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Talise Trevigne
In 2005 she created the title role in Armida, an opera by Judith Weir filmed on location in Morocco and broadcast on Channel 4. This summer she made her debut for Almeida Opera in The Silent Twins, a new opera by Errolyn Wallen. In addition to her blossoming opera career she is also in demand as an artist on the concert platform having appeared with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra and in November she will be making her debut with the Chicago Master Singers in Fauré’s Requiem and Bruckner’s Te Deum and has been a featured soloist in the Trinity Concert Series in New York. This will be her debut appearance with Birmingham Opera Company. More information about Talise Trevigne is available at www.novoartists.com/trevigne
Mark Wilde
In 2000 Mark made his Glyndebourne debut as Ferrando in Così fan Tutte and appeared as second soldier in Stephen Pimlott’s highly acclaimed production of the Coronation of Poppea at English National Opera. Previously Mark has appeared in Albert Herring at the Perth Festival, Donizetti’s Il Campanello at the Buxton Festival, Handel’s Arminio at the Royal College of Music and roles in Vivaldi’s Giustine and Ottone in La Serenissima for BBC Radio 3. Other recent appearances include Jacquino in Fidelio for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Ferrando in Così fan Tutte for Welsh National Opera, Handel’s Saul with Opera North, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni for the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Barbican, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Birmingham Opera Company, Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia for the European Opera Centre in St Petersburg and Riga, Giannetto in La Gazza Ladra at Garsington Opera, Rudolf in a new production of Euryanthe for the Netherlands Opera, the title role in Candide at the City of Birmingham Opera, Count Almavivain Barber of Seville for Savoy Theatre Opera, Adelaide de Borgogna at the Edinburgh International Festival, and for Birmingham Opera Company directed by Graham Vick, Seven Deadly Sins for WNO, Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria and the Madwoman in Britten’s Curlew River including a performance at the BBC Proms. Mark also took part in a recording of Donizetti's Pia de'Tolomei for Opera Rara, including a concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall, Serano/Bertram in La Donna del Lago for Opera Rara at the Edinburgh Festival and Bird of Night at the Linbury Studio, Covent Garden. Engagements in 2007/2008 include Messiah at Leeds Town Hall, Catin Jonathan Dove’s Pinocchio for Opera North, Carmina Burana for the RPO, St John Passion at Bath Abbey and further performances in Die Zauberflöte, King Arthur and The Fairy Queen for Armonico Consort. More information about Mark Wilde is available at www.markwilde.com
Mark Holland
Mark Holland's early years were as a company principal with Welsh National Opera where his roles included Figaro IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, the Count LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, the title role EUGENE ONEGIN, Don Carlo ERNANI, and Enrico LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. He also sang Ford FALSTAFF in Peter Stein's production in WNO performances at the Theatre des Champs Elysées in Paris. He has sung several times in productions by Graham Vick for City of Birmingham Touring Opera as Marcello LA BOHEME, Allazim ZAIDE, Ford FALSTAFF and the title role MACBETH. Mark Holland made his major European debut creating the title role in Luca Lombardi's FAUST in Basel and went on to sing Don Fernando FIDELIO at the Bregenzer Festspiele, Walton I PURITANI at the Opéra de Marseille, and Allazim ZAIDE at La Monnaie. He has sung the title role RIGOLETTO throughout Europe, including performances at ENO, Klagenfurt, the Komische Oper Berlin, and in Koblenz. Other significant engagements include the title role MACBETH for New Zealand Opera; Lescaust MANON LESCAUT at Glyndebourne; Renato UN BALLO IN MASCHERA and Andrej TRE SESTRI in Hamburg; Balstrode PETER GRIMES in Modena, Ferrara and Reggio-Emilia; and Pizarro FIDELIO at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Future engagements include his US debut as Tonio I PAGLIACCI in Seattle and his role-debut as Scarpia TOSCA in Novi-Sad.
Wendy Dawn Thompson
Engagements in 2006/7 included her debut for English National Opera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, Sesto/La Clemenza di Tito for Opera Australia, Die Meistersinger for the Edinburgh Festival, a recital in Wigmore Hall, and concert tour with the New Zealand Symphony, Varvara/Katya Kabanova for Opera North and Komponist/Ariadne auf Naxos for Garsington. Future engagements include her Covent Garden debut in the word premiere of Birtwistle’s The Minotaur and a return to Garsington for Vivaldi’s Il coronazione di Dario. More information about Wendy Dawn Thompson is available on www.wendydawnthompson.com
Mark Beesley
More recently he sang PARSON/The Cunning Little Vixen and BETTO/Gianni Schicchi and BASILIO for ENO, SIR WALTER RALEIGH/Gloriana for Opera North, AGATA/Viva la Mamma for Opéra de Nantes, PLUNKETT/Martha at the Anna Livia Festival in Dublin, ZUNIGA/Carmen for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, ANGELOTTI/Tosca, SWALLOW/Peter Grimes, BONZO /Butterfly and DR GRENVIL/ La Traviata for the Nationale Reisopera in the Netherlands, DALANDDer Fliegende Hollander with Opera Zuid the cover of FOTIS/Greek Passion for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. He has performed THESEUS/ Midsummer Nights Dream for the Linbury Theatre ROH ,BANQUO/Macbeth, Opera Holland Park, BASILIO Barbiere at the Grand Theatre de Tours, and LEONEAttila with Chelsea Opera Group. His future engagements include CEPRANO Rigoletto at the ROH Covent Garden, LA VOCE Idomeneo with Chelsea Opera Group and POLIZEIKOMMISAR Der Rosenkavalier with Opera de Montecarlo More information about Mark Beesley is available at www.markbeesley.com
Andrew Clarke
He is currently playing the role of 'Joe' in a production of 'Carmen Jones' at the Royal Festival Hall where he has been described as having "... a gorgeous voice, a high flute worthy of a 1950's Italian" (Daily Mail). Other roles include Monostatos 'Magic Flute' (OperaNorth) Jove/Eurymachus 'Ulysses Comes Home', The Tenor 'Ariadne auf Naxos' (Birmingham Opera Company. His concert performances include Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Lobegesang (Amersham Festival) and Mozart's Requiem (St. John's, Smith Square).
Rodney Clarke
Recent engagements included Raschid Tangier Tattoo with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni with Birmingham Opera Company, Porgy in Porgy and Bess concert version at the Barbican, the eponymous hero of Jonathan Dove’s opera The Enchanted Pig, the role of Second Officer in Kenneth Branagh's film version of The Magic Flute, Workman No 1 On The Town and Chief of Police Kismet for English National Opera and Leo Rebekkah for Norwegian Opera. Performances include a English Song recital with pianist Marina Savova at the Purcell Room, Haydn's Creation at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Willcocks and Bernstein's Mass at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop and Mozart Mass in C minor at Cadogan Hall. More information about Rodney Clarke is available at www.rodneyclarke.com
Pauls Putnins
Alison Crookendale
Her operatic roles include: Carmen with Pegasus Opera, including performances at the Lindbury Theatre Covent Garden, Margaret (Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’) with Birmingham Opera Company, Carmen with Surrey Opera, Fanferlizzy (‘The Wondrous Tale of Fanferlizzy Sunny Feet’) with Broomhill Opera, Second Lady/Boy (‘The Magic Flute’) with Pegasus Opera, Meg Page (Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’) with Pegasus Opera, Olga (Cover)(‘Eugene Onegin’) with Clonter Opera, Second Witch (‘Dido’) with Ariya Opera, La Bluette (Delibe’s ‘Le Roi L’a Dit’) with Morely Opera. Alison has appeared at Opera North and Opera Holland Park and recently appeared in the premier of Dominique le Gendre’s “Bird of Night” at the Lindbury Theatre Covent Garden. Alison’s solo concert performances include: Berlioz’s Les Nuit D’été with Salisbury Sinfonia, Dvorak’s Mass in D, Beethoven’s Choral Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Haydn’s St Nicholai and Nelson Masses, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s St Paul, CPE Bach’s Magnificat in D, Durufle’s Requiem and Mother Earth in Anthony Biggins’ ‘Cry of the Earth’ with the Liverpool Philharmonic. Alison appeared recently in Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and sang the role of Jennifer (one of the twins) with Almeida Opera in the premier of Errollyn Wallen’s ‘The Silent Twins’ this summer.
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Talise Trevigne trained as a professional singer at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. She made her debut on the opera stage in La Traviata and Don Giovanni in Aspen with conductor Julius Rudel. Since then her career has gone from strength to strength singing the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Bel Canto at Caramoor, as Pamina in The Magic Flute at De Moines Metro Opera. For Opera San José she has sung Violetta in La Traviata, Rosina in The Barber of Seville and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and most recently has appeared in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor for San Francisco Lyric Opera.
Mark Wilde was born in Scotland and was a chorister at Dundee Cathedral. He went on to study at the University of East Anglia and the Royal College of Music.
Mark Holland was born in Salford, he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, was awarded scholarships by the Royal Society of Arts and received a grant from the Peter Moores Foundation, enabling him to study in Italy with Roberto Benaglio. 
Wendy Dawn Thompson was raised in New Zealand, resides in London and enjoys an international career on the opera, concert and recital stages. In 2005 she represented New Zealand in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and reached the finals of both the Rosenblatt Song recital prize and the Singer of the World competitions, each of which were broadcast live to a worldwide audience. Recital and concert appearances have included performances at the Wigmore Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, the Proms, Edinburgh International Festival, Bridgewater Hall, Belfast Festival for BBC Radio 3 and the Purcell Room. Recent opera engagements have included Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, Garsington Opera, Aldeburgh Productions and Birmingham Opera Company.
Mark Beesley made his operatic debut in 1987 as PISTOL/Falstaff with Graham Vick's City of Birmingham Touring Opera. Until 1996 he was Principal Bass at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and until 2001 Principal Bass at English National Opera.
Andrew's early musical experiences came as a
chorister at St. George's Cathedral, Southwark. He read
Rodney Clarke studied the Royal Academy of Music, where he was the winner of the prestigious Richard Lewis / Jean Shanks Award 2001 and recipient of a Peter Moores Scholarship.
Some of his operatic engagements include Tancredi in Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, for Birmingham Opera Company, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro for English Touring Opera; Pau Luto in Errolyn Wallen's opera Another America; Thoas in Iphigenie en Tauride (Welsh National Opera) Revival! A Nitro at the Opera by Errolyn Wallen - Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Threestone Opera) and Mel in The Knot Garden (Music Theatre Wales).
Latvian born Pauls Putninš was both a member and soloist of Riga Dom Church Boys Choir. After studying conducting in Riga and Jerusalem, he subsequently studied singing at the Trinity College of Music, London where he was awarded the 1998 Opera Prize. He was also awarded the Eric Vietheer award at Glyndebourne in 1999. 
Alison began her training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating with an upper second class degree. She then went on to further her studies on the Professional Performance course at the Royal Northern College of Music, for which she won a scholarship from the Peter Moores/Lord Pitt Foundation.