Pegasus Opera Mentoring Programme
A mentorship scheme for aspiring and emerging artists of global majority heritage
This year, the mentees are Bradyn Debysingh, Gabriela Comeau Gort, Haein Choi and Tiana Oberoi.
The participants mentored by Glyndebourne have a unique, bespoke experience that includes opportunities to observe rehearsals and shadow established artists at the 2026 Glyndebourne Festival. They also receive opportunities to perform for key artistic staff with feedback to aid their development and are introduced to other departments at Glyndebourne to gain insight into the full range of career opportunities in opera. Representatives from Glyndebourne attend Pegasus Opera auditions and showcases to help spot emerging talent who can be encouraged to audition for the Glyndebourne Chorus, a proven launchpad for a professional career in opera.
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Stephen Langridge, Artistic Director at Glyndebourne, said: ‘We’re really pleased to be continuing our partnership with Pegasus Opera. Each year, we’ve been able to deepen the relationship and find new ways to support each other. The feedback from last year’s mentees was again incredibly positive and our wider partnership helps support our commitment to a fully inclusive and diverse workplace culture at Glyndebourne.’
Melvin Claridge, Talent Director at Pegasus Opera Company, said: ‘We are thrilled to welcome a new cohort to the sixth year of our annual mentorship programme, which offers aspiring and emerging global majority artists a bespoke programme of coaching and mentoring opportunities. It is an honour to be able to work with these talented singers and do something tangible to advance their career opportunities. Pegasus exists to create an equality of opportunity for global majority classical artists and to support the talent development of emerging artists. This Programme helps us to broaden and deepen the pool of talent available to opera companies to diversify representation on our stages. We truly appreciate all who are making this happen … especially Glyndebourne for the continuing partnership, the Laidlaw Opera Trust for financial support of this Programme, and the casting & talent development team at English National Opera for guidance and access to dress rehearsals.’
Marie Cayeux, 25/26 mentee, said: ‘Being a mentee this season has given me invaluable opportunities to perform, take part in masterclasses, and engage with inspiring mentors from the industry, such as Danielle de Niese and Roderick Williams. I have also had the chance to attend many outstanding productions at ENO and Glyndebourne, and to build relationships with these prestigious companies. Above all, it has been a deeply rewarding human experience: I truly feel I have found a supportive and caring community among my fellow mentees. Pegasus not only plays a vital role in promoting diversity in opera and bringing it to wider audiences, they are also great at bringing people together! I am incredibly grateful to be part of it.”’
Taking part in 2026
Praised for his ‘dulcet tones’ and as ‘a name of which you’ll certainly hear more’ (Music OMH), Bradyn Debysingh currently stars as Ubaldo Piangi in the West End’s The Phantom of the Opera.
Other credits include Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro (Garsington Opera); Mr. Su in The Stone God (Arcadian Opera); and chorus for Aida and Der Fliegende Holländer (Lyric Opera of Chicago). In concert, Bradyn has sung with Brighton Early Music Festival, Vache Baroque, and in competitions with the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall, American Pops Orchestra at Lincoln Center, and Le Poème Harmonique in France.
Bradyn hails from Cottage Grove, Oregon and holds postgraduate voice degrees from the Royal Northern College of Music and Northwestern University, with additional degrees in classics and musical theatre from Samford University. Beyond singing, Bradyn is an avid tap dancer, published poet, and aspiring film actor.
Gabriela Comeau Gort is a Canadian mezzo-soprano based in Manchester whose performances span Canada, the US, England, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Chile. Gabriela is a member of British Youth Opera’s Serena Fenwick Programme (2026), the National Opera Studio Academy (2025/26), and Pegasus Opera Company (2026/27). She was the mezzo-soprano Young Artist at Waterperry Opera Festival (2025).
Gabriela’s notable opera performances include Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Orphée in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina and Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Equally comfortable in oratorio repertoire, Gabriela’s concert highlights include the alto soloist in Shaw’s The Listeners, Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Handel’s Messiah, and Mozart’s Requiem.
Gabriela completed an intensive MMus in Opera and Vocal Performance at the RNCM as a scholar, under the tutelage of Mary Plazas. She holds a BMus in Vocal Performance from the University of Ottawa, studying with John Avey.
Haein Choi is a Korean soprano. She completed her Bachelor of Music in Voice at the ‘Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin’ under Prof. Anna Korondi and is expected to begin her Master’s studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in September 2026.
She began her operatic roles such as the Elf and Cobweb in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Britten. She later performed Adele in Die Fledermaus at the Berlin Opera Academy, Alma in PHYSICAL EDUCATION by Juta Pranulytė, performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as part of Neue Szenen VI. In addition she has also appeared as a soloist with Chorvereinigung Concordia in Berlin.
She has participated in masterclasses with artists including Ulrich Messthaler, Sunhae Im, and Bernhard Landauer and has been awarded several scholarships, including the Deutschlandstipendium, Giovanni Omodeo-Scholarship and DAAD PROMOS Scholarship. She is fluent in German and English.
Third-year undergraduate and Cundill-Davidson Scholar at the Royal College of Music, Tiana Esther Oberoi from Bangalore, India studies voice with Sarah Tynan and Gary Mathewman.
Semi-finalist in the Rebecca Clarke Song Competition 2026 and Junior Ferrier Competition 2024, she placed first in the NATS Student Auditions 2023 in San Diego. Recently, she performed in masterclasses with Louise Alder, Kitty Whately and Anna Tillbrook.
Tiana’s solo highlights include performances at Westminster Abbey for The Commonwealth Day celebrations; at Musikverin and Ehrbar Saal in Vienna; Royal Opera House Mumbai; at Deal Music Festival, Kent singing Hayden’s Nelson Mass with The Purcell School; and with Chorleywood orchestra.
About Pegasus Opera Company
Pegasus is a professional opera company with a family of widespread international artists, participants and supporters. We produce high-quality performances and balance this with a focus on artist development, with an eye to promoting the talents of emerging artists of global majority heritage and bringing this onto eminent platforms of note and significance.
For 30 years, Pegasus Opera Company has been the home for singers, composers, instrumentalists and directors predominantly, but not exclusively, from diverse global majority backgrounds.
Established in south London and grown from solid and credible roots, we still work out of our home in Brixton. The Company has held true to our founder Lloyd Newton’s credo of ‘harmony in diversity’. We have inspired many to love opera; and we celebrate the music of rich African, Asian and Caribbean diasporas whilst weaving this into the fabric of the British performing arts, using creativity to challenge and advocate for positive change.
