JUNE NEWS | David Ireland makes his debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Baron Douphol ‘La traviata’ | Joseph Doody sings Almaviva ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ with Longborough Festival Opera | Polly Leech opens as the Nurse ‘Boris Godunov’ at Dutch National Opera | Adam Temple-Smith makes his role debut as Fenton ‘Falstaff’ and sings further performances as Leigh 'Man from La Mancha’ at the Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, as well as making his house debut at Theater Münster as Schoolmaster ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ | Galina Averina opens as both Tatyana ‘Eugene Onegin’ and Adina ‘L’elisir d’amore’ with Wild Arts | Nia Coleman makes her role debut as Yniold ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’ for Longborough Festival Opera | Nathanaël Tavernier sings further performances as Sarastro ‘Die Zauberflöte’ at the Opéra de Rennes and the Opéra de Nantes | Charles Sudan sings Orimeno in Cavalli’s ‘L’Erismena’ with Leonardo García Alarcón in Geneva | Dima Bawab sings final performances as Laurette in ‘Le Docteur Miracle’ at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, and appears in a new work ‘The Sea’ in London with Once Arts | Jean-Kristof Bouton sings further performances as Conte Almaviva with Diva Opera | Marlène Assayag sings further performances as Die Königin der Nacht ‘Die Zauberflöte’ at the Theater Magdeburg | Elizabeth Karani sings Norina ‘Don Pasquale’ with Diva Opera | Gemma Ní Bhriain sings final performances as Hippolyta ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in Ireland | Pauline Sikirdji sings further performances as 2e Dame ‘Die Zauberflöte’ at the Opéra de Rennes and the Opéra de Nantes | Kyu Choi sings further performances as Escamillo ‘Carmen’ in Basel | Sarah Yang sings further performances as Susanna ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ and Purcell ‘King Arthur’ at the Hessiches Staatstheater Wiesbaden | Remy Burnens sings Britten ‘Serenade’ in Bern and ‘Die schöne Müllerin’ in Poschiavo | Florian Bisbrouck sings Brahms ‘Requiem’ in Mouvaux and Lys-lez-Lannoy | Kenny Ferreira sings Ferrando ‘Cosi fan tutte’ at the Midsummer Mozartiade in Brussels | Jerome Knox sings Brahms ‘Requiem’ at The Anvil, Basingstoke | Peter Van Hulle sings further performances as Basilio ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ with Diva Opera | Michael Bell sings both Ernesto ‘Don Pasquale’ and Don Curzio ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ with Diva Opera | Lucas Pauchet sings Almaviva ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ in Versailles | ... and we are delighted to welcome Amy J Payne to the agency, ahead of a very busy season with company debuts for Welsh National Opera and the Nederlandse Reisopera, and a role debut with Opera North |