Dame Felicity Lott lives in East Sussex and is one of Britain’s best-loved and most internationally renowned sopranos.
Felicity Lott DBE,CBE was born in Cheltenham, educated at Pate’s Grammar
School for Girls , read French and Latin at Royal Holloway College, University of
London, and then won a scholarship to study singing at the Royal Academy of
Music. She made her début at English National Opera in 1975 and her
Glyndebourne Festival début in 1977, singing in almost every subsequent
Festival until 1990. She specialises in the operas of Mozart and Strauss and has
sung at all the major opera houses of the world: London, Vienna, Milan, Paris,
New York, Chicago, Munich, and with many great conductors. She has also toured
the world giving song recitals.
She holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Oxford, London,
Sussex, Leicester, Loughborough,Gloucester and Paris, she is a Fellow of Royal
Holloway College, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, the
RSAMD and the Guildhall School of Music, a Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur
and an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She was awarded the
Wigmore Medal in 2010 and the ISM Distinguished Musician Award in 2014.
Her repertoire ranges from Handel to Britten and from Offenbach to Noel
Coward.
Abigail Dolan has appeared solo and in various chamber music ensembles in numerous international festivals, including in major Far East, European and Israeli concert venues
Shelley Katz has gained a reputation worldwide for his performances as a pianist and conductor, as well as for his expertise in sound reproduction
Helen Bailey, lyric soprano, was born in Middlesbrough and is a versatile performer, equally comfortable on the operatic stage, concert platform, and choral circuit.
Gigi Casey is a 22 year old lyric soprano from Sussex and is taking part in the inaugural Academy at the National Opera Studio in 2025
Kitty Casey is a Sussex base 24 year-old soprano, currently studying at The Royal Northern College of Music
Linda Glenn is based in Sussex, she is a mezzo soprano and founder and MD of Laughton Village Choir and Clockhouse Singers.
Julia Bishop is recognised as one of the leading Baroque violinists of her generation, touring the world extensively and making numerous recordings with the period instrument orchestras of the UK
A Fulbright Scholar to London, Paula Chateauneuf established herself there as one of early music’s leading players
Georgia Mae Ellis is a British Mezzo Soprano from a small village in East Sussex
Rosie Page is based in East Sussex and performs widely throughout the area and has also sung at London’s Natural History Museum for BBC Children In Need.