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 nearly all of our 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 2024/25
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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 Dame 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.
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.
Funding the Programme
The programme costs over £285,000 a year to deliver and is funded entirely through individual donations.
Patrick Alexander Keefe – 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.
Support our ENO 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.