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Angharad Lyddon

Mezzo from Wales - 30 years old

I come from Wrexham and studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where my roles for Royal Academy Opera included Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia), Baba the Turk (The Rake's Progress) and Zita (Gianni Schicchi). During my studies, I was a Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Scholar and performed with many prominent Bach experts, including Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

I’m a Samling Artist and won Third Prize at Thomas Quastoff’s Das Lied International Song Competition in Heidelberg in 2015.

Recent engagements include Olga (Eugene Onegin) for Opra Cymru; Woodpecker (Cunning Little Vixen) for Glyndebourne where I was a Jerwood Young Artist in 2013; Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) for Clonter Opera; Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) in Turku, Finland; Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) for Salon Opera; and Julia Bertram (Mansfield Park) for the Grange Festival. This year includes performances in Boito's Mefistofele for Chelsea Opera Group in March; a recital at St David’s Hall in April; and Olga (Eugene Onegin) with Buxton Opera in July.

Concert highlights include recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Stravinsky's The Faun and the Shepherdess at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

When I’m not singing, I enjoy watching documentaries, practising yoga and eating delicious food!

Angharad Lyddon

Mezzo, 30 oed, Cymru

Rydw i’n dod o Wrecsam ac astudiais yn yr Academi Gerdd Frenhinol. Roedd fy rhannau ar gyfer Opera’r Academi Frenhinol yn cynnwys Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia), Baba the Turk (The Rake's Progress) a Zita (Gianni Schicchi). Yn ystod fy nghyfnod yn astudio, bûm yn Ysgolor Cantatau Bach Sefydliad Kohn a chefais gyfle i berfformio gyda llawer o arbenigwyr blaenllaw ar Bach, gan gynnwys Syr John Eliot Gardiner.

Rydw i’n un o Artistiaid Samling, ac enillais y Drydedd Wobr yng Nghystadleuaeth Ganu Ryngwladol Das Lied Thomas Quastoff yn Heidelberg yn 2015.

Mae fy ymrwymiadau diweddar yn cynnwys Olga (Eugene Onegin) ar gyfer Opra Cymru; Cnocell y Coed (Cunning Little Vixen) ar gyfer Glyndebourne lle’r oeddwn yn Artist Ifanc Jerwood yn 2013; Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) ar gyfer Opera Clonter; Y Drydedd Wraig (Die Zauberflöte) yn Turku, Y Ffindir; Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) ar gyfer Salon Opera; a Julia Bertram (Mansfield Park) ar gyfer Gŵyl Grange. Eleni byddaf yn perfformio yn Mefistofele gan Boito ar gyfer Grŵp Opera Chelsea fis Mawrth; yn cyflwyno datganiad yn Neuadd Dewi Sant fis Ebrill; ac yn chwarae rhan Olga (Eugene Onegin) gydag Opera Buxton fis Gorffennaf.

Mae fy uchafbwyntiau mewn cyngherddau'n cynnwys datganiadau yn Neuadd Wigmore, a The Faun and the Shepherdess gan Stravinsky yn y Royal Festival Hall gyda Cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Llundain, o dan arweiniad Vladimir Jurowski.

Pan nad ydw i’n canu, rydw i’n mwynhau gwylio rhaglenni dogfen, gwneud ioga a bwyta bwyd blasus!

Angharad Lyddon (mezzo) from Wales ROUND 2 2019

Angharad Lyddon performs "Ah scostati...Smanie implacabili" from Così fan tutte by Mozart

Repertoire

Main Prize Concert
Ah! scostati... Smanie implacabili Così fan tutte Mozart
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Werther! Werther! Qui m’aurait dit la place Werther Massenet
Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla) Carmen Bizet
Song Prize Recital 2
L’heure exquise Chansons grises No 5 Hahn
Now sleeps the crimson petal Op 3 No 2 Quilter
Von ewiger Liebe Op 43 No 1 Brahms
O, do not grieve Op 14 No 8 Rachmaninov
Storchenbotschaft Mörike-Lieder No 48 Wolf
Song Prize Final Concert
Der Blumenbrief D622 Schubert
Am Bach im Frühling D361 Schubert
°Â²¹±ô»å±ð²õ²µ±ð²õ±è°ù䳦³ó Liederkreis Op.39 Schumann
Le papillon et la fleur °¿±è.1’1 Faure
Silent Noon The House of life no.2 Vaughan Williams