Baritone Ashley Riches joins Hazard Chase
Guildhall Opera Course student and scholar Ashley Riches already holds many prestigious awards, including a Sybil Tutton Award (Musicians Benevolent Fund), the Myra Verney Recital Prize (Worshipful Company of Musicians) and the John Hosier Award. Before taking up his scholarship at the Guildhall, Ashley read English at Cambridge University, during which time he was a member of King's College Chapel Choir under Stephen Cleobury, and performed with Cambridge University Opera Society in the title role Don Giovanni.
Ashley has performed under the direction of David Hill, Jan Latham-Koenig, Sir David Willcocks and John Rutter, and has given song recitals at Barbican Hall, the City of London Festival, Chelsea Schubert Festival and Ludlow Festival. With several key operatic roles already mastered, Ashley sings Ibn-Hakia in Iolanta this season at the Guildhall.
Hazard Chase is delighted to welcome Ashley as a Young Associate Artist and look forward to seeing his promising career develop.
