British Youth Opera Alumni Pages

Welcome to these pages which are intended to provide a web presence for anyone who has sung, played or trained as a conductor, répétiteur, director, or has been otherwise involved in productions, workshops or masterclasses with British Youth Opera - The UK's Opera Training Company.

Essentially we aim to show an index of names with links, either to pages on this site, to their own web site or to pages held elsewhere (eg. their agent).    See the current listing below and any unlisted Alumni are invited to request inclusion:

Enquiries, comments and requests please for inclusion or updates on this website to webmaster@byoalumni.org.uk

This BYO Alumni group photograph was taken at the Gala held in the Goldsmiths Hall to celebrate British Youth Opera's 20th. Anniversary.

In the line-up from left to right are

Ladies: Alinka Kozári (2006), Victoria Simmonds (1999), Elizabeth Donovan (2001), Rebecca Bottone (2003), Sarah-Jane Davies (2002), Lilian Watson (BYO's Artistic Committee), Joanne Boag (2004), Wendy Dawn Thompson (2003), Stephanie Marshall (1999 & 2000) Anna Stéphany (2004 & 2005).

Gentlemen: Garry Magee (1992 &1994), Timothy Dean (BYO's Artistic Director), Gwyn Hughes-Jones (1993), Viktor Rud (2006), James Edwards (1998 & 2000), Marc Labonnette (2003 & 2005), Lukasz Jakobczyk (2005), Wynne Evans (1995 & 1997), Grant Doyle (1998),Sir Thomas Allen (President -BYO), William Berger (2003), David Soar (2003), Christopher Lemmings (1990), Ed Lyon (2004) & Christopher Glynn (Gala Accompanist).

(photograph by Tom Gough)

Simon Baker  counter-tenor

Fiona Hammacott  soprano

Paul Reeves   bass

William Berger  baritone

Julia Riley  mezzo soprano

Catherine Borner  repetiteur 

Ana James  soprano

James Rutherford  bass baritone

Richard Burkhard  baritone

Jennifer Johnston  mezzo soprano

Sergey Rybin  repetiteur/accompanist

Paul Carey Jones  baritone

Catriona Clark (née Holt)   soprano

Joana Seara  soprano

Rodney Clarke  baritone

Olivia Keen  soprano

Benjamin Segal  tenor

Sean Clayton  tenor

Abigail Kelly  soprano

Shunt Sendall  soprano

Edmund Connolly  baritone

Kevin Kyle  tenor

Kim Sheehan  soprano

Lucy Crowe  soprano

Anna Sollerman  mezzo soprano

Anna Leese  soprano

Andrew Staples  tenor

Sarah-Jane Davies  soprano

Jérémie Lesage  bass baritone 

Christopher Steele  tenor

Elizabeth Donovan  soprano

Anna Stéphany  mezzo soprano

Grant Doyle  baritone

Stephanie Marshall  mezzo soprano

David Stout  baritone

Sally Matthews  soprano

James Edwards  tenor

Geraldine McGreevy  soprano

Wendy Dawn Thompson  mezzo soprano

Belinda Evans  soprano

James McOran-Campbell  baritone

Zoë Todd  mezzo soprano

Mark & Wynne Evans  baritone & tenor

Tim Mead  counter-tenor

Mark van Ments  tenor

Lauren Francis  soprano

Trine Bastrup Møller  mezzo soprano 

Kate Vetch  mezzo soprano

Louise Mott  mezzo soprano

Marianne Vidal  soprano

Andrew Griffiths  conductor

Henriikka Gröndahl  soprano

Sandra Nakhosteen  mezzo soprano 

Katrina Waters  mezzo soprano

Alexander Grove  tenor

Thomas Walker  tenor  

Susan Parkes  soprano

Miranda Westcott  mezzo soprano

Telman Guzhevsky  tenor

Julian Perkins  repetiteur/vocal coach

Matthew Wright  bass baritone

Edwin Pitt-Mansfield  baritone

Fflur Wyn  soprano