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Opera Holland Park/Charles Court Opera 2024 Review: The Yeomen of the Guard

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(Photo: Ellie Kurttz) John Savournin returned with Charles Court Opera for their fourth collaboration with Opera Holland Park, following 2023’s zesty “Ruddigore”. In 2024 they have opted for one of the most tonally and musically complex of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Savoy operas in “The Yeomen of the Guard”, whose mood is darker and dramaturgy complex, treading an awkward line between {…}

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Britten Pears Arts Announces Autumn 2024 Season

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(Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith) Britten Pears Arts has released the details of its Autumn 2024 season. Only opera and vocal events are included in this article. Singers and instrumentalists from the Composition and Performance course present Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” in a masterclass led by soprano Claire Booth and conductor Jonathan Berman. Performance Date: September 17, 2024 (Peter Pears Recital {…}

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Nardus Williams Headlines the 2024 Spitalfields Music Festival

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(Photo credit: Bertie Watson) The full program of events has been announced for the 2024 Spitalfields Music Festival. The festival is held at various locations in London’s East End from June 27 – July 10. This article only features vocal works. Soprano Nardus Williams and lute-player Elizabeth Kenny open the festival with “In the Shadow of the Tower.” The program {…}

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English Touring Opera Announces 2023-24 Season & New Initiatives

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(Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith) Robin Norton-Hale, the General Director of the English Touring Opera (ETO), has unveiled the company’s upcoming season and launched a multiple digital events, and educational initiatives. Beginning the position in January of this year, Notron-Hale introduced several fundamental changes to expand ETO’s work. These initiatives will feature multi-disciplinary programming, revamped repertoire, commissioned English translations of {…}

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English Touring Opera 2021 – 22 Review: The Golden Cockerel

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(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Rimsky-Korsakov wrote 13 operas, yet outside his native Russia they have struggled to establish themselves, notching up only the occasional performance, with the possible exception of his final opera “The Golden Cockerel,” which has always managed to maintain a presence on the international stage. Based on Pushkin’s 1834 fairy tale poem of the same name, Rimsky-Korsakov {…}

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English Touring Opera Announces Spring 2022 Performances

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(Credit: English Touring Opera official website) The English Touring Opera has announced its 2022 spring performances. Here is a full slate. Puccini’s “La bohème” features Francesca Chiejina and Paula Sides as Mimì; Jenny Stafford and April Koyejo-Audiger in the role of Musetta; and Luciano Botelho and Thomas Elwin as Rodolfo. The cast is rounded out by Michel de Souza, Jerome {…}

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Jermyn Street Theatre & Charles Court Opera Team Up for ‘Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime’

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Jermyn Street Theatre and Charles Court Opera are teaming up for “Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime” starting on Nov. 21, 2024 and running through Jan. 5, 2025. The work, written by John Savournin and David Eaton, is a parody of the famed French leader and his battle with Wellington. The cast includes Elliot Broadfoot, Matthew Kellett, Jennie Jacobs, Amy J. Payne, {…}

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English Touring Opera Unveils Autumn 2024 Slate

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English Touring Opera has announced its autumn 2024 season. Olivia Fuchs will direct “The Snowmaiden” with a cast starring Ffion Edwards, Kitty Wahtely, Katherine McIndoe, Edmund Danon, and Hannah Sandison, among others. Hannah Quinn conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 28 & Oct. 4 (London); Oct. 12 (Snape); Oct. 19 (Saffron Walden); Oct. 26 (Buxton); Nov. 4 (Crawley); Nov.  6 & 9 {…}

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Marina Costa Jackson, Rainelle Krause, Emily Pulley & Craig Irvin Lead Nashville Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Nashville Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Marina Costa Jackson leads Bizet’s “Carmen” with Zach Borichevsky, Kathryn Lewek, and Richard Ollarsaba. Dean Williamson conducts the production by John Hoomes. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 28, 2024 “The Cook-Off” with a libretto by Mark Campbell will make its world premiere alongside Lee Hoiby’s “Bon Appetit!” Craig Irvin, Emily Pulley, Amy {…}