Harewood Artists

At ENO we are committed to nurturing talent

Our Harewood Artists programme enables exceptionally talented British and British-trained singers to perform with a major opera company while receiving specialist coaching, support and guidance for two-three years.

Each Harewood Artist undertakes a bespoke programme of vocal and language training, is coached by experts in their repertoire and is fully supported through auditions for career-building performance opportunities with ENO, around the UK and abroad.

Current and past Harewood Artists will be either singing or covering roles in all of our 2022/23 productions and will also have opportunities to perform as soloists in recitals at ENO and at other venues in London and further afield.

Meet our Harewood Artists for 2022/23

 

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2022/23

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2022/23

About the Programme

The programme is led by members of the ENO Casting and Music team who oversee the programme and ensure that Harewood Artists receive a variety of training, including coaching sessions with ENO’s Head of Vocal Coaching & Development, Jane Robinson, consultant coach Michael Pollock, and ENO music staff.

In addition, Harewood Artists receive dramatic & movement coaching, performance psychology, language coaching, vocal massage, nutrition advice, Alexander Technique and breathwork as well as opportunities to learn from distinguished artists and leading figures from the operatic world, including Ann Murray DBE, Harry Bicket, Sir John Tomlinson, Sir Thomas Allen, John Fisher, Julia Faulkner and Anne Evans.

History of the programme

The programme was established in 1998 as a means of providing a full-time training and performance scheme for talented singers at the beginning of their careers. This allowed them to continue their technical development within the professional environment of a repertory opera company.

Full list of Harewood Artists

The name honours the long-standing support and leadership of the company by Lord Harewood, whose work at ENO spanned over 40 years. He made a huge contribution to ENO, and opera in general, during his remarkable life as Managing Director, Chairman and latterly President of ENO, and in overseeing the creation of Opera North.

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2021/22

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2021/22

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2019/20

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2019/20

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2018/19

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2018/19

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2017/18

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2017/18

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2016/17

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2016/17

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2015/16

Meet the Harewood Artists for 2015/16

Funding the Programme

The programme costs over £360,000 a year to deliver and is funded entirely through individual donations.

Benson Wilson – supported by the Nicholas John Fellowship

Sir John Tomlinson Fellowship

In 2019, a new fellowship named after Sir John Tomlinson has been founded. This new Fellowship will support our singers with dramatic, movement, performance psychology and language coaching, as well as opportunities to learn from distinguished artists and leading figures from the operatic world.

Sir John himself will select an ENO Harewood Artist as the recipient of this fellowship.

The Mikado Gala Performance in October 2019 raised funds for this Fellowship.

We would like to thank our generous supporters, whose donations make this programme possible.

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