Christopher Glynn, Nick Pritchard, Isabelle Haile
Biography Christopher Glynn, Nick Pritchard, Isabelle Haile
Isabelle Haile
is an award-winning Ethiopian-Romanian soprano, who has received her vocal training in Moldova, Italy, and the United Kingdom. She has sung in both operatic and solo recital roles internationally. She was awarded the Provincia di Roma Special Prize for her rendition of Monteverdi’s ‘Jubilet tota civitas’ in the Final of the International Sacred Music Competition 2014 in Rome. In 2020, she completed a Masters with Distinction, in Vocal Performance, from the Royal Academy of Music. Recent opera performances include roles in George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence, and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
Nick Pritchard
is an award winning versatile tenor, who features frequently with noted ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, and L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. His recording of Bach’s St John Passion under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, was nominated in the 2023 Grammy awards for Best Choral performance. A recent review in The Guardian stated, ‘Singing from memory, Nick Pritchard’s Evangelist, in the finest account of the role I’ve heard live, drew us through the narrative with extraordinary vividness…’ Another review in The Telegraph from his role in opera Alcina, states ‘Tenor Nick Pritchard (…) stops hearts and time with a ravishing Un momento di contento.’
Christopher Glynn
is a Grammy award winning classical pianist, and much sought after accompanist, working with most of the world’s renowned classical music artists, on an international scale. Reviewers have cited his ‘breathtaking sensitivity’ Gramophone, ‘irrepressible energy, wit and finesse’ The Guardian and ‘revelatory performances’ BBC Music Magazine. He is the artistic director of the Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire, having taking up the mantle in 2010. Under his leadership, the festival features up to sixty programmes a year. Some of his most recent album recordings include Beethoven: Sonatas for violin and piano… with Rachel Podger and Schubert: The Fair Maid of the Mill with tenor Nicky Spence.
