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The Gala Ensemble are a British group of five opera singers formed by SonyBMG in 2008 to record and perform the works of Gilbert & Sullivan. Their repertoire includes songs from ''The Pirates of Penzance'', ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and ''The Mikado''. The ensemble consists of Sally Johnson (soprano), Elinor Moran (soprano), Hannah Pedley (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Prentice (baritone) and Richard Knight (tenor). The musical director is Marcus Marriott. The group were assembled by Sony Records, which released their first recording, ''The Best Of Gilbert & Sullivan'', on 24 November 2008.〔("Bid to bring Gilbert and Sullivan back to masses" ), ''Yorkshire Post'', October 6, 2008〕 ==Members of the group== Sally Johnson was born in Liverpool and grew up in Penrith.〔("Former Penrith schoolgirl hitting the right notes" ), 16 November 2008〕 Elinor Moran (born 1980) from Stoke-on-Trent, England, was a student at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester before moving to London to study voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is also a member of the touring troupe Mid Wales Opera and a singing coach.〔("Elinor sings praises of opera after clinching record deal with Sony", ) ''Cheadle Post and Times'', 7 November 2008〕 This is her first recording.〔("From classroom to recording studio", ) ''The Irish Post'', 5 November 2008〕 Hannah Pedley was born in Leeds and teaches singing at the Royal Ballet School.〔Roberts, John. ("Yorkshire singer hoping to top charts at Christmas with Gilbert and Sullivan", ) ''Yorkshire Post'', 29 October 2008〕 Jonathan Prentice from Bournemouth has performed regularly as a principal with the Candlelight Opera Company in productions such as ''Don Giovanni''〔("A night to remember" ), ''The Salisbury Journal'', December 13, 2007.〕 and ''Rigoletto''. Prentice appears on the recording ''A Christmas Choral Spectacular''.〔("A Christmas Choral Spectacular" ), Naxos, 2005〕 Richard Knight from Lichfield trained at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Marcus Marriott is the musical director. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Gala Ensemble」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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