Opera Staff
During your time at the Academy, you will be supported by outstanding teachers who will challenge you to find your own voice.
Head of Opera
Visiting Professors
John Mark Ainsley
Visiting Professor (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Sir Thomas Allen CBE
Visiting Professor (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Susan Bullock CBE
Marjorie Thomas Visiting Professor (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Lucy Crowe OBE
Giulia Grisi Professor of Performance Mentoring in Opera & Vocal Studies
Christian Gerhaher
Visiting Professor of Opera and Vocal Studies
Dame Jane Glover
Felix Mendelssohn Emerita Professor of Music
Professor Brenda Hurley
Martin Isepp Professor of Opera Mentoring
Sir Simon Keenlyside CBE
Visiting Professor (Opera & Vocal Studies)Angelika Kirchschlager
Visiting Professor (Opera and Vocal Studies)Anthony Legge
Sir Arthur Sullivan Visiting Professor of Opera & Vocal Studies
Nicky Spence OBE
Visiting Professor of Opera and Vocal Studies
Professors of Singing
Marcus van den Akker
Professor of Singing, (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Alexander Ashworth
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies) and Vocal Technique (Choral Conducting)Richard Berkeley-Steele
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)Michael Chance CBE
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Raymond Connell
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
John Lattimore
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Piran Legg
Professor of Singing (Vocal Studies)
Mary Nelson
Professor of Singing, (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Professor Kate Paterson
Head of Vocal Studies and Professor of Singing for Opera and Vocal Studies
Samuel Queen
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Adrian Thompson
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)Giles Underwood
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Marie Vassiliou
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Susan Waters
Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)Professor Mark Wildman
Henry Cummings Distinguished Professor of Singing (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Coaches
Alexander Crowe
Opera Role Coach (Opera & Vocal Studies)
David Gowland
Opera CoachIain Ledingham
Vocal Coach (Vocal Department)
Steven Maughan
Opera CoachJonathan Papp
Senior Principal Operatic and Vocal Repertoire CoachJean Rigby
Opera Role CoachPeter Robinson
Repertoire Coach in Vocal Studies and Opera
Brindley Sherratt
Vocal and Opera Coach
Andrew Smith
Opera Role Coach
Lada Valešová
Opera Role Coach in Vocal Studies
Stagecraft and Languages
David Antrobus
Head of Acting (Opera and Vocal Studies)
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux
French Coach (Opera and Vocal Studies)
Selima Frianu
Italian Coach (Opera)Johanna Mayr
German Coach (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Victoria Newlyn
Director / Movement Teacher (Opera & Vocal Studies)
Valeria Racco
Opera Role and Italian Coach
