Ella Taylor

Paris and Helen with Bampton Classical Opera
2021-07-24, 2021-07-23
Paride ed Elena, a music drama in five acts
Libretto by Raniero de’Calzabigi, English translation by Gilly French
First performance, 3 November 1770, Burgtheater, Vienna

Paris
Ella Taylor

Helen
Lucy Anderson

Amor
Lauren Lodge-Campbell

Pallas Athene
Lisa Howarth

Conductor
Thomas Blunt

Director
Jeremy Gray

Schwanengesang with Roderick Williams at the Vinehall School
2021-05-29 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/London) | Vinehall School, Vinehall School, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5JL, United Kingdom
Ella performs a selection of Franz Schubert songs with baritone Themba Mvula and Roderick Williams as part of the Momentum scheme. The pianists are Ella O’Neill and Ana Manastireanu.
There are performances at 3pm and 7.30pm

English National Opera Recital: A Celebration of Mozart
2020-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 | English National Opera, St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4ES, United Kingdom
Join four of the 2019/20 Young Artists for a free lunchtime recital featuring arias and duets from some of Mozart’s best-loved operas.
Tickets are free but must be booked via the English National Opera website.

Mozart - Mass in C Minor
2020-03-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA, United Kingdom
Performing the soprano solos in Mozart’s great mass as well as in the Haydn Little Organ Mass with the Sheffield Oratorio Chorus and Skipton Camerata.

NOS @ WNO: Opera To Die For
2020-02-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Wales Millenium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL, United Kingdom
Ella will be performing scenes from Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Massenet’s Cendrillon.
The shadow of death permeates each scene, either directly, or through its ever-present threat. The performance will include well-known scenes from Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen, Puccini’s La bohème, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as well as excerpts from such lesser-known operas as Gounod’s Sapho and Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis.
Sian Edwards conductor
Emma Jenkins director

Wandsworth Wednesday: Free Lunchtime Recital
2019-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 | National Opera Studio, 2 Chapel Yard, London, SW18 4HZ, United Kingdom
A concert of songs and arias, featuring:
Ella Taylor soprano
Bradley Wood répétiteur
Frederick Jones tenor
Juliane Gallant répétiteur
The concert will start at 1.15pm, with doors opening at 1.00pm, and will last approximately 45 minutes.

The Fatal Gaze: The London Showing
2019-11-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL, United Kingdom
The Young Artists of the National Opera Studio perform The Fatal Gaze, devised by Tim Albery and Nicholas Kok, directed by Tim Albery, and conducted by Nicholas Kok.
Members of the Orchestra of Opera North and the next generation of operatic stars bring this repertoire to new life in this special one-off performance in the beautiful setting of Salts Mill.
Ella will perform scenes from:
Cendrillon – Pauline Viardot
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda – Monteverdi

The Fatal Gaze (Opera North)
2019-11-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Salt Mills, Victoria Road, Shipley, Saltaire, BD18 3LA, United Kingdom

Berg - Lyric Suite
2019-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Firth Hall, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
Soprano soloist performing with the Ligeti Quartet.
From hidden romantic messages, metacommunication, and onto the hauntingly beautiful howling of dogs, the Ligeti Quartet explores the infinite and multifaceted nature of communication. Works from Patricia Alessandrini and Alban Berg accompany a brand new commission by Robin Haigh and his full length quartet expanding on Samoyeds (Centre for New Music at Sheffield, 2018) which was based on a YouTube video of a pack of dogs imitating a siren.

Overture: Introducing the 2019/20 National Opera Studio Young Artists
2019-10-23 19:00 - 22:00 | 22 Mansfield Street, 22 Mansfield Street, London, W1G 9NR, United Kingdom
Overture is our annual celebration of the new Young Artist intake, as they embark on nine months of intensive training in our world-renowned Training Programme.
The performance will feature operatic arias and duets performed by the talented singers and répétiteurs of the National Opera Studio, in the beautiful home of Bob and Elisabeth Boas. Following the concert, there will be an opportunity to meet all of the artists over drinks and canapés.
7.00pm: Drinks on arrival
7.30pm: Performance
8.45pm: Reception
10:15: Carriages

Mendelssohn - St Paul
2019-10-12 19:00 - 2019-10-19 21:30 | Halifax Minster, Causeway, Halifax, HX1 1QL
Performing as the soprano soloist with the Overgate Hospice Choir

Brahms - Requiem
2019-10-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA, United Kingdom
Soprano soloist with the Sheffield Bach Choir.
Baritone – Alex Ashworth

Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award Final
2019-09-26 19:30 - 22:00 | St John’s Waterloo, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY, United Kingdom
Finalist in the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award performing a selection of Britten’s Les Illuminations.

Lizée - Malfunctionlieder
2019-09-20 20:00 - 21:00 | Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London, NW1 5HT, United Kingdom
Performing Nicole Lizée’s Malfunctionlieder with pianist Lysandre Ménard.
Other works:
Sciarrino – Anamorfosi
Lizée – Hitchcock Etudes
Venue:
Angela Burgess Recital Hall

Mozart Synth Opera
2019-06-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, London, W5 4NH, United Kingdom
For the Gunnersbury Park Museum’s inaugural Late event in June 2019, REMIX and Ella Taylor will present a new reimagining of Mozart’s most celebrated operatic arias. Recomposed for synthesisers and live vocalists, our Mozart synth opera will be a Mozart opera like no other.
Performed in the opulent surroundings of the Gunnersbury Park Museum’s Rothschild rooms, our Mozart Synth Opera will feature new text by award-winning poet and playwright Jacqueline Saphra, with direction by Gareth Mattey.

A Father is Looking for His Daughter (a redacted opera scene)
2019-05-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2019-05-13 14:30 - 16:00 | The Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London, NW8 8EH, United Kingdom
Music by Alex Mills
Libretto by Gareth Mattey
Director Crispin Lord
Ella Taylor FATHER
Rosie Middleton AUDITOR
A trans man is traversing an arid desert borderland, searching for his daughter, with an auditor censoring his language.

MOVE | MEANT
2019-05-05 13:30 - 15:30 | St Martin-cum-Gregory’s, Micklegate, York, YO1 6LN, United Kingdom
A collection of new sounds, movements, arts, and theatres, celebrating interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to performance.
Featuring performances by Vanessa Grasse, Ella Taylor, and Charlotte Watson; and new compositions by Morag Galloway, Maja Palser, and James Redelinghuys.
[Free entry – no booking required]
Dance Curves
Vanessa Grasse (dance artist) & James Redelinghuys (composer)
after Kandinsky, Rudolph, Palucca
SAMO© SHIT SONGS
Ella Taylor (singer) & James Redelinghuys (composer/pianist)
after Jean-Michel Basquiat
Linear Expansion
Andrew Bolton (artist) & Maja Palser (composer)
Should or Want?
Morag Galloway & Charlotte Watson
THIS EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND

Bach - St John Passion
2019-04-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Leeds Minster, St Peters House, Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Performing the soprano solos in Bach’s St John Passion with the St Peters Singers.

Brahms - Requiem
2019-04-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Keele University Chapel, Keele, Newcastle, ST5 5NN
Performing as the soprano soloist with Keele Bach Choir

After Violence - RA
2019-03-30 19:00 - 23:30 | Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BD, United Kingdom
Performing as part of an RA Late. Music by John Dowland recomposed by Benjamin Tassie for synths, live electronics, lute and drag performer.

Vienna Cabaret Night - RA
2019-01-26 19:00 - 23:30 | Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BD, United Kingdom
Performing as part of the RA Late ‘Vienna Cabaret Night’. Music by contemporaries of Schiele and Klimt listed below.
G Mahler – Ich atmet einen linden Duft
– Liebst du um Schönheit
– Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert Lieder)
Zemlinsky – Der Himmel hat keine Sterne so klar
– Das verlassene Mädchen
– Der Traum
– Empfängnis
A Mahler – Die stille Stadt
– In meines Vaters Garten
Wolf – Die Spröde
– Die Bekehrte
– Verborgenheit
– Mausfallen-Sprüchlein

British Composer Awards
2018-12-04 17:00 - 21:30 | British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Performing the piece ‘Trumpets’ by Oliver Knussen in his memory at the British Composer Awards.

Messiah - Handel
2018-12-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield, S1 1HA, United Kingdom
Performing the soprano solos with the Sheffield Bach Society.

After Violence
2018-11-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD, United Kingdom
In November 2018 _REMIX will present a unique baroque drag experience, After Violence. Performed by drag queen Rhys’s Pieces, non-binary vocalist Ella Taylor, and electronic musician Benjamin Tassie, After Violence will explore gender, masculinity and male violence from a uniquely queer perspective, celebrating diverse identities though radical, cross-genre performance. Text and direction will be by Finn Beames of Oedipa.
Using the music of baroque composer John Dowland as a framework, After Violence will incorporate elements of dance, cabaret, drag, electronic-pop and baroque music to explore plural perspectives on maleness and masculinity. Performed in the beautiful Tudor setting of the National Trust’s Sutton House, After Violence will be a unique musical experience, celebrating diverse identities though radical, cross-genre performance.

After Violence
2018-11-16 20:00 - 21:00 | Sutton House, 2 and 4 Homerton High Street, London, E9 6JQ, United Kingdom
In November 2018 _REMIX will present a unique baroque drag experience, After Violence. Performed by drag queen Rhys’s Pieces, non-binary vocalist Ella Taylor, and electronic musician Benjamin Tassie, After Violence will explore gender, masculinity and male violence from a uniquely queer perspective, celebrating diverse identities though radical, cross-genre performance. Text and direction will be by Finn Beames of Oedipa.
Using the music of baroque composer John Dowland as a framework, After Violence will incorporate elements of dance, cabaret, drag, electronic-pop and baroque music to explore plural perspectives on maleness and masculinity. Performed in the beautiful Tudor setting of the National Trust’s Sutton House, After Violence will be a unique musical experience, celebrating diverse identities though radical, cross-genre performance.
The performance will last approximately 60 minutes, with a bar until late.

The Creation - Haydn
2018-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Grimsby Minster, St James’ Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP, United Kingdom
Performing the soprano solos with Grimsby Bach Choir.

After Violence Workshops
2018-11-03 11:30 - 15:30 | Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD, United Kingdom
_REMIX will run two workshops for members of the LGBTQI+ community to inform the creation of their new Baroque drag performance, After Violence.
Held on Saturday 3rd November at the Sackler Centre, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the workshops will share work-in-progress, exploring creative practice around queer interpretation in music, theatre and performance art. Workshops will be led by Benjamin Tassie and Finn Beames, with vocalist Ella Taylor and drag queen Rhys Hollis. The workshops and will be a safe-space to share experiences and help shape the creation of After Violence. Participants will not need to prepare anything ahead of the workshops.
WORKSHOP ONE: GENDER AND SONG
1130AM-1PM
Led by composer Benjamin Tassie, participants will work with non-binary vocalist Ella Taylor to explore the process of ‘queering’ in vocal performance. Ella will share their work interpreting songs by Baroque composer John Dowland for REMIX’s After Violence. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences around gender and masculinity, and to respond to the work-in-progress. Participation in the workshop will include time to respond to Ribera’s monumental canvas, Apollo Flaying Marsyas – on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of ‘Ribera: The Art of Violence’ – in front of which After Violence will be performed on November 23rd.
Place is limited, so if you would like to take part, please email info@classicalremix.org.
WORKSHOP TWO: MASCULINITY AND MOVEMENT
2PM-330PM
Led by writer and director Finn Beames, participants will work with drag queen and performance artist Rhys Hollis (Rhys’s Pieces) to explore gender and masculinity in movement and drag. Rhys and Finn will share their work responding to songs by Baroque composer John Dowland for REMIX’s After Violence. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences around gender and masculinity, and to respond to the work-in-progress. Participation in the workshop will include time to respond to Ribera’s monumental canvas, Apollo Flaying Marsyas – on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of ‘Ribera: The Art of Violence’ – in front of which After Violence will be performed on November 23rd.
Place is limited, so if you would like to take part, please email info@classicalremix.org.

Do You Soprano?
2018-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 | St Cuthbert’s Church, 50 Philbeach Gardens, London, SW5 9EB, United Kingdom
Ella will be performing alongside fellow sopranos Kali Hardwick and Mariamielle Lamagat in a concert of American, English, and French song, with pianist Virgile Van Essche.
