Rosa Sparks – Soprano

Soprano Rosa Sparks is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she is completing her Postgraduate Diploma under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ritchie. During her studies at the RNCM, Rosa won the prestigious Frederic Cox Award for Singing competition, and received the Dame Eva Turner Award. She also recently won the Betty Bannerman Award for French Song with Conter. Rosa’s recent operatic engagements include: Emmie in Britten’s Albert Herring (Opera North), Aloès in Chabrier’s L’étoile (RNCM) and Lucilla in Rossini’s La Scala di Seta (RNCM). Other opera roles include: Yum-Yum, The Mikado (Opera Anywhere), First Lady and Papagena, The Magic Flute (Opera Anywhere), Belinda, Dido and Aeneas (Opera Sparks), Miss Havisham, Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night (Light’s On Theatre), and Chorus in Cherry Town Moscow (Welsh National Opera Young Company). She will perform the role of Mrs Coyle in RNCM’s upcoming production of Britten’s Owen Wingrave. Rosa has a particular interest in contemporary music, and has created the leading roles of ‘The Soprano’ in Interrupted (a modern comedic opera which premiered at the Cardiff Atmospheres Festival), and ‘The Journalist’ in Silverwood (Manchester Community Opera). Rosa is also a regular oratorio and concert soloist. She is currently a member of RNCM Songsters and has performed in the Street Chorus for the RNCM’s fiftieth Anniversary production of Bernstein’s Mass. Recent solo oratorio work includes Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Ascension Oratorio, Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate, and Schubert’s Mass in Ab.

Bradyn Debysingh – Tenor

Internationally recognized for his “dulcet tones” and as “a name of which you’ll certainly hear more” (Music OMH), Bradyn Debysingh’s artistry spans the breadth of opera, oratorio, and musical theatre. Bradyn has worked with notable companies on both sides of the Atlantic, including Royal Northern College Opera (Tapioca, L’étoile); Arcadian Opera (Mr. Su, The Stone God); Garsington Opera (Don Curzio, Le nozze di Figaro); Chicago Opera Theater (District Inspector cover, The Nose); and Lyric Opera of Chicago (Chorus, Aida & Der fliegende Holländer). Bradyn has appeared in masterclasses with Erin Morley, Paul Agnew, Nicholas Phan, and Emma Kirkby, with residencies at Tanglewood Music Center, Les Arts Florissants, Emmanuel Music, and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. A frequent baroque interpreter, Bradyn recently debuted with Brighton Early Music Festival and soon joins Vache Baroque as a James Bowman Young Artist. He has appeared in competitions with the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall, Kentucky Bach Choir, Colorado Bach Ensemble, London Handel Festival, and Le Concours Corneille in France. Bradyn studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and holds a Master’s of Music from Northwestern University with additional degrees in musical theatre and classics from Samford University. Beyond singing, Bradyn is an avid tap dancer, published poet, and earl grey enthusiast.