Genevieve Ellis

British répétiteur and conductor Genevieve Ellis is Assistant Chorus Master of the Royal Opera Chorus. Since her appointment in 2015 she has been Chorus Master for the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence, Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Giovanni and has assisted Chorus Directors Renato Balsadonna and William Spaulding on over 60 titles. Ellis was born in London and studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and the RAM, before training in opera coaching at Flanders Opera Studio. During her time there she worked for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie and Collegium Vocale Ghent. She worked for English National Opera as a trainee répétiteur and became Assistant Chorus Master there in 2012. She worked on over thirty productions with the ENO chorus and was Chorus Master for La traviata in 2014. She has been Guest Chorus Master at the Opera de Lyon (War Requiem, 2017) and with the BBC Singers (Prisoner of the State, January 2020).