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| Pegasus Opera’s mentoring programme with Danielle de Niese in 2024 |
Pegasus Opera is being joined by baritone Roderick Williams for True Masters, the first of its public masterclass series and a fundraiser for Pegasus Opera Mentoring Programme which empowers the next generation of opera singers from global majority heritage backgrounds.
On Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Smith Square Hall, Roderick Williams will be joined by six emerging classical artists from global majority heritage, Tia Radix-Callixte (soprano), Julian Chou-Lambert (baritone), Neeharika Gollapalli (soprano), Joshua Elmore (countertenor), Masimba Ushe (bass), and Aivale Cole (soprano), and collaborative pianist Avishka Edirisinghe, for an evening focusing on interpretation and performance of arias and songs, including Mendelssohn’s Hexenlied, Strauss’ Morgen and arias from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Wagner’s Tannhäuser and Handel’s Rinaldo and Semele.
Pegasus Opera launched its opera mentoring programme in 2020 in response to the continued under-representation of classical artists of global majority heritage on the UK opera stages. Now run annually, the programme pairs each mentee with established global majority mentors who are seasoned opera professionals delivering one to one coaching on repertoire, vocal technique and career advice. This year’s programme, whose successful applicants have just been selected, is being run in partnership with Glyndebourne Opera House.
All proceeds of the event will directly support the ongoing work of Pegasus Opera Mentoring Programme. Full details from the Sinfonia Smith Square website.
