Ivor Novello (tenor): Alfred Mitchell
‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser (baritone): Kieran Rayner
Clara Novello Davies, Ivor’s mother (soprano): Olivia Bell
Prison Warder (bass-baritone): Anthony Lloyd
The idol and the thug: well-known Queer Ivor Novello was the most successful composer and matinee idol of the 30s and 40s. In 1944 he was banged up in Wormwood Scrubs for fiddling his petrol coupons. He shared a cell with a homophobe: 20-year-old ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser, the terror of South London gangland. What could possibly go wrong?
This almost-true story explores class war, electric shock treatment, the nature of masculinity – and how to rebuild a life you think is in ruins.
Music: Robert Ely
Words: Peter Scott-Presland
Director: Emily Beech
Music Director: Joe Tobin
Repetiteur: Jack Campbell
Lighting Design: John Brand
Music: Omar Shahryar
Words: Hannah Kumari
Created by PJ Harris and Hannah Kumari
A work-in-progress performance.
In the shadow of international unrest, the increasingly militant Suffragettes plan an attack which could change the history of Woolwich Arsenal FC forever.
Annie is a football fan, and a Suffragette. Francis is a munitions factory worker, and a father. William is a Scottish immigrant and a professional footballer. When ruthless businessman Henry Norris buys ailing Woolwich Arsenal FC and attempts to displace the club north of the river, the intertwined lives of these three Woolwich residents take a dramatic turn.
Age Rating: All ages, mostly adults.
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Produced by PJ Harris & Hannah Kumari, in association with English National Opera
In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection
Strauss‘s opera Die Fledermaus, with conductor David Aronson, Shahar Choir (Gila Brill, conductor) and soloists from Israel and abroad.
David Aronson, conductor
Rosemarie Danziger, stage director
Rosalinde: Efrat Ashkenazi (The Israeli Opera)
Adele: Emily Rocha (Toronto, International Award Winning Artist)
Alfred: Franz Gürtelschmied (Bastille Opera, Paris; Graz Opera; Budapest Opera)
Eisenstein: Martin Mairinger (Klagenfurt Opera, Austria; Opéra de Lille, France; Klosterneuburg Opera, Austria; Theater an der Wien, Austria)
Frank: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden; Welsh Opera; Scottish National Opera)
Falke: Mark Nathan (Welsh National Opera; Scottish Opera; Irish Opera)
Dr. Blind: Richard Roberts (English National Opera; Welsh National Opera; Theater Kiel, Germany; Theater Kassel, Germany)
Prince Orlofsky: Christiane Döcker: (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)
Ida: Sivan Keren (The Israeli Opera)
Ivan/Frosch: Joel Landshut (Actor)
In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection
Strauss‘s opera Die Fledermaus, with conductor David Aronson, Shahar Choir (Gila Brill, conductor) and soloists from Israel and abroad.
David Aronson, conductor
Rosemarie Danziger, stage director
Rosalinde: Efrat Ashkenazi (The Israeli Opera)
Adele: Emily Rocha (Toronto, International Award Winning Artist)
Alfred: Franz Gürtelschmied (Bastille Opera, Paris; Graz Opera; Budapest Opera)
Eisenstein: Martin Mairinger (Klagenfurt Opera, Austria; Opéra de Lille, France; Klosterneuburg Opera, Austria; Theater an der Wien, Austria)
Frank: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden; Welsh Opera; Scottish National Opera)
Falke: Mark Nathan (Welsh National Opera; Scottish Opera; Irish Opera)
Dr. Blind: Richard Roberts (English National Opera; Welsh National Opera; Theater Kiel, Germany; Theater Kassel, Germany)
Prince Orlofsky: Christiane Döcker: (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)
Ida: Sivan Keren (The Israeli Opera)
Ivan/Frosch: Joel Landshut (Actor)
In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection
Strauss‘s opera Die Fledermaus, with conductor David Aronson, Shahar Choir (Gila Brill, conductor) and soloists from Israel and abroad.
David Aronson, conductor
Rosemarie Danziger, stage director
Rosalinde: Efrat Ashkenazi (The Israeli Opera)
Adele: Emily Rocha (Toronto, International Award Winning Artist)
Alfred: Franz Gürtelschmied (Bastille Opera, Paris; Graz Opera; Budapest Opera)
Eisenstein: Martin Mairinger (Klagenfurt Opera, Austria; Opéra de Lille, France; Klosterneuburg Opera, Austria; Theater an der Wien, Austria)
Frank: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden; Welsh Opera; Scottish National Opera)
Falke: Mark Nathan (Welsh National Opera; Scottish Opera; Irish Opera)
Dr. Blind: Richard Roberts (English National Opera; Welsh National Opera; Theater Kiel, Germany; Theater Kassel, Germany)
Prince Orlofsky: Christiane Döcker: (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)
Ida: Sivan Keren (The Israeli Opera)
Ivan/Frosch: Joel Landshut (Actor)
- Whangārei soprano, Sophie Sparrow, for all the concerts
- Cheviot tenor, Harry Grigg, for all the concerts
- Kāpiti baritone, Kieran Rayner, for the Auckland and Wellington concerts
- Australian-Cypriot mezzo, Shakira Tsindos, for all the concerts.
- Whangārei soprano, Sophie Sparrow, for all the concerts
- Cheviot tenor, Harry Grigg, for all the concerts
- Kāpiti baritone, Kieran Rayner, for the Auckland and Wellington concerts
- Australian-Cypriot mezzo, Shakira Tsindos, for all the concerts.
Somerset Opera present Dido and Aeneas
Directed by Guido Martin Brandis, conducted by Noah Mosley.
Experience Purcell’s timeless music performed by sublime soloists and Somerset Opera with the Taunton Sinfonietta beside the 4th Century Low Ham Mosaic. Marvel at this beautiful and ancient piece of narrative art – which depicts the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas within the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Hall of the Museum of Somerset.
More information and tickets can be found on Somerset Opera’s website.
Somerset Opera present Dido and Aeneas
Directed by Guido Martin Brandis, conducted by Noah Mosley.
Experience Purcell’s timeless music performed by sublime soloists and Somerset Opera with the Taunton Sinfonietta beside the 4th Century Low Ham Mosaic. Marvel at this beautiful and ancient piece of narrative art – which depicts the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas within the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Hall of the Museum of Somerset.
More information and tickets can be found on Somerset Opera’s website.
Somerset Opera present Dido and Aeneas
Directed by Guido Martin Brandis, conducted by Noah Mosley.
Experience Purcell’s timeless music performed by sublime soloists and Somerset Opera with the Taunton Sinfonietta beside the 4th Century Low Ham Mosaic. Marvel at this beautiful and ancient piece of narrative art – which depicts the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas within the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Hall of the Museum of Somerset.
More information and tickets can be found on Somerset Opera’s website.
| Location: Waterperry Main Stage Start Time & Duration: Performances start at 6:30pm. There is one extended dining interval. Performances end at approx. 9:45pm.
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| Location: Waterperry Main Stage Start Time & Duration: Performances start at 6:30pm. There is one extended dining interval. Performances end at approx. 9:45pm.
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| Location: Waterperry Main Stage Start Time & Duration: Performances start at 6:30pm. There is one extended dining interval. Performances end at approx. 9:45pm.
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| Location: Waterperry Main Stage Start Time & Duration: Performances start at 6:30pm. There is one extended dining interval. Performances end at approx. 9:45pm.
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This Halloween, Gothic Opera presents Maria de Rudenz by Donizetti, fully staged with a new arrangement for chamber orchestra, at historic venue Battersea Arts Centre, London. This production will be the first time Maria de Rudenz has been staged in the UK.
Maria de Rudenz is inspired by an episode of Matthew Gregory Lewis’s gothic novel The Monk, and tells a gory story of deceit, murder, betrayal, and resurrection from the dead. It premiered in 1838 in Venice.
Friday 1 November, 7.30pm
Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm
Director: Lysanne van Overbeek
Conductor:Anna Castro Grinstein
Maria: Lorna McLean
Corrado: Kieran Rayner
Enrico: Davide Basso
Mathilde: Béatrice de Larragoïti
Rambaldo: Gheorghe Palcu
Chancellor: Jamie Formoy
Chorus:
Valerie Wong
Katey Rylands
Alexander White
Samuel Snowden
Joe Ashmore
This Halloween, Gothic Opera presents Maria de Rudenz by Donizetti, fully staged with a new arrangement for chamber orchestra, at historic venue Battersea Arts Centre, London. This production will be the first time Maria de Rudenz has been staged in the UK.
Maria de Rudenz is inspired by an episode of Matthew Gregory Lewis’s gothic novel The Monk, and tells a gory story of deceit, murder, betrayal, and resurrection from the dead. It premiered in 1838 in Venice.
Friday 1 November, 7.30pm
Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm
Director: Lysanne van Overbeek
Conductor:Anna Castro Grinstein
Maria: Lorna McLean
Corrado: Kieran Rayner
Enrico: Davide Basso
Mathilde: Béatrice de Larragoïti
Rambaldo: Gheorghe Palcu
Chancellor: Jamie Formoy
Chorus:
Valerie Wong
Katey Rylands
Alexander White
Samuel Snowden
Joe Ashmore
Gualtiero – Il Pirata himself – was Imogene’s first love, but he has been a pirate on the high seas since a feud with Ernesto. Imogene was forced to marry Ernesto and together they have a son. The opera opens with a storm and Gualtiero is shipwrecked on the rocks of Ernesto’s island… the drama begins! As Gualtiero and Ernesto fight over Imogene, who will emerge victorious? You’ll have to come along and find out!
We’ve started rehearsals already, all my cast mates and the creative team are both talented and lovely (ideal!), already I can tell this is going to be a special show.
Performances are on 13th, 15th & 16th February at 5:30pm.
Gates open: 4:30pm
Dinner interval: 6.30 – 7.30pm.
CAST:
Imogene: Rebecca Ryan
Gualtiero: Zachary McCulloch
Ernesto: Kieran Rayner
Itulbo: Scott Biezett
Adele: Alexandra Appleby Woodhouse
Solitario: William McElwee
Director: Rhona Fraser
Conductor: Mark Carter
Repetiteur: Catherine Norton
Sung in Italian with chorus and orchestra.
Address:
Canna House
24 Moana Rd, Days Bay
Wellington
Gualtiero – Il Pirata himself – was Imogene’s first love, but he has been a pirate on the high seas since a feud with Ernesto. Imogene was forced to marry Ernesto and together they have a son. The opera opens with a storm and Gualtiero is shipwrecked on the rocks of Ernesto’s island… the drama begins! As Gualtiero and Ernesto fight over Imogene, who will emerge victorious? You’ll have to come along and find out!
We’ve started rehearsals already, all my cast mates and the creative team are both talented and lovely (ideal!), already I can tell this is going to be a special show.
Performances are on 13th, 15th & 16th February at 5:30pm.
Gates open: 4:30pm
Dinner interval: 6.30 – 7.30pm.
CAST:
Imogene: Rebecca Ryan
Gualtiero: Zachary McCulloch
Ernesto: Kieran Rayner
Itulbo: Scott Biezett
Adele: Alexandra Appleby Woodhouse
Solitario: William McElwee
Director: Rhona Fraser
Conductor: Mark Carter
Repetiteur: Catherine Norton
Sung in Italian with chorus and orchestra.
Address:
Canna House
24 Moana Rd, Days Bay
Wellington
Gualtiero – Il Pirata himself – was Imogene’s first love, but he has been a pirate on the high seas since a feud with Ernesto. Imogene was forced to marry Ernesto and together they have a son. The opera opens with a storm and Gualtiero is shipwrecked on the rocks of Ernesto’s island… the drama begins! As Gualtiero and Ernesto fight over Imogene, who will emerge victorious? You’ll have to come along and find out!
We’ve started rehearsals already, all my cast mates and the creative team are both talented and lovely (ideal!), already I can tell this is going to be a special show.
Performances are on 13th, 15th & 16th February at 5:30pm.
Gates open: 4:30pm
Dinner interval: 6.30 – 7.30pm.
CAST:
Imogene: Rebecca Ryan
Gualtiero: Zachary McCulloch
Ernesto: Kieran Rayner
Itulbo: Scott Biezett
Adele: Alexandra Appleby Woodhouse
Solitario: William McElwee
Director: Rhona Fraser
Conductor: Mark Carter
Repetiteur: Catherine Norton
Sung in Italian with chorus and orchestra.
Address:
Canna House
24 Moana Rd, Days Bay
Wellington