Role: The Blacksmith
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex
A mysterious knight must save Saffron Walden from a terrible basilisk, but nothing is quite as it seems. Five centuries of local history collide in Saffron Hall and Saffron Walden County’s spectacular new opera production performed with young people from eight schools, alongside professional singers and instrumentalists.
Philip Sunderland musical director
Anna Moorhouse director
Sue Raven choreographer
Role: The Blacksmith
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex
A mysterious knight must save Saffron Walden from a terrible basilisk, but nothing is quite as it seems. Five centuries of local history collide in Saffron Hall and Saffron Walden County’s spectacular new opera production performed with young people from eight schools, alongside professional singers and instrumentalists.
Philip Sunderland musical director
Anna Moorhouse director
Sue Raven choreographer
Role: The Blacksmith
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex
A mysterious knight must save Saffron Walden from a terrible basilisk, but nothing is quite as it seems. Five centuries of local history collide in Saffron Hall and Saffron Walden County’s spectacular new opera production performed with young people from eight schools, alongside professional singers and instrumentalists.
Philip Sunderland musical director
Anna Moorhouse director
Sue Raven choreographer
Role: The Blacksmith
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex
A mysterious knight must save Saffron Walden from a terrible basilisk, but nothing is quite as it seems. Five centuries of local history collide in Saffron Hall and Saffron Walden County’s spectacular new opera production performed with young people from eight schools, alongside professional singers and instrumentalists.
Philip Sunderland musical director
Anna Moorhouse director
Sue Raven choreographer
Benjamien Lycke (music) / Mien Bogaert (words): Stream of Consciousness, Sea of Blood
Role: The President
Alex Paxton (music and words): Bel and the Dragon
Role: The King
Kenichi Ikuno Sekiguchi (music and words): 76 Days
Role: Fear
Lionel Friend coductor
Bill Bankes-Jones director
Sarah Booth designer
Following the success of Hogarth’s Stages in 2014, don’t miss this opportunity to hear a series of six brand-new mini operas created by RCM composers and performed by outstanding RCM singers.
Based on the theme of crime and punishment, marking 150 years since the publication of Dostoyevsky’s famous novel, each opera packs a punch in just fifteen minutes.
We are fortunate to welcome both Bill Bankes-Jones, inspirational founder of Tête à Tête, and Lionel Friend, celebrated conductor and Musical Director of British Youth Opera, to help us bring these daring contemporary new interpretations to life on the Britten Theatre stage.
Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête
Please note that some of the operas contain adult themes
Benjamien Lycke (music) / Mien Bogaert (words): Stream of Consciousness, Sea of Blood
Role: The President
Alex Paxton (music and words): Bel and the Dragon
Role: The King
Kenichi Ikuno Sekiguchi (music and words): 76 Days
Role: Fear
Lionel Friend coductor
Bill Bankes-Jones director
Sarah Booth designer
Following the success of Hogarth’s Stages in 2014, don’t miss this opportunity to hear a series of six brand-new mini operas created by RCM composers and performed by outstanding RCM singers.
Based on the theme of crime and punishment, marking 150 years since the publication of Dostoyevsky’s famous novel, each opera packs a punch in just fifteen minutes.
We are fortunate to welcome both Bill Bankes-Jones, inspirational founder of Tête à Tête, and Lionel Friend, celebrated conductor and Musical Director of British Youth Opera, to help us bring these daring contemporary new interpretations to life on the Britten Theatre stage.
Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête
Please note that some of the operas contain adult themes
British Youth Opera: English Eccentrics
By Malcolm Williamson
Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell
Roles: Dr Katterfelto, Lord Rokeby, Alderman Birch, Lord Rothschild, Mr Worrall and Etienne
In this rarely performed chamber piece we meet hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travellers, and men of learning. Peopled with – as the title suggests – the most absurd of English eccentricity, this is a glorious gallery of the extremes of human nature, portrayed with humour, sympathy, knowledge, and love.
British Youth Opera: English Eccentrics
By Malcolm Williamson
Libretto by Geoffrey Dunn based on the book by Edith Sitwell
Roles: Dr Katterfelto, Lord Rokeby, Alderman Birch, Lord Rothschild, Mr Worrall and Etienne
In this rarely performed chamber piece we meet hermits, quacks, mariners, indefatigable travellers, and men of learning. Peopled with – as the title suggests – the most absurd of English eccentricity, this is a glorious gallery of the extremes of human nature, portrayed with humour, sympathy, knowledge, and love.
Role: Nardo
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents Mozart’s early comic opera La finta giardiniera, sung in Italian and conducted by Michael Rosewell.
http://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/seasonhighlights/giardiniera/
Role: Nardo
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents Mozart’s early comic opera La finta giardiniera, sung in Italian and conducted by Michael Rosewell.
http://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/seasonhighlights/giardiniera/
The London Handel Festival in conjunction with the Royal College of Music International Opera School present Handel’s early opera, Faramondo. Kieran will play Gustavo, the main baritone role.
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Laurence Cummings
Director: William Relton
The London Handel Festival in conjunction with the Royal College of Music International Opera School present Handel’s early opera, Faramondo. Kieran will play Gustavo, the main baritone role.
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Laurence Cummings
Director: William Relton
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents a hilarious French comedy double bill: Chabrier’s Une Éducation Manquée and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Kieran will play three roles:
Le Mari (Poulenc lead role) on 30 June / 4 July
Pausanias (Chabrier) and Le Directeur (Poulenc) on 28 June / 3 July
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Stephen Unwin
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents a hilarious French comedy double bill: Chabrier’s Une Éducation Manquée and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Kieran will play three roles:
Le Mari (Poulenc lead role) on 30 June / 4 July
Pausanias (Chabrier) and Le Directeur (Poulenc) on 28 June / 3 July
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Stephen Unwin
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents a hilarious French comedy double bill: Chabrier’s Une Éducation Manquée and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Kieran will play three roles:
Le Mari (Poulenc lead role) on 30 June / 4 July
Pausanias (Chabrier) and Le Directeur (Poulenc) on 28 June / 3 July
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Stephen Unwin
The Royal College of Music International Opera School presents a hilarious French comedy double bill: Chabrier’s Une Éducation Manquée and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Kieran will play three roles:
Le Mari (Poulenc lead role) on 30 June / 4 July
Pausanias (Chabrier) and Le Directeur (Poulenc) on 28 June / 3 July
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Director: Stephen Unwin
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as the Forester in The RCM International Opera School’s autumn production of Janáček’s tragi-comic opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Daniel Slater director
Alex Berry designer
Hannah Wolfe costume designer
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen
English translation by Norman Tucker
An enchanted forest comes to life in a wooded glen on a summer afternoon. A clever Vixen is captured by a Forester, but she outwits him and escapes. As the story unfolds, she encounters many woodland animals along the way before finding love with a Fox and having cubs of her own. But her dealings with the Forester are far from over – he sets a trap, but then realises the splendour of nature all around him in a life-affirming final scene.
Exploring the cycles of life and nature, Janáček combines dance, folk music and sensuous orchestral interludes in this beguiling and thought-provoking opera.
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as the Forester in The RCM International Opera School’s autumn production of Janáček’s tragi-comic opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Daniel Slater director
Alex Berry designer
Hannah Wolfe costume designer
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen
English translation by Norman Tucker
An enchanted forest comes to life in a wooded glen on a summer afternoon. A clever Vixen is captured by a Forester, but she outwits him and escapes. As the story unfolds, she encounters many woodland animals along the way before finding love with a Fox and having cubs of her own. But her dealings with the Forester are far from over – he sets a trap, but then realises the splendour of nature all around him in a life-affirming final scene.
Exploring the cycles of life and nature, Janáček combines dance, folk music and sensuous orchestral interludes in this beguiling and thought-provoking opera.
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as the Forester in The RCM International Opera School’s autumn production of Janáček’s tragi-comic opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Daniel Slater director
Alex Berry designer
Hannah Wolfe costume designer
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen
English translation by Norman Tucker
An enchanted forest comes to life in a wooded glen on a summer afternoon. A clever Vixen is captured by a Forester, but she outwits him and escapes. As the story unfolds, she encounters many woodland animals along the way before finding love with a Fox and having cubs of her own. But her dealings with the Forester are far from over – he sets a trap, but then realises the splendour of nature all around him in a life-affirming final scene.
Exploring the cycles of life and nature, Janáček combines dance, folk music and sensuous orchestral interludes in this beguiling and thought-provoking opera.
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as the Forester in The RCM International Opera School’s autumn production of Janáček’s tragi-comic opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Daniel Slater director
Alex Berry designer
Hannah Wolfe costume designer
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen
English translation by Norman Tucker
An enchanted forest comes to life in a wooded glen on a summer afternoon. A clever Vixen is captured by a Forester, but she outwits him and escapes. As the story unfolds, she encounters many woodland animals along the way before finding love with a Fox and having cubs of her own. But her dealings with the Forester are far from over – he sets a trap, but then realises the splendour of nature all around him in a life-affirming final scene.
Exploring the cycles of life and nature, Janáček combines dance, folk music and sensuous orchestral interludes in this beguiling and thought-provoking opera.
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as Demetrius in The RCM International Opera School’s spring production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Liam Steel director
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Kieran Rayner will be featuring as Demetrius in The RCM International Opera School’s spring production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Michael Rosewell conductor
Liam Steel director
Tickets: £10, £20, £30, £40, £50
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2018 season:
Diener: Strauss Capriccio
Remo (cover) & Young Honeymooner: David Sawer The Skating Rink
Chorus: Mozart Die Zauberflöte
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2018 season:
Diener: Strauss Capriccio
Remo (cover) & Young Honeymooner: David Sawer The Skating Rink
Chorus: Mozart Die Zauberflöte
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2018 season:
Diener: Strauss Capriccio
Remo (cover) & Young Honeymooner: David Sawer The Skating Rink
Chorus: Mozart Die Zauberflöte
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2018 season:
Diener: Strauss Capriccio
Remo (cover) & Young Honeymooner: David Sawer The Skating Rink
Chorus: Mozart Die Zauberflöte
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2018 season:
Diener: Strauss Capriccio
Remo (cover) & Young Honeymooner: David Sawer The Skating Rink
Chorus: Mozart Die Zauberflöte