The Elixir of Love July 2014 | Page 6

JACK SCOTT-WALKER JENNIFER RUST OSSIAN HUSKINSON Jack Scott-Walker is excited at the opportunity to work with Winterbourne Opera, and also with Ronan Busfield, for whom he is understudy for the role of Nemorino in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love. Having had his first taste of the world of opera in 2004, as part of the chorus for an English Touring Opera production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Malvern, Jack has always been keen on performing. During his time at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, he played the Foreman/Grantaire in a production of Les Miserables, and Mr. Bumble in Oliver!. Jack has just finished three years at the University of Nottingham with a music degree. Apart from acting as manager of the university’s male a capella group, in that time he has held leads roles in productions by the University Opera Society, including the short Britten opera The Little Sweep this year. He also recently starred in the first university production of The Phantom of the Opera at Nottingham Arts Theatre, playing Firmin. Apart from singing he also plays the piano and saxophone, and enjoys songwriting in his s