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Opera Chorus Showcase
Mon 19 – Wed 21 January 2026
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Enjoy the thrilling sound of over 100 singers performing some of the most-loved choruses from the opera repertoire. From La Traviata to Fidelio, from Nabucco to Die Fledermaus, students from RCS’s Vocal Performance department will fill the New Athenaeum Theatre with the powerful and dramatic sound of choral writing for the stage.
Presented by Jamie MacDougall, this informal show will also celebrate the work of our production students, who lift the curtain on the crucial work undertaken by the lighting and backstage teams.
The concert, with piano accompaniment, is presented with surtitles and lasts approx. 75 minutes
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Runtime: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Price: £5 – £19.50
View ScheduleAccessibility:
Wednesday 21st January performance captioned for the sung sections with BSL interpretation ONLY for the introductions in between the sung pieces.
Content Warning:
Strobe, haze and smoke.
Performance Running Order
La Traviata Verdi | Act 1 – Brindisi
Macbeth Verdi | Act 1 – Witches
Fidelio Beethoven | Act 1 – Prisoners Chorus
Idomeneo Mozart | Act 2 – Scenes
Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck | Acts 1+2 – Scenes
Nabucco Verdi | Act 3 – Va Pensiero
Dido and Aeneas Purcell | Lament + Final Chorus
Die Fledermaus Strauss | Act 2 – Champagne Chorus
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wagner | Act 3 – Final Chorus
Soloists
Chorus
Sopranos
Imogen Bews
Alexandra Bowerman
Sophie Bysouth
Rei Camilleri
Mariana Rybakova Crespo Da Silva
Sian Davies
Samantha Deykin
Shauna Healy
Nika Herrnstadt
Caitlin Hockley
Laura Konrad
Amelie Masters
Christine Mazuryk
Gabrielle McCann
Maria McMaster
Iris O’Connell
Eve Smith
Amy Spearing
Elizabeth Tagtmeyer
Elizabeth Tan
Cara-Rose Toale
Hannah Weakley
Jodie Wiggins
Alexandra Wilkinson
Minnie Wood
Caitlyn Yule
Mezzo-Sopranos
Persephone Bell
Ffion Bernard
Holly Clelland
Rachael Conaghan
Sofia Culjak-Wade
Leah Doraisamy
Naomi Fester
Isla Hallewell
Katy Hardie
Anna Jackson
Lettice Lamb
Ivana Peat
Mollie Quinn
Katherine Reid
Fatima Soliman
Lili Tyler
Elizabeth Veitch Dumbill
Lily Visser
Polina Weekes
Tenors
Zack Barr
William Gadd
Aaron Kwan
Vittore MacKenna
Luca McGowan
Tyler Newton
Yanmin Qu
Benjamin Smart
Austin Smith
Zachary Smith
Baritones
Joseph Coane
Henry Hodgkinson
Elliot Kirkby
Weien Li
Angus Murphy-Lennox
Ruaraidh McBain
Findlay Peters
Alberto Pico
Tihao Shan
Finlay Stripling
Yiming Yang
Bass-Baritones
Oluwatimilehin Bimbo-Adeola
Neo Dushi
Shuojun Wang
William Waterhouse
Peter Whitelaw
Basses
Struan Young
Jacob Duffy
Matthew Mahoney
Alex White
Creative Team
Conductor Andrew Nunn
Director Mark Hathaway
Choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones
Host Jamie MacDougall
Lighting Designer Simon Hayes
Associate Lighting Designer Maxi Heddle
Sound Designer Sophie Harwood
Pianists Hannah Baker & Max McWhirter
Assistant Director Holly Clelland
Assistant Conductor Max Todes
Senior Coach & Assistant Conductor Duncan Williams
Coach & Assistant Conductor Michal Gajzler
BSL Interpreter (Wednesday 21 January) Melissa Toner
Production Team
Production Manager Steve Macluskie
Assistant Production Manager George Whitley
Stage Supervisor Elizabeth Booth
Head of Flies & Automation Gregor Dickov
Stage Technicians Skye Bell-Burn, Alexander Bishop, Mary-Jane McNally, Roy Mohan Shearer & Sonny Wardrope
Stage Manager on Book Josh Hanover
Production Sound Engineer Cameron Peden
Sound Operator Sean Jarvie
Lighting Programmer Ravyn MacDonald
Production Electrician Jessica Ricci
Deputy Production Electrician Jazzi Hart
Lighting Technicians Phoenix Hawthorne, Ross Mcilwaine, Milla Tamosiunas & Abby Wills