Will Sharma is a conductor and répétiteur working across a broad range of opera, orchestral and music theatre repertoire. In 2023, Will joined the music staff of Dijon Opera as assistant conductor, coach and language coach for their production of The Turn of the Screw, as well as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as assistant/cover conductor and continuo for their production of Händel's Arminio. He continued his work as a répétiteur with Longborough Festival Opera, working on productions of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and their education and outreach production of The Downfall of Don José, an adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen.

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Past highlights include: TIDE! at the Aldeburgh Festival, a world premiere by Emily Hazrati and Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, commissioned by Britten Pears Arts; and West Green House Opera’s 5 star production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin; as well as orchestral concerts with the GoodEnsemble and Royal Forest of Dean Orchestra, where he was Principal and Associate Conductor respectively.

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A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Will completed his undergraduate degree in Vocal Studies under the guidance of John Evans and Adrian Thompson, before joining their Opera School. He studied as a répétiteur with Elizabeth Rowe and Susanna Stranders and subsequently as a conducting fellow where he was mentored by Dominic Wheeler. At Guildhall, Will worked as assistant conductor and chorus master for their 2021 Opera Makers world première as well as productions of The Little Green Swallow (Dove), Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) and various opera scenes. He was a répétiteur and continuo player for productions such as I’m Cleaning, I’m Cleaning (Esbenshade), the spring Opera Scenes, and their critically acclaimed production of La fedeltà premiata (Haydn).

 

Equally at home in Musical Theatre, the 22/23 season saw Will return to the world famous Minack Theatre for productions of Everybody's Talking About Jamie and 13: The Musical; and as musical director for The Kids Who Make It Happen at Cadogan Hall. He has worked on shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd Webber); Sweeney Todd (Sondheim); Dogfight (Pasek & Paul) and Sister Act (Menken) to name but a few.

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In 2023, Will took up the role the Musical Supervisor for The British Theatre Academy, working with some of the UK’s finest young performers on a wide range of musical theatre shows, concerts and workshops, having worked with the company since 2018. He has worked on recordings with iTheatrics as UK musical director and pianist for new JR productions including Matilda, Cats and My Fair Lady.

Prior to their sad closure, he was part of the creative team for the Make a Difference Trust, a charity which raised funds to help those affected by HIV and AIDS in both the UK and worldwide. Since 2017, he had been their Musical Director and Arranger for A West End Christmas, an annual concert featuring talent from London’s West End held at the Actor’s Church, Covent Garden, as well as playing for and advising on other events such as West End Eurovision.