Idit Arad - soprano
Luis-Miguel Manzano - flamenco guitar

Arrangement of Manuel De Falla "Polo" by Luis-Miguel Manzano

Biography

Idit met the renowned Professor Vera Rozsa at the at the end of her high school years, and came to study with her at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Idit then carried on her operatic training at the Federico Davia Opera Studio, London. Since then she has performed as a soloist in concerts and operatic productions in England, Spain, Israel, Hungary, and France. She has performed principal operatic roles in productions of Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira), The Magic Flute (Pamina), The Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley (Susan), The Marriage of Figaro (Countess),La Boheme (Musetta), Donizetti's Rita (Rita), Falstaff (Nannetta) and Hansel and Gretel (Gretel).

Idit is a regular soloist with the Schubert Players, with whom she performed Händel's "Messiah" & Vivaldi's "Gloria" on three different tours in Andalucia, Spain, as well as Schubert's G minor Mass, in St John’s, Smith Square, and several concerts in Music Societies in England, including the Penrith Music Society, Faversham Music Society, and in the Mansfield Theatre. Other important concerts include: a recital with pianist Donna Stoering and the Rosalfni String Trio at St John's, Smith Square; Donna Elvira in a concert performance of Don Giovanni at St John's, Smith Square; Mozart's Requiem with BES; a recital entitled "Semitic Harmonies" with flutist Wissam Boustany in a concert series called "Building Bridges through Music and the Arts" given by Gillian Humphreys' Concordia Foundation at St John's, Smith Square; a Concert of Operatic arias and Spanish songs in the Juan Miro Institute, Barcelona; Vaughan Williams' "Serenade to Music" with The Sinfonia of Westminster at St John's, Smith Square; Mozart's "Vespere Solennes" and Vivaldi's "Gloria" with the Atlas Camerata Orchestra, Israel and Mozart's "Coronation Mass" with Ensemble Vocal Solist de Paris; a devised show of operatic arias for Opera Stripped in various venues in London, Budapest and Israel, directed by Antonio Peluso; soloist in AmourLebenFolia – a devised show in the Covent Garden Theatre by Federico Davia. She also featured in a trailer for Opera Stripped of operatic scenes from Carmen (Habanera) and Musetta (Quando men vo) accompanied by Michael Pollok. Idit has given many song recitals in London in such venues such as St John's, Smith Square, St James's Piccadilly, the Kenneth More Theatre and St Martin in the fields.

Her pride and joy is her new dream Album, Alma Española.

‘....I first started teaching Idit Arad at the Guildhall of Music and Drama some 17 years ago, and ever since she has been my student. I have watched her grow and develop over that time as a person, musician and singer. Miss Arad has excellent musicianship and is an experienced and gifted singer. She is a sincere and responsible person and has a selfless devotion to music, all qualities which are essential for teaching. She would be an asset to any teaching establishment she might join, and indeed to any student. I recommend her to you with pleasure.’

 Vera Rozsa OBE 


 