The Cast
Stephanie Bodsworth
Mimì
Stephanie studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal College of Music. Her operatic work includes roles for Opera Holland Park and appearances with Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus, including performances at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.Her repertoire includes Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Micaëla (Carmen), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), alongside appearances in contemporary and world premiere works, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. She made her international debut in Hamburg in The Carnival – A Circus Opera, and has performed widely across the UK and internationally in both operatic and concert settings.In addition to her stage work, Stephanie appears regularly as a concert and oratorio soloist, with performances at St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John’s Smith Square, Bath Abbey and Glasgow Cathedral and other major venues.
Based in Goring, Stephanie is the musical driving force behind GAP Festival Opera, shaping its artistic direction and performance, and this season marks her third appearance with the company.
Anthony Flaum
Rodolfo
Anthony is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio. He has performed principal roles with leading UK companies including English National Opera, Scottish Opera and Grange Park Opera. He began his career as Rodolfo in the Olivier Award-winning production of La Bohème (OperaUpClose, 2009) and returns to the role here. His acting debut was in King Lear alongside Sir John Tomlinson and Sir Thomas Allen (The Grange Festival). Recent engagements include Theseus in Monster in the Maze (Sheffield Crucible), Cavaradossi in Becoming Tosca (Prologue Opera), and Conrad in the UK premiere of Saint-Saëns’ The Silver Bell (New Sussex Opera). His repertoire spans a wide range of lyric tenor roles across opera and contemporary works.
Alongside his performing career, Anthony is active as a producer, working with Oxford International Opera alongside Sir Bryn Terfel, and is the founder of Prologue Opera in his hometown of Hastings, where he develops and presents new operatic projects.
Matthew Siveter
Marcello
Baritone Matthew Siveter performs across a wide range of operatic repertoire, including comic, lyric and character roles. Recent and forthcoming engagements include his debut for English Touring Opera as Tonio (Pagliacci) and Don Alhambra (The Gondoliers), as well as role debuts as Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) directed by Danielle de Niese and Frank (Die Fledermaus) for Opera Holland Park in 2026. In 2025 he appeared as Marullo (Rigoletto), Mars, Styx and Bacchus (Orpheus in the Underworld), and Kromov (The Merry Widow). Other recent roles include Escamillo (Carmen) and Benoit and Alcindoro (La Bohème) at Longborough Festival Opera, as well as Jupiter (Orphée aux Enfers).His work spans a broad range of repertoire across UK opera companies, with appearances in both principal and ensemble roles.Alongside operatic roles, Matthew is a leading interpreter of Savoy Operas and has regularly appeared in award-winning Gilber & Sullivan productions. His work spans a broad range of repertoire across UK opera companies, with appearances in both principal and ensemble roles.
Katherine Manley
Musetta
Katherine was nominated by Opernwelt in 2019 in two categories: Best Newcomer for Atalanta (Xerxes, Karlsruhe Staatstheater) and Singer of the Year for Pat Nixon (Nixon in China, Stuttgart). She established her early career in baroque repertoire, performing Creuse (Medée) for English National Opera, and made her US stage debut as Oriana (Amadigi) for Central City Opera, where she later returned to sing Pamina (The Magic Flute).
Her work includes world premieres and contemporary opera with major international companies, including Dallas Opera, St Louis Opera, Finnish National Opera and the Kennedy Center, Washington. She has performed Michel van der Aa’s one-woman opera BlankOut at the Beijing Music Festival, and recorded Donnacha Dennehy’s The Hunger for Nonesuch Records at BAM, New York.Recent and past engagements include appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as performances in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet and with Opera North.
Nicholas Morris
Schaunard
Nicholas trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). A versatile performer of repertoire spanning Handel to Wagner, he has appeared widely across the UK and internationally, from Glyndebourne and the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, to more unconventional settings including site-specific performances and broadcasts such as Good Morning Croatia. recent and forthcoming work includes role debuts as Mephistopheles (Faust) and Scarpia (Tosca), alongside performances as Klingsor (Parsifal), Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Ned Keene (Peter Grimes), Marcello (La Bohème) and the Count (Le nozze di Figaro). His contemporary repertoire includes appearances in new and recent works such as Isabella Gellis’ Devil’s Den, Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King and Philip Glass’ In the Penal Colony, as well as multiple world premieres including Emily Howard’s To See the Invisible and Jeffrey Ching’s King Kong.
On the concert platform, Nicholas appears regularly as a soloist in major choral works including Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Passions.
William Stevens
Colline
A former Welsh National Opera Associate Artist, bass-baritone William Stevens studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with Donald Maxwell. He has established a broad repertoire across opera and concert work, performing leading bass and bass-baritone roles.Recent and forthcoming engagements include Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro (Welsh National Opera), Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Filippo II in Don Carlo and the title roles in Bluebeard’s Castle and Don Pasquale. He has also appeared as Scarpia (Tosca), Sparafucile (Rigoletto) and in major concert works including Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Verdi’s Requiem.His wider repertoire includes roles such as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni) and Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress).
In September he joins the ensemble of the Landestheater Niederbayern, where he will perform a range of principal roles. He is also a conductor and has conducted major symphonic, choral and operatic works.
Martin Lamb studied at St John’s College, Oxford, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has performed as a principal artist with many of the UK’s leading opera companies, including English National Opera, Scottish Opera, English Touring Opera and Garsington Opera. His repertoire encompasses a wide range of character bass and bass-baritone roles, including Don Pasquale, Dr Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola) and Alberich (Das Rheingold).Alongside his work as a performer, Martin is a playwright and theatre-maker, creating productions for heritage sites including the Tower of London and Dover Castle, with work touring both nationally and internationally. His writing often engages with historical and scientific themes, bringing performance into non-traditional settings.He returns to the GAP Festival Opera following his translation and direction of Così Fan Tutte in 2022 and The Marriage of Figaro in 2024.
Martin Lamb
Director
and Benoit/Alcindoro
Katrine Reimers
Musical Director
Katrine studied music at King’s College, Cambridge, gained a Master’s degree in piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and completed her training as an opera coach and répétiteur at the National Opera Studio. She has since developed a wide-ranging career as a conductor, vocal coach, accompanist and musical director across opera and choral settings.Her work has included orchestral keyboard at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, working under conductors including Antonio Pappano and Charles Mackerras, as well as collaborations with English National Opera and other UK opera companies. Alongside her operatic work, she has conducted large-scale choral projects, including a massed choir of over 3,000 singers at a festival in Italy, and led ensembles in a variety of contexts, including directing an orchestra of disabled young musicians and leading a prison opera workshop. Katrine is an experienced vocal coach and workshop leader, and has collaborated on major choral projects at venues including Cadogan Hall. She is based in Bath, where she conducts Bath Choral Society and is active across a range of musical and educational projects.
Ilka Weiss
Designer
Ilka Weiss is an internationally experienced opera designer whose work has been presented at major European houses including the Berlin State Opera, La Monnaie, Brussels, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and festivals such as Aix-en-Provence and Innsbruck.
Originally trained in architecture, she began her career working in theatre design departments in Germany, developing a strong foundation in spatial design and stagecraft. She went on to assist Roland Aeschlimann, whose work for Glyndebourne helped open pathways into international opera production, leading to engagements across a wide range of theatres and festivals.
Ilka, who lives in Goring, made her set design debut with Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel at Mainz State Theatre, and has since worked across a broad repertoire. Her designs are characterised by a clear visual language, informed by architectural principles and a focus on structure, space and line.
Bruce Williams
Lighting Designer
Bruce trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating with distinction in Lighting Design, Stage Management and Technical Theatre Arts. He has built an international career across opera, theatre, live performance and broadcast, working throughout the UK and abroad.His credits include work with leading organisations such as Glyndebourne Festival Opera, English National Opera, the National Theatre and the BBC. His lighting work spans opera, drama and musical theatre, as well as concert productions with major international artists including ABBA, Fleetwood Mac and Shirley Bassey.
Alongside his production work, Bruce has extensive experience in theatre consultancy, architectural lighting and education, delivering music and theatre projects in schools and community settings. He has also managed his own opera company. He is a member of the Association of Lighting Production and Design and now focuses on mentoring students in lighting design, stage management and technical theatre arts.