The following were the soloists for the World premiere performance:

Huw Priday was born in Brecon, Wales and is a winner of the 'Princeps Cantorum' at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. He studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at the Royal College of Music.

Huw has appeared with most of the major British Opera Companies. He recently understudied the role of 'Carlo' in Masnadieri for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, sang 'Second Shepherd' Orfeo and 'Jove' Return of Ulysees for English National Opera, Lehar's Pagannini for Den Jyske Opera, Denmark, Rachmaninov's The Bells at the Royal Opera House, Stockholm. 'Orfeo' in Valencia and at the Granada Festival. 'Alfredo' La Traviata for Stowe Opera . For Wexford Festival Opera he has sung 'Edmondo' L'Assedio di Calais and 'the Sultan' in Gluck's Pilgrims to Mecca, Gounod's Faust and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana in Ireland.
Other roles include 'Jack' The Midsummer Marriage Scottish Opera, 'Rodolfo' La Boheme; WNO, 'Don Jose' Carmen; 'Apollo' Orfeo. 'Ishmael' Nabucco; 'Nadir' The Pearl Fishers; '; 'The Novice' Billy Budd; 'Lensky' Eugene Onegin, a role in Janacek's House of the Dead, 'David' and 'Senior Civil Servant' in the World premier of Alun Hoddinott's new opera 'Tower' for which Huw received high critical acclaim in the National press. Also 'Piangi' in Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End.

Huw Priday is highly acclaimed as a concert artist both in the UK and abroad. His performances of Verdi's Requiem have received high critical acclaim and he is a regular interpreter of the works of Elgar. Recent performances have included 'The Kingdom' and 'The Dream of Gerontius' with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Huw made his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Handel's Messiah and has recently recorded a duet album with the R.P.O. He made his American concert and television debut in the spring of 2000 which has led to future engagements in North America and Canada and a major recording in 2002.

Daniel Lichti is acclaimed as one of Canada's finest concert and oratorio singers. Daniel Lichti is a frequent guest soloist with major North American symphonic, choral, and concert organizations, and has also taken the stage in Europe, Japan, and Argentina. Active in opera as well, he has performed most recently at Teatro dell' Opera di Roma in "Giulio Cesare" by Handel, and just this past season with L'Opera de Montreal in Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" as Don Alfonso, as well as with Toronto's Opera in Concert as the King in Handel's "Ariodante".

Mr. Lichti's past season included: an appearance with the Vancouver Chambre Choir in Brahms' Requiem, Handel's "Messiah" with Seattle Baroque, Bach's B Minor Mass at the Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival in Berea, Ohio, Mendelssohn's "Elijah" in Regina, Saskatchewan, Haydn's "Die Jahreszeiten" in Fulda, Germany, and a featured performance in a Gala Benefit Night at the Elora Festival.

A popular recitalist and Lieder singer, Lichti has sung Schubert's "Winterreise" at Washington's National Gallery, for Festival Canada in Ottawa, at the Shenandoah Bach Festival in Virginia, for Temple Square Concerts in Salt Lake City, and, he is slated to record this masterpiece for ATMA Classique next spring. Recently he has appeared in recital with Catherine Robbin in their duo recital "Songs from Venus and Mars", recorded and aired nationally by the C.B.C. This spring he presented an all Beethoven program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where he is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Voice for the Faculty of Music , and, made his recital debut in Germany for the Insel Klassik concert series on the Island of Reichenau near Konstanz.

Other highlights of Mr. Lichti's past performances include Carnegie Hall appearances in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with St. Luke's Orchestra under Blanche Moise, and in Bach's Mass in B minor, celebrating it's centenary in North America with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem under Greg Funfgeld, as well as a performance of the Mass in B Minor in the Thomas Kirche in Leipzig with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem on tour in Europe. Concerts with Helmuth Rilling and the Bachakademie of Stuttgart, and appearances with the Bach Aria Group are also among his credits. He is a regular guest artist at many North American Bach Festivals. Mr. Lichti has been heard with the orchestras of San Francisco, Toronto, Calgary, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Montreal, Vancouver, Cleveland, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Boston's Handel & Haydn Society, Quebec's Les Violons du Roy, and is a frequent soloist with Tafelmusik.

Mr. Lichti's discography includes SONGS OF HUGO WOLF, nominated for a Juno in 1992, two discs of Bach cantatas and the Mass in B Minor with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem (all on the Dorian label), Sony's "The Gift of Messiah" and recordings of Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms with pianist Janina Fialkowska on the Opening Day label. This fall he will record Baroque gems with the American early music ensemble "Olde Friends".

Teresa Gomez received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas. She was voted "Most Outstanding Undergraduate Vocalist" and "Most Outstanding Senior in Music" by the U.N.T. College of Music Faculty. Teresa won first place in the Graduate Women's Division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition and received the Grady Harlen Award for the Most Outstanding Performer.

Teresa has been a soloist with the U.N.T. Symphony, U.N.T. Symphonic Band, Denton Bach Society, Orchestra of New Spain, Texas All-State Choir, Plano Civic Chorus, Plano Symphony, Dallas Wind Symphony, El Paso Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Dallas Symphony Chorus, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on several concerts. In 1998, Teresa made her debut at Carnegie Hall as the soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem under the direction of David Davidson. Teresa can be heard on such recordings as "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Dubois on Gothic Records and "Dallas Christmas Gala" with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Delos Records.