Please join me for my final Masters of Performance recital at the RCM, the culmination of 2 years of study! Joining me will be the excellent Leanne Singh-Levett (piano) and Laura Balboa (violin). It will be in the Recital Hall, 5pm Tuesday 7 June – as it is an exam, please do arrive a little early if you can.

Alongside some of my current favourite songs and arias, the recital will also feature a piece by RCM composition graduate and fellow Kiwi Andrew Baldwin, a hauntingly beautiful musical setting of a letter home from an ANZAC soldier during World War I. Andrew’s piece was one of the winners of the Gallipoli Songs Competition in 2014, to mark the centenary of WWI – do come along to hear our rendition of it.

Hope to see you there!

Kieran Rayner Baritone
Leanne Singh-Levett Piano
Laura Balboa Garcia Violin

Dreams, Visions, and Restless Nights

Restless, Relentless Lovers
Handel – Tu sei il cor (Giulio Cesare)
Donizetti – Come Paride vezzoso (L’Elisir D’Amore)

Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Trad. – Hine E Hine
Bennett – The Mouse & the Bumblebee

SHORT INTERVAL

Eternal Rest
Andrew Baldwin – Dawn, May 11 1915 (with Laura Balboa, Violin)

Mendelssohn – For the mountains shall depart (Elijah)
Finzi – Channel Firing

Lost in Dreams
Korngold – Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Die Tote Stadt)
Massenet – Vision Fugitive (Hérodiade)

Repertoire:
Barber – Dover Beach
Butterworth – Love Blows as the Wind Blows
Performed with string quartet

St. Anne’s Church, Lewes, East Sussex

Three singers from the Royal College of Music collaborate with the wonderful string players of Ensemble Reza (www.ensemblereza.com), in a programme of Holst, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Rebecca Clarke and Butterworth, including Dover Beach and On Wenlock Edge.

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.

Kieran Rayner – Baritone
Lucy Colquhoun – Piano

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Gesänge des Harfners (D478)
1. Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
2. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß
3. An die Türen will ich schleichen
Der Musensohn (D764)
Ganymed (D544)
Wanderers Nachtlied II (D768)
Willkommen und Abschied (D767)

Kieran and Lucy will perform a recital of Schubert songs with Goethe texts, centred around the moving 3-song cycle Gesänge des Harfners (The Harpist’s songs).

https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/663

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

Kieran Rayner – Baritone

Lucy Colquhoun – Piano

Kieran will sing an afternoon concert of operatic arias, in one of the smaller rooms at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Join him for afternoon tea and some gorgeous music! More details, including programme, to follow.

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

Samling Masterclass and Concert
Saturday 9 December 2017
1.30pm – 4.30pm and 5.15pm – 6.00pm
Sage Two, Sage Gateshead

Led by internationally renowned soprano Joan Rodgers CBE, Italian baritone Claudio Desderi and award-winning pianist James Baillieu, the climax of Samling’s prestigious Artist Programme week sees eight new Samling Artists share what they have learned in masterclass followed by a short concert.

Louise Fuller, soprano
Claire Lees, soprano
Gemma Summerfield, soprano
Olivia Warburton, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Rayner, baritone
Benson Wilson, baritone
Alastair Chivers, piano
Adam McDonagh, piano

Samling Masterclass and Concert
Saturday 9 December 2017
1.30pm – 4.30pm and 5.15pm – 6.00pm
Sage Two, Sage Gateshead

Led by internationally renowned soprano Joan Rodgers CBE, Italian baritone Claudio Desderi and award-winning pianist James Baillieu, the climax of Samling’s prestigious Artist Programme week sees eight new Samling Artists share what they have learned in masterclass followed by a short concert.

Louise Fuller, soprano
Claire Lees, soprano
Catriona Hewitson, soprano
Olivia Warburton, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Rayner, baritone
Benson Wilson, baritone
Alastair Chivers, piano
Adam McDonagh, piano

Kieran will be singing solos in this year’s Christmas Gala Concert for the Josephine Baker Trust, which organises and supports hundreds of oratorio and choral concerts all around the UK every year.

More details to follow.

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

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

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

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

In Garsington Opera’s Alvarez Young Artist Cover Showcase, Kieran will sing the lead baritone role of Remo in their new commission, The Skating Rink by David Sawer.

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

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