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‘I am thankful for the incredible support of everyone around me, not least my teacher John Evans,
my parents, my girlfriend Inês Costa who played with me for the piano round, and Guildhall’s Head
of Opera Dominic Wheeler who has been so supportive in what has been a tricky year for us all.’

Mole's winning performance included:

• Rachmaninov’s V molchanyi nochi taynoy (In the silence of the secret night)
• Wolf’s Mörike-Lieder: Abschied (Farewell)
• Wolf’s Schon streckt’ ich aus im Bett die müden Glieder (I had already stretched out my
weary limbs in bed)
• Finzi’s The Phantom: Earth and Air and Rain
• Moss’ The Floral Dance accompanied by pianist Inês Costa
• Stravinsky’s I was never saner... Come, master from The Rake’s Progress
• Verdi’s Perfidi! All’anglo contro me v’unite... Pietà, rispetto, amore from Macbeth
• Bizet’s Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador’s Song) from Carmen, accompanied by
the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Natalia Murray Beale.

The Gold Medal finalists, tenor Thando Mjandana, soprano Laura Lolita Perešivana and soprano
Olivia Boen, also performed songs of their choice. Pianists Josh Ridley and Toby Hession
accompanied the singers in the first half of the concert.

The Gold Medal final is part of Guildhall School’s online summer season, which is free to view on the
School’s website.

www.gsmd.ac.uk/summer_2021

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