Wendy Silvester

Staff Writer

Wendy Silvester is a classical mezzo-soprano, singing teacher, and freelance writer based in the UK.

Her operatic repertoire includes Zita / La Principessa (Gianni Schicchi / Suor Angelica), Erda (Das Rheingold), Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera), Olga Olsen (Street Scene), Filipyevna (Eugene Onegin), Signora Guidotti (I due timidi), Fidalma (Il matrimonio segreto), and Florence (Albert Herring).

Wendy Silvester

Singer and vocal coach based in the UK.

Show Guides by Wendy Silvester

I due timidi logo

Opera

Nino Rota’s one-act opera I due timidi is a comedy of two young people who, having seen each other...
Il tabarro logo

Opera

Il tabarro is the first opera in Puccini’s Il trittico, which also comprises of and . The story is...
Il matrimonio segreto logo

Opera

Carolina and Paolino have been secretly married for two months, and now the need to tell Carolina’s...
Pique Dame logo

Opera

Officer Gherman is troubled. The beautiful girl he loves is engaged to be married and he does not ev...
Im Weissen Rössl logo

Operetta

Leopold, the head waiter at The White Horse Inn is stressed. It is high season for the hotel, and he...
Simon Boccanegra logo

Opera

A child born out of wedlock, to the daughter of a wealthy family, is hidden away by her father until...
The Tsar’s Bride logo

Opera

When Gryaznoy’s request to marry the beautiful Marfa is rejected by her father, because she is alrea...
Die Csárdásfürstin logo

Operetta

Young Edwin, son and heir to Prince Lippert-Weylersheim, has fallen deeply in love with Sylva Varesc...
Partenope logo

Opera

Queen Partenope, ruler of Naples, is looking for a husband. Many suitors have arrived hoping to win...
The Wreckers logo

Opera

The Wreckers is set amongst the legends of the Cornish coast, where it was thought that ships were d...
Jenůfa logo

Opera

The Czech title of this opera, Jeji pastorkyna focuses the entire story on the relationship between...
La belle Hélène logo

Opera

Offenbach’s comic retelling of how the Trojan war began treats the legend with more than a pinch of...