Gloria! – 29th March 2025

7:30pm.

St James the Greater
London Road
Leicester
LE2 1NE

Phoebe Curcher is a soprano from Reading, currently in her third year of study at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She is passionate about oratorio, earning her a space as soprano scholar with the Josephine Baker Trust Scheme in 2024.

Phoebe’s recent performances include Volpino in Haydn’s Lo Speziale as a part of RBC’s 2024 Opera scenes, soloist in Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the RBC Chamber Choir, Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen and Orfeo in Gluck’s Orphée ed Eurydice as a part of student-led opera scenes, and Galatea in excerpts of Acis and Galatea in ‘Ravishing Delights – Handel’s arrival in England’, a VoxBox concert at the conservatoire.

Music has always been a large part of Phoebe’s life; she credits singing in choirs during her teenage years as the main catalyst in her desire to pursue music as a career. She enjoys singing a range of repertoire from opera and oratorio to art song and early music and is currently studying with Louise Crane. When Phoebe is not singing she enjoys cooking, visiting old houses and going on hikes.

Hannah Devereux is a 21 year old soprano from Wexford, Ireland, currently studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, under the tutelage of Jonathan Gunthorpe.

Since joining in 2022, Hannah has been given the opportunity to explore several operatic roles within the conservatoire, including Valetto from Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Dorothee from Massenet’s Cendrillon, Bellangere from Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-bleue and Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring. In 2023, she played the role of Nonetta in the premiere of Dr. Andrew Synnott’s youth opera Seedlings in the National Opera house in Wexford.

Before joining conservatoire, Hannah found success in several competition classes at Feisceoil, like the Vocal Rosebowl which included a performance in the National Concert Hall in Dublin. In 2022, Hannah reached the finals of the Winifred Micklam Prize and in 2023, represented the conservatoire in the finals of the Junior Kathleen Ferrier competition.

Last summer, Hannah was awarded the Betty O’Brien bursary from Music for Wexford which included her first public solo recital. This year, Hannah worked with Mark Chambers as a part of Sestina’s mentoring program. She is supported by the Stephen Dodgson Charity and the Josephine Baker Trust.