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Running time: 30 mins 

Dionysios Kyropoulos was born in Greece and moved to the UK to continue his singing studies. He took the City Opera course at City Lit, and studied at Morley Opera School. He is currently reading music at City University, having singing lessons at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Robert Dean. Some of his full roles include Uberto in Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Simone in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Polyphemus in Handel's Acis and Galatea, Antonio in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Badger in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. Dionysios has sung with Riverside Opera, Mantissa Opera, Unexpected Opera, Rose Opera Company, Longborough Festival Opera, and in Tête à Tête’s Opera Festival. He has been selected to participate in the British Youth Opera Easter Workshops, and is currently preparing to sing in Mario Ferraro's new opera The Moonflower. For full and updated biography please visit www.kyropoulos.com.
Chris Mear began learning the piano at the age of five, and went on to study under Sandro Ivo Bartoli. Between 2000 and 2003 Chris was an organ scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, during which time he also gave a number of piano recitals focusing on music by Chopin and Ravel. Chris now lives in London, and works as an accompanist and piano teacher at Forest School, Snaresbrook.