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2009/2010 Resident Artists

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Wendy Doyle
_{mezzo soprano}

Studied at Wellington's Massey University Conservatorium of Music and the Royal College of Music, London.  Created the role of Constanzia in Dorothy Buchanan's The Daughters of the late Colonel for the Wellington Women's Festival.  In Britain, Wendy was a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.  Other engagements include Filipievna: Eugene Onegin, Grandmother/ Mayor's Wife (cover): Jenůfa, Witch/Mother (cover): Hansel and Gretel, (NBRNZO); Hermia: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Anglia Opera).  A current Resident Artist, Freemasons Opera Scholar and member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus for The NBR New Zealand Opera.  In 2010 Wendy will understudy the role of Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro.

Derek Hill
_tenor

Graduated from McGill University, Montreal, with high distinction in voice.  Roles include Georges Dumenil: The Opera Ball, Lensky (cover): Eugene Onegin, Count Belfiore: La Finta Giardiniera (Opera Unleashed); Števa: Jenůfa, Normanno: Lucia di Lammermoor, First Priest/Armed Man: The Magic Flute, Gastone: La Traviata (NBRNZO); Gonzalve: L'heure Espagnole (SO); Pinkerton: Madama Butterfly, Turridu: Cavalleria Rusticana (Hamilton Garden Opera); Edgardo (cover): Lucia di Lammermoor (CO); Ford: Falstaff (OO).  Concert performances include Gareth Farr's work Te Papa (NZSO); 2008 SkyCity Starlight Symphony; Second Jew: Salome (APO).  Winner 2007 Becroft Aria, current Resident Artist and Freemasons Opera Scholar with The NBR New Zealand Opera.  In 2010 undertakes the role of Don Curzio and cover Don Basilio: The Marriage of Figaro and the role of Malcolm: Macbeth.

Matthew Landreth
_baritone

Matthew is from South Otago. Travelled in North America as a Member of the Tower New Zealand Youth Choir.  Roles include the lead role in Salieri's Falstaff, Iolanthe: Iolanthe (OO); Don Alfonso: Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Otago); Customs Sergeant: La Bohème, Ping (cover): Turandot (NBRNZO). Semi-finalist in the 2005 Lexus Song Quest and won the 2004 Otago Daily Times Aria Competition before becoming a PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist in 2007/2008.  A member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, Matthew toured the country in 2009 with Operatunity and has recently been appointed an NBR New Zealand Opera Resident Artist and Freemasons Opera Scholar.  In 2010 he will undertake the role of The Doctor in the Company's Macbeth.

Helen Lear
_soprano

Recently completed Post Graduate vocal studies at the Royal College of Music (London), from where she holds a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction.  Holds a Bmus with First Class Honours in Performance Voice and a BA in English Literature from Victoria University.  Study for her BMus included directing, performing in and producing Walton's opera The Bear as the Victoria University opera in 2004.  From 2000 has been a member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, and became a PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist in 2001 before travelling to the UK to further studies. Performance experience includes Javotte: Manon (NBRNZO), Madame Popova: The Bear (Victoria University) and Marguerite: Faust (Edinburgh Grand Opera).  Helen has recently been appointed a 2010 NBR New Zealand Opera Resident Artist and Freemasons Opera Scholar.

Kate Lineham
_soprano

Wellington-based Kate completed a degree at Victoria University then took up a scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Roles include Penelope in Quartet for NZIFA; Tatyana (cover): Eugene Onegin, Karolka: Jenůfa, Mimì (cover): La Bohème, Norina (cover): Don Pasquale, Papagena (cover): The Magic Flute (NBRNZO).  Kate is a current Resident Artist, Freemasons Opera Scholar and member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus with The NBR New Zealand Opera. 

Morag McDowell
_soprano

Graduated Master of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (English Lit) from Auckland University.  Roles include Marguérite Dumènil: The Opera Ball, Lucia (cover): Lucia di Lammermoor, Queen of the Night (cover): The Magic Flute, First Nymph: Acis and Galatea (NBRNZO); Adina: Elixir of Love (Opera Hawkes Bay); Galatea (SMCO); Belinda: Dido and Aeneas, Britannia: King Arthur (Boutique Opera).  Oratorio engagements include Mozart's Mass in C minor, the Lloyd Webber Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, the Vivaldi Gloria, the Bach Magnificat, and Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer.  Morag is a member of Auckland chamber choir, Viva Voce, and a current Resident Artist, Freemasons Opera Scholar and member of the Chapman Tripp Chorus for The NBR New Zealand Opera.

Emma Roxburgh
_soprano

Completed BMus (Hons) in voice at Otago University.  Graduate Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.  Current Resident Artist, Freemasons Opera Scholar and member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus of The NBR New Zealand Opera, Emma's performance experience includes Hortense (The Opera Ball), Ramiro: La Finta Giardiniera (Opera Unleashed); , Jano: Jenůfa, Second Lady (cover): The Magic Flute, Siebel (cover): Faust (NBRNZO).  Concert engagements have included Beethoven's Mass in C with Auckland Choral and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite no 2 with the APO. 

Emma Sloman
_soprano

Holds BA (Music) and LTCL (London).  Former PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist, now a current Resident Artist and Freemasons Opera Scholar with The NBR New Zealand Opera.  Roles include Orphan 2: Der Rosenkavalier (NZIFA); Mimi: La Bohéme (Opera Hawkes Bay, Opera Factory); Adele: Le Comte Ory (Canterbury Opera); Magda: The Consul, Hansel: Hansel & Gretel, Miss Pinkerton: The Old Maid and the Thief, Susanna: Susanna's Secret, Madame Silverklang: The Impressario, Monica: The Medium, Suor Angelica, The Countess: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Factory); Angèle: The Opera Ball, The Cousin: Madama Butterfly, and understudies of Madame Larina: Eugene Onegin, Javotte: Manon, Barbarina: The Marriage of Figaro and Leila: The Pearl Fishers (NBRNZO).  Concerts include APO, Rotorua Lakeside, Pakuranga Choral Society, Class Act Opera, Auckland Chamber Orchestra and the Kiri te Kanawa Foundation.  In 2010 Emma will understudy Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro.