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Bampton Classical Opera Unveils 2024 Season

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Bampton Classical Opera has announced its 2024 season. It starts with a summer production of “L’Isola d’Alcina” by Gazzaniga. The opera will get five performances across four different venues in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, East Sussex, and London. Thomas Blunt conducts and Jeremy Gray directs. Cast members include Susanna Fairbairne, Sarah Chae, Charlotte Badham, Monwabisi Lindi, Simon Brown, Magnus Walker, Jonathan Eyers, {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera Announces ‘Feliz Navidad! – Christmas Music from the New World’

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Bampton Classical Opera has announced its 2023 Christmas Concert “Feliz Navidad! – Christmas Music from the New World.” The event, which is scheduled for Dec. 19, 2023 at St. Mary’s Church in Bampton, Oxfordshire, will feature Juan Guitérrez de Padilla’s “Missa Joseph Fili” as well as music by Antonio de Salazar, Francisco López Capillas, Manuel de Zumaya, Francisco Guerrero, Tomás {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera to Present ‘L’Isola d’Alcina’

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Bampton Classical Opera has a new addition to its 2024 season. The company revealed that it will present Giuseppe Gazzaniga’s “L’Isola d’Alcina.” The three-act opera is loosely based on the sorceress Alcina and features four men getting washed up on an island where they are seduced by an 800-year-old witch. The opera will be directed by Jeremy Gray and conducted {…}

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Melissa Gregory Wins the 2023 Bampton Classical Opera’s Young Singers’ Competition

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(Photo credit: Sisi) Mezzo-soprano Melissa Gregory has been named the winner of Bampton Classical Opera’s 2023 Young Singers’ Competition. The finals took place Nov. 25 in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium at Wolfson College in Oxford. Gregory took home the highest prize totaling in £2,000. Second prize of £1,000 was awarded to countertenor Kieron-Connor Valentine. The winner of the accompanists’ prize, {…}

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Finalists for 2023 Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers Competition Announced

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Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers Competition has unveiled the finalists for its 2023 edition. The finalists include: Sarah Chae, soprano Aleksandra Dunaeva, soprano Melissa Gregory, mezzo-soprano Rhydian Jenkins, tenor Georgie Malcolm, soprano Dan D’Souza, baritone Myrna Tennant, mezzo-soprano Kieron-Connor Valentine, countertenor Judges include tenor Bonaventura Bottone, mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby, and pianist and vocal coach Ingrid Surgenor. The final is scheduled for Nov. 25, 2023 at Leonard Wolfson Auditorium {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera to Present Haydn’s ‘The Apothecary’

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Bampton Classical Opera is set to present “The Apothecary” as part of its 30th anniversary season. The Haydn opera, which is set to open on Sept. 9, 2023, will take place at The Barn at Old Walland, Wadhurt, East Sussex. It will star Guy Beynon as Sempronio, the titular apothecary, and Iúnó Connolly as Grilletta, his ward and pupil. Joining {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera Opens Applicants for Sixth Biennial Young Singers Competition

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On Oct. 28, 2023, Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition 2023 will hold the first round of their sixth biennial competition. Launched in 2013, the competition seeks to support some of England’s most promising young singers and their accompanists. The first closed round will take place on Oct. 28 and 29, with the final public round to be held on {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera Unveils 2023 Season

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Bampton Classical Opera has unveiled its 2023 season. It all kicks off with the double bill of Haydn’s “The Diva” and “The Apothecary” at St. Andrew’s Church in Aldoborough for its initial June performance. The operas will star Iúnó Connolly, Henry Ross, Guy Benyon, and Madeline Robinson. Mark Austin conducts and Jeremy Gray directs. Performance Date: June 15, 2023 Next {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera to Open 30th Season with Salieri’s ‘La fiera di Venezia’

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On July 21, 2023, Bampton Classical Opera will open its 30th Anniversary Season with Antonio Salieri’s “La fiera di Venezia.” This production will feature a new English translation by Gilly French, with the performances conducted by Thomas Blunt and directed by Jeremy Gray. Premiering in 1772, “La fiera di Venezia” is the sixth opera by Salieri and among the most {…}