Irakli Grigali (Tenor) Grigali will play Don Jose in Carmen. Irakli studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music. He is grand prix winner of the 2nd Concurs Internacional De Cant Jaume Aragall, Barcelona, Spain and Concorso Lirico Internazionale ‘Umberto Giordano’, Foggia, Italy. 

Zarui Vardanean (Mezzo-soprano) Zarui will be starring as Carmen once again. She is a young signer who won a scholarship to the CEE Musikheater in Vienna. Her repertoire is extensive. For Ellen Kent Productions Zauri has performed Eboli (Don Carlos), Amneris (Aida), Asucena (Il Trovatore), Ulrica (Masked Ball), Delia (Samson and Delia), Prince Orlovsky (Die Fladermaus), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) and Olga (Evghenni Onegin).

 Irina Vinogradova (Soprano) Irina’s repertoire for Ellen Kent includes Susanna (Marriage of Figaro), Mimi (La Boheme), Liu (Turandot), Michaela (Carmen) and Rosalinde (Die Feldermaus). Irina is one of the most beautiful singers on tour. She was born in Pechora, Russia and has so far toured Germany, Greece, Holland and Great Britain as well as taking part in the International Opera and Ballet Festival in Thailand. 

Igor Sviridov (Tenor). Igor will be play Escamillo in Carmen. Igor was born in Ukraine in 1966 and graduated from the Veryouka Chorus Studio, Kiev, in 1990. He went on to study ‘Classical Canto’ at the Odessan Conservatoire until 1996 and continued his training with seminars in Czech Republic. Igor has an impressive repertoire including Schunard (La Boheme), Escamillo/Morales (Carmen), Marullo (Rigoletto), Doctor (Iolanta), Marquis (La Traviata), Yamadori/Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Colline (La Boheme) and Sciarrone (Tosca). Igor has toured extensively in France and Belguim before coming to the UK with Ellen Kent for the first time in this tour of Carmen.