Past performances 2009
Ione has studied at The Cardiff International Academy of voice with Dennis O’Neill. She has sung in Masterclasses for some of the worlds most well known Opera singers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Josaphene Barstow, Nuccia Foccile and June Anderson. She has been a finalist at The London Wagner Competition and was awarded a Bayreuth Bursary. Opera roles include Madama Butterfly - Mediteranean Opera Festival (Sicily), Donna Anna, Fiordilligi-Clonter Opera; Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segretto) Barga Festival Opera, Italy; Nedda (Pagliacci) Haddo House; Turandot, Violetta (La Traviata), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) York Opera; Ellen Orford Leeds Youth Opera; Carmen, Hero (Beatrice and Benedict) Fenena (Nabucco) West Riding Opera. Concert appearances include: Sieglinde (Die Walkurie) with