BYO’s unique Link Scheme offers our young singers the opportunity to work on their performance with established professionals. In addition to the rehearsal and coaching sessions, principal singers are paired up with professional artists, respected singers at the top of their profession who have extensive experience of the respective roles, and together they work on these roles in depth. From the beginning of the rehearsal period, these artists generously donate their time and knowledge to BYO to work individually with Company members, providing invaluable insight and advice.

“What makes this company different for its singers is its Link Scheme. Performers are trained individually by A-list professionals who have experience of their particular role. The benefits of learning such stagecraft must be immense.”
The Guardian

Since 2004 the Link scheme has been extended to include the technical trainees who are now given the opportunity to meet experienced backstage staff and complement their experience at BYO with advice from well-established professionals.

The list of internationally renowned artists who have joined British Youth Opera in helping to ensure that young singers are given the best opportunity to establish careers for themselves include:

Sir Thomas Allan	Yvonne Howard	Alexander Oliver
Neil Archer	Judith Howarth	Alan Opie
John Ayldon	Thomas Hemsley	Anne-Marie Owens
Noelle Barker	Gwynne Howell	Steven Page
Mark Beesley	Anne Howells	Felicity Palmer
Christopher Booth-Jones	John Hudson	Mary Plazas
Bonaventura Bottone	Terry Jenkins	Tom Randle
James Bowman	Della Jones	John Rawnsley
Susan Bullock	Gareth Jones	Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Sally Burgess	Rosemary Joshua	Mark Richardson
Nan Christie	Janis Kelly	Jean Rigby
Anne Collins	Yvonne Kenny	Eric Roberts
Sarah Connolly	Linda Kitchen	Christopher Robson
Rita Cullis	Gillian Knight	Martin Robson
Neal Davies	Laureen Livingstone	Nigel Robson
Ryland Davies	Robert Lloyd	Joan Rodgers
Anne Dawson	Felicity Lott	Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
William Dazeley	Benjamin Luxon	Tom Round
Robert Dean	Garry Magee	Claire Rutter
Stafford Dean	Anne Mason	Andrew Shore
John Dobson	Valerie Masterson	Russell Smythe
Geoffrey Dolton	Steven Maughan	Toby Spense
James Edwards	Donald Maxwell	Richard Suart
Frank Egerton	Frances McCafferty	Christine Teare
Elizabeth Gale	Geraldine McGreevy	Pauline Tinsley
Lesley Garrett	Anthony Michaels-Moore	Adrian Thompson
Julian Gavin	Diana Montague	Sir John Tomlinson
John Graham Hall	Geoffrey Moses	Richard Van Allen
Susan Gritton	Henry Moss	Jonathan Veira
Aled Hall	Christopher Moulds	Lillian Watson
Marilyn Hill Smith	Suzanne Murphy	Catherine Wilson
Derek Hammond Stroud	Ann Murray	Jeremy White
Robert Hayward	Paul Nilon	Catherine Wyn-Rogers

...with apologies to anyone who we may have missed in compiling this magnificent list.