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| Jan Younghusband (Photograph: BYO) |
At a time of problem in arts funding, British Youth Opera (BYO) has bravely soldiered on, offering assist, coaching and alternative for younger singers recent out of school. BYO’s latest Summer time opera productions have proven the corporate difficult and innovating with Vaughan Williams’ The Pilgrim’s Progress on the Three Choirs Competition in 2023 [see my review], Britten’s Rape of Lucretia on the Brunel Museum in 2024 and Britten’s Peter Grimes (in collaboration with Cambridge Philharmonic) at Saffron Corridor and Cadogan Corridor this yr [see my review].
Now the corporate has introduced that its long-serving chair, Sir Richard Greenhalgh is stepping down and that multi award-winning TV and movie producer, Jan Younghusband has been appointed chair, becoming a member of chief govt Anna Patalong.
Jan Younghusband was Head of Music and Occasions on the BBC for 14 years and was additionally Head of Arts for Channel 4 for a decade. She has all the time had a deep affection for opera having began her profession in opera manufacturing at Glyndebourne and later labored with Sir Peter Corridor on his opera productions together with The Ring in Bayreuth. In TV she has commissioned three new operas for the display screen as TV dramas and made eight opera movies. She extra lately produced the brand new Andrea Bocelli movie.
Jan Younghusband commented: “I’ve had the good pleasure and honour to work in opera all my profession on stage and display screen. I’ve all the time been a passionate supporter of our arts sector and I’m delighted to have the ability to assist this sensible organisation British Youth Opera which trains and helps the following era of nice artists and expertise throughout our business each within the UK and internationally.
The sorts of alternatives that gave me my begin within the arts and particularly in opera simply don’t exist anymore, which makes BYO’s mission to widen entry to these careers so essential.”
Full particulars from the BYO web site.
