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Where
are they now?
There
is life after the NOC - sometimes our members have enjoyed themselves
so much in our shows, they've ended up turning professional!
Here
are just a couple of our old boys and girls ...
Peter
Wedd
Peter
began his grand opera career with us in the chorus of La Boheme
in 1983, but left before taking any principal roles. At
the time, he had an ambition to sing in musicals. We must have done
something to him all those years ago! Peter seems to turn up everywhere
these days up to and including the Royal Opera House. He's recently
finished recording a new version of Turandot.
Helen
Beechinor
Helen
sang a number of roles with the New Opera Company including Orlofsky
(Die Fledermaus) and the title role in Carmen prior
to turning professional in 1999. Since completing her studies at
the Royal Northern college of Music, Helen has worked principally
with the Carl Rosa Opera, and has sung roles for Opera Femina, Rydale
Festival, Grim’s Dyke Opera and University of Kent Opera and
most recently performed at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden in Wagner’s
Lohengrin.
Helen’s
recent work schedule included last autumn's production of Mussorgsky’s
Boris Godunov for the Royal Opera House.
Ian
Jervis o
Ian
played a number of principal roles with us in the 1980s.With boundless
adaptability, he sang everything from the tenor role of Goro in
Madam Butterfly to the deep baritone part of Monterone in
Rigoletto. Unsurprisingly, he's having a varied career on
stage and TV, recently recieving a particularly glowing review in
The Times for his title role in The Barber of Seville
for Garden Opera (opposite). A DVD of his performance in an updated
Boheme alongside Nigel Planer, broadcast on Channel 5, is
due for release shortly, but in the meantime, catch him later this
year in a radical new production of Falstaff.
Trevor
Fearn
Our
hugely popular principal tenor for more than two decades is currently
enjoying a change of pace, returning to the work of Gilbert and
Sullivan, for which he has a lifelong passion, alongside an impressive
cast of professionals, as a member of Grims' Dyke Opera, at WS Gilbert's
splendid former home in North London.
Other
places to spot NOC singers ,old and new
Grims
Dyke Opera Company
Three
Counties Musical Society
Garden
Opera
The Princess Suor Angelica.
Helen has also sung many Gilbert & Sullivan roles, including
Tessa The Gondoliers and Ruth The Pirates of Penzance. For Grim’s
Dyke Opera Co. (based at W.S. Gilbert’s former home) she performs
Queen of the Fairies Iolanthe, Dame Carruthers Yeomen of the Guard,
Buttercup HMS Pinafore, Pitti Sing The Mikado and Saphir Patience.
For Carl Rosa Opera she has performed Katisha The Mikado, Guilia/Inez
The Gondoliers and covered Queen of the Fairies/Phoebe Meryll/Tessa.
Concert work includes Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles,
Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s St John Passion, Mendelssohn’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.
In January 2002 she performed the role of Lalume in our production
of Kismet, and is delighted to be taking part in the Novello Festival.
Helen’s future plans include the Autumn production of Mussorgsky’s
Boris Godunov for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
oles include Carmen, Prince OrlofsFledermaus, Amneris Aïda,
Ulrica Un ballo in maschera, Maddalena Rigoletto, Rosina & Berta
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lucy Lockit The Beggar’s Opera, Mrs
Noye Noye’s Fludde and The Princess Suor Angelica.
Helen has also sung many Gilbert & Sullivan roles, including
Tessa The Gondoliers and Ruth The Pirates of Penzance. For Grim’s
Dyke Opera Co. (based at W.S. Gilbert’s former home) she performs
Queen of the Fairies Iolanthe, Dame Carruthers Yeomen of the Guard,
Buttercup HMS Pinafore, Pitti Sing The Mikado and Saphir Patience.
For Carl Rosa Opera she has performed Katisha The Mikado, Guilia/Inez
The Gondoliers and covered Queen of the Fairies/Phoebe M’s
Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s
St John Passion, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella.
In January 2002 she performed the role of Lalume in our production
of Kismet, and is delighted to be taking part in the Novello Festival.
Helen’s future plans include the Autumn production of Mussorgsky’s
Boris Godunov for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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