Michael Lafferty
@michael_laff
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Opera singer | @rayfieldallied
Essex/ London
Joined June 2012
@guildhallschool production of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens on Monday 27th Feb, then 1st, 3rd, 6th March at Silk Street Theatre, GSMD. 7pm start. Tickets:
barbican.org.uk
Guildhall School presents one of the most powerful and thought-provoking operas of recent decades, exploring questions of faith, redemption and justice.
On Dead Man Walking: baritone Michael Lafferty @michael_laff on learning the role of Joseph de Rocher in @jakeheggiemusic's opera for its @guildhallschool performances next week. Michael's article: https://t.co/LwNGuRK2Kv
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Oh my days! What a wonderful warm and seductive Jupiter tonight with @michael_laff #Semele @WaterperryOpera . This guy has got it. Liquid gold! @operahollandpk
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Thank you to everyone who came to our sell-out Mozart Requiem with @citylondonchoir last night @cadoganhall! We had stunning performances from @raenicholls, @martafontanals, @michael_laff and Thomas Humphries. 📷 @paradiseph0t0
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This album was released the other week with (for obvious reasons) absolutely zero PR. It does, however, feature dozens of fabulously talented musicians whose work deserves to be heard and spread far and wide. Have a listen! https://t.co/2FYjXDO7N5
deutschegrammophon.com
As one of the most outstanding Bach interpreters, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has played a decisive role in the popularity of Bach's works today. As early as 1987, on Deutsche Grammophon. Listen and buy...
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Tenor @michael_laff is looking forward to working with our leaders on music for upcoming projects at our Artist Programme next week. Michael made his @glyndebourne debut last summer in Dialogue des Carmélites and returns this year as a Jerwood Artist. https://t.co/MZmFFpGpmQ
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Congrats to @michael_laff, one of our @GenesisSixteen alumni (Cohort 6), for being named as one of @glyndebourne's Jerwood Young Artists 2024! 👏 Read more about the programme.👇
We are very pleased to announce that our Jerwood Young Artists for Festival 2024 are Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada, Henna Mun, George Curnow and Michael Lafferty. The singers work with leading opera professionals to enhance their skills and experience. Supported by @JerwoodF
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1/2 Experience musical mastery at its best! 🎶 Join leading pianist @roger_vignoles for a weekend of Schubert's Winterreise. Witness exceptional young duos in action and uncover the secrets of extraordinary performance. Get your tickets now! 🎟️🎵 https://t.co/HvdaC8GqCW
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There are great sculptors, and then there are those whose abilities to transform stone border on the divine. These are 15 of the most astonishingly lifelike marble sculptures ever created 🧵
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NEW ARTIST: We are thrilled to welcome baritone Michael Lafferty to Rayfield Allied for general management, where he will be managed by Simon Goldstone. Click the link to learn more about Michael's "mellifluous baritone charm” (The Stage). https://t.co/gUj7KSfLwX
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Exciting moment this evening - piece being performed on the @BarbicanCentre main stage by @michael_laff (setting of ee cummings poem ‘my sweet old etcetera’) - good luck Michael, sounding fantastic in rehearsal! https://t.co/viGalXkFNl
barbican.org.uk
The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize, offering the chance to enjoy songs and arias performed by four outstanding Guildhall vocalists.
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You really don’t hear soprano B flats of that quality very often
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Stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/yfneL4eFRY via @UKChange
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Stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers
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Apparently there’s another Michael Lafferty who has started a petition to disband @BBCSingers . For the avoidance of doubt, this is NOT me. My heart goes out to everyone in that wonderful ensemble. Absolutely appalling news.
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Some favourites from ‘Dead Man Walking’ at @guildhallschool An epic Opera by @jakeheggiemusic alongside an epic cast, orchestra and creative team. I’m a lucky man. 📸: @photographise
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🏅We’re pleased to announce the four finalists for our 2023 Gold Medal for musicians. This year's finalists are: ⭐️Miku Yasukawa (@mikusop) ⭐️Michael Lafferty-Smith (@michael_laff) ⭐️Alexandra Achillea Pouta ⭐️Lorna McLean Read more👇 https://t.co/LSN9nyxVmB
gsmd.ac.uk
The Gold Medal is awarded to singers and instrumentalists in alternate years. In 2023 singers take centre stage, and the finalists are: Miku Yasukawa (soprano), Michael Lafferty-Smith (baritone),...
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Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking given a triumphant staging by @guildhallschool
bachtrack.com
Under Dominic Wheeler’s expert baton the musicians, all youthful if not downright young, give a spectacular account of a harrowing score.
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On Dead Man Walking: baritone Michael Lafferty @michael_laff on learning the role of Joseph de Rocher in @jakeheggiemusic's opera for its @guildhallschool performances next week. Michael's article: https://t.co/LwNGuRK2Kv
planethugill.com
Baritone Michael Lafferty on learning Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking for Guildhall School performances next week
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Congratulations to all this year's @OffWestEndCom nominees!🎭 A special congrats to @guildhallschool alumni #Offies2023 ⭐ Opera performance: @michael_laff, 'Black, El Payaso' at @CervantesTheatr ⭐ Video design: @LightDan_, 'Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon' at @swkplay
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🗣OPERA PERFORMANCE: Company & Orchestra, L’Incoronazione di Poppea at Arcola Michael Lafferty, Raphaela Papadakis, Black, El Payaso Company & Orchestra, The Cunning Little Vixen at Jacksons Lane #OffiesFinalist #Offies2023
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Come along to @smitf_london tonight at 7.30pm for some festive cheer! 🎄🎄🎄
Join @StMartinsVoices and @ASMForchestra @smitf_london tonight for a festive evening of classic carols with baritone @michael_laff conducted by @AndrewEaris🎵 https://t.co/meg3EokQUL
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Join @StMartinsVoices and @ASMForchestra @smitf_london tonight for a festive evening of classic carols with baritone @michael_laff conducted by @AndrewEaris🎵 https://t.co/meg3EokQUL
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