Jul
10
Mon
2023
Billy Bones: Captain Blood’s Revenge – Norwich Opera Festival @ The Octagon
Jul 10 @ 12:00 pm

Kieran will make his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen, and play Billy Bones in a new opera Captain Blood’s Revenge, for the Norwich Into Opera Festival this summer. More details to follow.

Jul
13
Thu
2023
Escamillo: Carmen – Norwich Opera Festival @ The Octagon
Jul 13 @ 7:00 pm

Kieran will make his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen, and play Billy Bones in a new opera Captain Blood’s Revenge, for the Norwich Into Opera Festival this summer. More details to follow.

Jul
14
Fri
2023
Escamillo: Carmen – Norwich Opera Festival @ The Octagon
Jul 14 @ 7:00 pm

Kieran will make his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen, and play Billy Bones in a new opera Captain Blood’s Revenge, for the Norwich Into Opera Festival this summer. More details to follow.

Jul
16
Sun
2023
Billy Bones: Captain Blood’s Revenge – Norwich Opera Festival @ The Octagon
Jul 16 @ 12:00 pm

Kieran will make his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen, and play Billy Bones in a new opera Captain Blood’s Revenge, for the Norwich Into Opera Festival this summer. More details to follow.

Escamillo: Carmen – Norwich Opera Festival @ The Octagon
Jul 16 @ 7:00 pm

Kieran will make his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen, and play Billy Bones in a new opera Captain Blood’s Revenge, for the Norwich Into Opera Festival this summer. More details to follow.

Aug
16
Wed
2023
Sorcerer: Dido & Aeneas – Waterperry Opera Festival @ Waterperry
Aug 16 @ 6:30 pm

Kieran will sing the villainous Sorcerer in Waterperry’s Double Bill of Dido & Aeneas and Acis & Galatea.

Acis and Galatea. The ethereal nymph, Galatea, is in love with a youthful shepherd, Acis. All seems serene, until their love is threatened by the jealousy of the monstrous Polyphemus. Directed by Rebecca Meltzer (Svadba, Hansel and Gretel, Ariel, Mansfield Park) this new production celebrates the beauty of Handel’s music coupled with Waterperry’s natural spaces.

Dido and Aeneas. Tribal Queen Dido struggles to keep power in her court as Prince Aeneas comes to ask for her hand in marriage and an alliance between factions. Treachery and sedition threaten to tear a nation and a marriage asunder. Directed by Guy Withers (Peter and the Wolf, The Diary of One Who Disappeared), this beloved English operatic gem takes a dark turn in a bold new production.

Aug
18
Fri
2023
Sorcerer: Dido & Aeneas – Waterperry Opera Festival @ Waterperry
Aug 18 @ 6:30 pm

Kieran will sing the villainous Sorcerer in Waterperry’s Double Bill of Dido & Aeneas and Acis & Galatea.

Acis and Galatea. The ethereal nymph, Galatea, is in love with a youthful shepherd, Acis. All seems serene, until their love is threatened by the jealousy of the monstrous Polyphemus. Directed by Rebecca Meltzer (Svadba, Hansel and Gretel, Ariel, Mansfield Park) this new production celebrates the beauty of Handel’s music coupled with Waterperry’s natural spaces.

Dido and Aeneas. Tribal Queen Dido struggles to keep power in her court as Prince Aeneas comes to ask for her hand in marriage and an alliance between factions. Treachery and sedition threaten to tear a nation and a marriage asunder. Directed by Guy Withers (Peter and the Wolf, The Diary of One Who Disappeared), this beloved English operatic gem takes a dark turn in a bold new production.

Aug
20
Sun
2023
Sorcerer: Dido & Aeneas – Waterperry Opera Festival @ Waterperry
Aug 20 @ 6:30 pm

Kieran will sing the villainous Sorcerer in Waterperry’s Double Bill of Dido & Aeneas and Acis & Galatea.

Acis and Galatea. The ethereal nymph, Galatea, is in love with a youthful shepherd, Acis. All seems serene, until their love is threatened by the jealousy of the monstrous Polyphemus. Directed by Rebecca Meltzer (Svadba, Hansel and Gretel, Ariel, Mansfield Park) this new production celebrates the beauty of Handel’s music coupled with Waterperry’s natural spaces.

Dido and Aeneas. Tribal Queen Dido struggles to keep power in her court as Prince Aeneas comes to ask for her hand in marriage and an alliance between factions. Treachery and sedition threaten to tear a nation and a marriage asunder. Directed by Guy Withers (Peter and the Wolf, The Diary of One Who Disappeared), this beloved English operatic gem takes a dark turn in a bold new production.

Sep
3
Sun
2023
Frankie – 1944: Home Fires @ The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Sep 3 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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

Sep
6
Wed
2023
Frankie – 1944: Home Fires @ The Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington
Sep 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Sep
13
Wed
2023
Francis – Displaced @ Woolwich Works
Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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.

Content Advisory: to see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023 shows, click here.

Produced by PJ Harris & Hannah Kumari, in association with English National Opera

Nov
8
Wed
2023
What If? – Samling Arts Residency @ Marchmont House
Nov 8 – Nov 15 all-day

Kieran Rayner and Gamal Khamis are one of two duos to be successfully granted a Samling and Song Residency. During this intensive week, they will be developing and polishing their interactive play/recital, What If? – a World War 1 era love story with 8 possible endings, where the audience gets to choose what happens next. The story is illuminated by beautiful German and English art song throughout. Performance details to follow.

 

More Details about Samling and Song from samling.org.uk:

The response to the first round of applications for our new Samling and Song residencies for singer and pianist duos has been fantastic. We asked for proposals that present art-song in new ways, to new audiences across the UK and which explore repertoire by under-represented groups.

The first two duos chosen to benefit are mezzo-soprano Shakira Tsindos and pianist Lana Bode and baritone Kieran Rayner and pianist Gamal Khamis. Over the next few months they will work with their project mentors before spending a week at Marchmont to refine and rehearse their programmes. The variety and imagination of the applications we received made it clear that art-song has a lively future and we are looking forward to following the two selected projects through to fruition.

Jan
16
Tue
2024
Frank: Die Fledermaus – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Jan 16 @ 8:00 pm

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)

Jan
19
Fri
2024
Frank: Die Fledermaus – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Jan 19 @ 8:00 pm

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)

Jan
20
Sat
2024
Frank: Die Fledermaus – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Jan 20 @ 8:00 pm

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)

Mar
4
Mon
2024
Figaro: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Mar 4 @ 8:00 pm

In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection

Mozart‘s famous opera – with Maestro David Aronson and soloists from Israel and abroad.

Rosemarie Danziger, stage director

Conductor: David Aronson (Vienna State Opera)

Stage Director: Rosemarie Danziger

Figaro: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden, Welsh Opera, Scottish National Opera)

Susanna: Emily Rocha (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Countess: Cassandra Amorim (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Count: Mark Nathan: (Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Irish Opera, Israeli Opera)

Bartolo: Sorin Coliban (Vienna State Opera; Covent Garden; Bastille Opera, Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; )

Marcellina: Efrat Ashkenazi (Israeli Opera)

Cherubino: Christiane Döcker (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)

Don Basilio: Richard Roberts (English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Theater Kiel, Germany, Theater Kassel, Germany)

Shahar Choir, Rehovot
Gila Brill, chorusmaster

Mar
6
Wed
2024
Figaro: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Mar 6 @ 8:00 pm

In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection

Mozart‘s famous opera – with Maestro David Aronson and soloists from Israel and abroad.

Rosemarie Danziger, stage director

Conductor: David Aronson (Vienna State Opera)

Stage Director: Rosemarie Danziger

Figaro: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden, Welsh Opera, Scottish National Opera)

Susanna: Emily Rocha (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Countess: Cassandra Amorim (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Count: Mark Nathan: (Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Irish Opera, Israeli Opera)

Bartolo: Sorin Coliban (Vienna State Opera; Covent Garden; Bastille Opera, Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; )

Marcellina: Efrat Ashkenazi (Israeli Opera)

Cherubino: Christiane Döcker (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)

Don Basilio: Richard Roberts (English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Theater Kiel, Germany, Theater Kassel, Germany)

Shahar Choir, Rehovot
Gila Brill, chorusmaster

Mar
9
Sat
2024
Figaro: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Mar 9 @ 8:00 pm

In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection

Mozart‘s famous opera – with Maestro David Aronson and soloists from Israel and abroad.

Rosemarie Danziger, stage director

Conductor: David Aronson (Vienna State Opera)

Stage Director: Rosemarie Danziger

Figaro: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden, Welsh Opera, Scottish National Opera)

Susanna: Emily Rocha (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Countess: Cassandra Amorim (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Count: Mark Nathan: (Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Irish Opera, Israeli Opera)

Bartolo: Sorin Coliban (Vienna State Opera; Covent Garden; Bastille Opera, Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; )

Marcellina: Efrat Ashkenazi (Israeli Opera)

Cherubino: Christiane Döcker (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)

Don Basilio: Richard Roberts (English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Theater Kiel, Germany, Theater Kassel, Germany)

Shahar Choir, Rehovot
Gila Brill, chorusmaster

Mar
10
Sun
2024
Figaro: Le Nozze di Figaro – Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra @ Israel (tour)
Mar 10 @ 8:00 pm

In cooperation with the Vienna-Tel Aviv Vocal Connection

Mozart‘s famous opera – with Maestro David Aronson and soloists from Israel and abroad.

Rosemarie Danziger, stage director

Conductor: David Aronson (Vienna State Opera)

Stage Director: Rosemarie Danziger

Figaro: Kieran Rayner (Covent Garden, Welsh Opera, Scottish National Opera)

Susanna: Emily Rocha (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Countess: Cassandra Amorim (Toronto; International Award-Winning Artist)

Count: Mark Nathan: (Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Irish Opera, Israeli Opera)

Bartolo: Sorin Coliban (Vienna State Opera; Covent Garden; Bastille Opera, Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; )

Marcellina: Efrat Ashkenazi (Israeli Opera)

Cherubino: Christiane Döcker (Leipzig Opera, Germany; Klagenfurt Opera, Austria)

Don Basilio: Richard Roberts (English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Theater Kiel, Germany, Theater Kassel, Germany)

Shahar Choir, Rehovot
Gila Brill, chorusmaster