with adult audiences. Contact Paul for more details and to book.
The overnight success of the tenor Pavol Breslik began in 2005 when he was chosen as the “Most Promising Singer of the Year” in a critics’ survey in the magazine Opernwelt. Following his formal training at the Conservatory in Bratislava and the Opera Studio CNIPAL in Marseilles, the artist was a member of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden, where among other parts he was heard as Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Vanya Kudryas (Katya Kabanová).
