Meet the emerging artists who will be presenting our 2023 Young Artists production of Hansel and Gretel this year. To learn more about each of our Young Artists, click on their names or pictures to read a Spotlight interview with them, where they talk about everything from their preparation for their roles to what they are most looking forward to this season.
Charlotte Corderoy – Conductor
‘The prospect of approaching a score of this scale in its entirety is something hugely exciting – and daunting too, but in all the best ways!’
‘This is the first production of Hansel and Gretel I will be working on, so I look forward to exploring this fantastic piece in-depth and inhabiting the world that John and Neil will create, along with Charlotte Corderoy, the YA Conductor, and the YA cast’
Avishka Edirisinghe – Répétiteur
‘Being able to play the role of an orchestra is a really fun challenge. It involves a lot of listening to the orchestration in recordings, but is so fulfilling when you feel you can play an entire orchestral opera score with your own ten fingers!’
‘We will work with the orchestra and will be in rehearsal with not only the YA singers but also a YA creative team: I can’t wait to perform this show and to feel like we have created this together in a supportive and excited environment.’
Emily Christina Loftus – Gretel
‘Gretel is a dream role of mine, so to sing her on the OHP stage is a dream come true in itself! Plus who doesn’t want their role debut to involve running around and eating lots of sweets on stage?’
Ella de Jongh – The Gingerbread Witch
‘I’m so excited to be an OHP Young Artist for 2023 and I’m looking forward to working with the team, but I have to say I’m psyched for the Schools Matinee, as I get to play the ‘baddie’!’
‘You should treat every performance with utmost importance because you never know if it’s the audience’s first – or last – time watching a performance.’
‘This role is one that I have spent a long time looking at and have my own ideas about her but I am very excited to see her in a potentially new light.’
Eleanor Broomfield – The Dew Fairy
‘It’s always such a pleasure to see how different people perceive such a well-known opera and I can’t wait to hear about the world in which this Hansel and Gretel is set.’
Claudia Haussmann – The Sandman
‘I can’t wait to meet my new colleagues and I couldn’t be happier to find myself working alongside and being mentored by such a fabulous team of people.’
