An evening of Opera at Hermon Chapel
Much loved music from the operatic repertoire will be performed at Hermon Chapel by three young ‘up and coming’ singers, accompanied on the piano by Stephen Owens and backed by the newly formed Hermon Singers!
Juliet Montgomery (Soprano)
Juliet has performed with Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park, Buxton Opera, Opera North and the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. Her recent engagements include performing the role of Despina in Così fan tutte (Opera Holland Park Young Artist Programme), Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Occento Choir & Orchestra), Orpheus and Eurydice at the Edinburgh International Festival (Scottish Opera/ Opera Australia) and will be joining Blackpool Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
http://www.julietmontgomerysoprano.com/
Jamie Formoy (Tenor)
Wiltshire based Tenor Jamie Formoy completed his MMus at the Royal Northern College of Music. Jamie was part of British Youth Opera’s Serena Fenwick Programme and covered the title role in their production of Peter Grimes. This year Jamie joined the Welsh National Opera chorus for their production of The Flying Dutchman and made his role debut singing Trin in La Fanciulla del West for Opera Holland Park. In recent years he has also performed Adolfo Pirelli (Sweeney Todd), Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Tinca, Song Seller (Il Tabarro), First Armed Man and Second Priest (Magic Flute).
Samual Snowdon (Baritone)
Samuel Snowdon is a Welsh Baritone who graduated with a Distinction MMus from the Royal Northern College of Music . Recent credits include soloist with Welsh National Opera’s in Candide and Puccini’s Tosca (Sciarrone/ cover), Jim Larkens in La fanciulla del West (2026) and Doctor Bartolo: Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Holland Park. Samuel is also a local singing and piano teacher, working as a peripatetic at Oswestry School. Other roles performed areSamuel’s other operatic credits include Masetto (Don Giovanni: Mozart – Cumbria Opera Group), Court Usher (Rigoletto: Verdi – Opera Holland Park), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro: Mozart – RNCM Opera).
www.samuelsnowdenbaritone.co.uk