The Leanne Benjamin Awards are to be launched at The Royal Ballet School on Thursday June 12th with Leanne Benjamin OBE teaching a Royal Ballet School Student one of her famous solos in front of a live audience. We do hope you will be able to join us for this most special event. The masterclass…
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Letter from Lauren Fagan – Soprano
Dear Friends and Family, It has been awhile since I last wrote with an update on things happening in London so hope you enjoy some of my news and developments. It seems like a long time ago now but less than a month ago we had the performances of my final opera at Guildhall ‘The…
The Leanne Benjamin Awards | Australian Nexus
The Leanne Benjamin Awards | Australian Nexus.
Tait Friends at Stoke Lodge 18th March 2014
On Tuesday March 18th the Trust invited our Friends to the home of the Australian High Commissioner, Stoke Lodge. The evening was hosted by Sasha Carruozzo, wife of Mike Rann CNZM the Australian High Commissioner, and by Tait Memorial Trust Chairman, Isla Baring OAM. The Trust are terribly grateful to Mike and Sasha and want…
Rare recording of Joan Sutherland from the 1965 tour of Australia
Joan Sutherland 1965 tour A recording of Dame Joan Sutherland, live in Australia 1965 (Vol. 2) Desiree Records is available via this link Volume 1 sold out (let’s hope they press some more CDs). These recordings have particular significance for the Trust as Isla Baring’s father, Sir Frank Tait, produced this tour as part of…
Andrew Sinclair – Australian international opera director with San Diego Opera | Pagliacci
Andrew Sinclair – D i r e c t o r Andrew Sinclair was born in Melbourne and has directed productions for all the major Australian opera companies. Following engagements with Welsh National Opera, English National Opera (then Sadler’s Wells) and a London season of the Bolshoi Ballet, he was appointed Deputy Stage Manager for…
Five new singers to join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2014 < News – Royal Opera House
Thrilled to be able to announce that 2013 Tait Awardee, Lauren Fagan has been offered a place in the Royal Opera House, Jette Parker Young Artists Programme to begin in September 2014. The news is even sweeter as two other young Australian singers have also been offered a place; Tenor, Sam Sakker and Baritone, Samuel…
Jayson Gillham, Wigmore Hall. 27 January 2014
Dear Tait Trust friends, supporters, followers I was very privileged to perform at John Amis’s memorial concert on 8th October. A wonderfully colourful and lively event which was a fitting celebration for a colourful and lively man. I met John for the first time very near the end of his life at a concert I…
Elena Xanthoudakis, Soprano – Recording of Bel Canto arias with Richard Bonynge
Elena Xanthoudakis, Tait Memorial Trust Prize winner at the Performing Australian Music Competition 2008 this year has been busy in New York City covering in Le Comte Ory and Rigoletto for the Metropolitan Opera as well as performing in Concert with the Melbourne Symphony amongst other engagements. This year, she was fortunate to record a solo Orchestral…
A golden night for singing
Last night two Tait awardees; Lauren Fagan, Soprano 2013 and Lauren Zolezzi, Soprano 2012 sang the lead roles in the Guildhall School of Music & Drama double bill at the Silk Street Theatre, The Barbican. Lauren Fagan appeared first in Debussy’s l’enfant prodigue. Her singing was of the highest standard, ravishing tone and an impeccable…