Handel Giulio Cesare
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn CONDUCTOR
David Alden DIRECTOR
Jon Morrell DESIGNER
Tim Claydon CHOREOGRAPHER
Tim Mead GIULIO CESARE
Sarah Brady CLEOPATRA
Hugh Cutting TOLOMEO
Jess Dandy CORNELIA
Zheng Jiang SESTO
James Atkinson ACHILLA
Owen Willetts NIRENO
Handel Giulio Cesare
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn CONDUCTOR
David Alden DIRECTOR
Jon Morrell DESIGNER
Tim Claydon CHOREOGRAPHER
Tim Mead GIULIO CESARE
Sarah Brady CLEOPATRA
Hugh Cutting TOLOMEO
Jess Dandy CORNELIA
Zheng Jiang SESTO
James Atkinson ACHILLA
Owen Willetts NIRENO
Handel Giulio Cesare
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn CONDUCTOR
David Alden DIRECTOR
Jon Morrell DESIGNER
Tim Claydon CHOREOGRAPHER
Tim Mead GIULIO CESARE
Sarah Brady CLEOPATRA
Hugh Cutting TOLOMEO
Jess Dandy CORNELIA
Zheng Jiang SESTO
James Atkinson ACHILLA
Owen Willetts NIRENO
Handel Giulio Cesare
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn CONDUCTOR
David Alden DIRECTOR
Jon Morrell DESIGNER
Tim Claydon CHOREOGRAPHER
Tim Mead GIULIO CESARE
Sarah Brady CLEOPATRA
Hugh Cutting TOLOMEO
Jess Dandy CORNELIA
Zheng Jiang SESTO
James Atkinson ACHILLA
Owen Willetts NIRENO
Wagner Das Rheingold
Philharmonie Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Christian Gerhaher baritone (Wotan)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Donner)
Thomas Atkins tenor (Froh)
Brenton Ryan tenor (Loge)
Leigh Melrose baritone (Alberich)
Thomas Cilluffo tenor (Mime)
Patrick Guetti bass (Fafner)
Le Bu bass-baritone (Fasolt)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sarah Brady soprano (Freia)
Jasmin White contralto (Erda)
Louise Foor soprano (Woglinde)
Yajie Zhang mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Jess Dandy contralto (Floßhilde)
Wagner Das Rheingold
Salzburg Easter Festival
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg
Conductor KIRILL PETRENKO
Production / Set / Costumes KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV
Sculptures THE RECYLE GROUP
Light SERGEY KUCHER
Video YURIJ KARIKH
Co-Costume Designer SLAVNA MARTINOVIC
Choreography IVAN ESTEGNEEV
Dramaturgy DANIIL ORLOV
Wotan CHRISTIAN GERHAHER
Donner GIHOON KIM
Froh THOMAS ATKINS
Loge BRENTON RYAN
Alberich LEIGH MELROSE
Mime THOMAS CILLUFFO
Fasolt LE BU
Fafner PATRICK GUETTI
Fricka CATRIONA MORISON
Freia SARAH BRADY
Erda JASMIN WHITE
Woglinde LOUISE FOOR
Wellgunde YAJIE ZHANG
Floßhilde JESS DANDY
Wagner Das Rheingold
Salzburg Easter Festival
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg
Conductor KIRILL PETRENKO
Production / Set / Costumes KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV
Sculptures THE RECYLE GROUP
Light SERGEY KUCHER
Video YURIJ KARIKH
Co-Costume Designer SLAVNA MARTINOVIC
Choreography IVAN ESTEGNEEV
Dramaturgy DANIIL ORLOV
Wotan CHRISTIAN GERHAHER
Donner GIHOON KIM
Froh THOMAS ATKINS
Loge BRENTON RYAN
Alberich LEIGH MELROSE
Mime THOMAS CILLUFFO
Fasolt LE BU
Fafner PATRICK GUETTI
Fricka CATRIONA MORISON
Freia SARAH BRADY
Erda JASMIN WHITE
Woglinde LOUISE FOOR
Wellgunde YAJIE ZHANG
Floßhilde JESS DANDY
Wagner Das Rheingold
Salzburg Easter Festival
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg
Conductor KIRILL PETRENKO
Production / Set / Costumes KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV
Sculptures THE RECYLE GROUP
Light SERGEY KUCHER
Video YURIJ KARIKH
Co-Costume Designer SLAVNA MARTINOVIC
Choreography IVAN ESTEGNEEV
Dramaturgy DANIIL ORLOV
Wotan CHRISTIAN GERHAHER
Donner GIHOON KIM
Froh THOMAS ATKINS
Loge BRENTON RYAN
Alberich LEIGH MELROSE
Mime THOMAS CILLUFFO
Fasolt LE BU
Fafner PATRICK GUETTI
Fricka CATRIONA MORISON
Freia SARAH BRADY
Erda JASMIN WHITE
Woglinde LOUISE FOOR
Wellgunde YAJIE ZHANG
Floßhilde JESS DANDY
Eternity In An Hour
Kings Place, London, Hall Two
Keval Shah, piano
Jess Dandy, contralto
‘What is here may be found elsewhere; what is not here is nowhere at all.’
Indian and Western philosophies converse in this unique concert, a fusion of cultures, perspectives and soundscapes. Written for Jess Dandy and Keval Shah, Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s Godsongs sit at the heart of a programme which highlights the ways in which Western and Eastern philosophies converge and diverge.
Esmail’s settings of Sanskrit verses from the Bhagavad Gita bring together the classical music traditions of North India, Hindu devotional chant and Western art-song, drawing out the essence of Vedantic thought, and are interspersed with music from the canon of classical song repertoire.
Two outstanding and daring artists join forces for this unique reimagining of India’s most celebrated and influential scripture, and its fascinating relationship with European poetry, thought and music.
Dvorak Stabat Mater
La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Orchestre national de Mulhouse
Gergely Madaras, direction
Choeur de Haute Alsace
Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Catherine Bolzinger, cheffe de choeur
Dvorak Stabat Mater
La Filature, Mulhouse, France
Orchestre national de Mulhouse
Gergely Madaras, direction
Choeur de Haute Alsace
Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Catherine Bolzinger, cheffe de choeur
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Matthew Halls, conductor
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Jess Dandy, alto
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Tampere-talo Oy, Yliopistonkatu 55, 33100 Tampere
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Handel Messiah
Royal Festival Hall, London
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Eamonn Dougan conductor
Rowan Pierce soprano
Jess Dandy contralto
Robert Murray tenor
Dingle Yandell bass-baritone
Philharmonia Chorus
Handel Messiah
11 Dec 2025 | 19:00 | Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
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Handel Messiah, HWV 56
Alexandra Lowe soprano
Jess Dandy contralto
Thomas Elwin tenor
Henry Waddington bass-baritone
Oxford Philharmonic Choir
Marios Papadopoulos conductor
Handel Messiah
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan, conductor
Mary Bevan, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Alexander Chance, countertenor
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Seán Boylan, baritone
William Gaunt, bass
Handel Messiah
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan, conductor
Mary Bevan, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Alexander Chance, countertenor
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Seán Boylan, baritone
William Gaunt, bass
Schubert Winterreise
Ulverston International Music Festival
Martin Roscoe, piano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Critics' Circle Awards
Jess received the Female Voice award and performed ‘Stay, O Sweet’, a setting of John Donne poetry by composer, Elena Langer.
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
David Butt Philip, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Stravinsky Requiem Canticles
BBC Proms
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Choir
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone
Royal Albert Hall, London
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
George Enescu International Festival
Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Cluj-Napoca
Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
Cristian Mandeal, conductor
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass