Kieran will make his Singaporean debut with NAFA’s 80th Anniversary production of Die Fledermaus, where he will reprise the role of Eisenstein, after playing it in Sir John Copley’s production at the RCM in 2016.
Directed by David Edwards
Conducted by Maestro Lim Yao
Butterfly… Hannah Catrin Jones
Pinkerton… Boyd Owen
Sharpless… Kieran Rayner
Suzuki… Laura Loach
After their critically acclaimed debut production of “Don Giovanni” in 2016 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2017, Eternity Opera is returning with Puccini’s 1903 masterpiece “Madam Butterfly”.
“Madam Butterfly” follows a beautifully traced arc for the title character, from the young bride who renounces her religion to embrace all things American to the strong young mother who returns to her culture and the code of honor that governs her tragic destiny.
With gorgeous period costumes and designs, and featuring much of Puccini’s most lyrical music, including the Humming Chorus, Flower Duet, the stunning aria in “Un bel dì,” and a spine-tingling climax.
Performed in English by a lineup of top New Zealand singers, this will be directed by Alex Galvin and conducted by Matthew Ross, with support from the Eternity Chamber Orchestra.
Butterfly… Hannah Catrin Jones
Pinkerton… Boyd Owen
Sharpless… Kieran Rayner
Suzuki… Laura Loach
After their critically acclaimed debut production of “Don Giovanni” in 2016 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2017, Eternity Opera is returning with Puccini’s 1903 masterpiece “Madam Butterfly”.
“Madam Butterfly” follows a beautifully traced arc for the title character, from the young bride who renounces her religion to embrace all things American to the strong young mother who returns to her culture and the code of honor that governs her tragic destiny.
With gorgeous period costumes and designs, and featuring much of Puccini’s most lyrical music, including the Humming Chorus, Flower Duet, the stunning aria in “Un bel dì,” and a spine-tingling climax.
Performed in English by a lineup of top New Zealand singers, this will be directed by Alex Galvin and conducted by Matthew Ross, with support from the Eternity Chamber Orchestra.
Butterfly… Hannah Catrin Jones
Pinkerton… Boyd Owen
Sharpless… Kieran Rayner
Suzuki… Laura Loach
After their critically acclaimed debut production of “Don Giovanni” in 2016 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2017, Eternity Opera is returning with Puccini’s 1903 masterpiece “Madam Butterfly”.
“Madam Butterfly” follows a beautifully traced arc for the title character, from the young bride who renounces her religion to embrace all things American to the strong young mother who returns to her culture and the code of honor that governs her tragic destiny.
With gorgeous period costumes and designs, and featuring much of Puccini’s most lyrical music, including the Humming Chorus, Flower Duet, the stunning aria in “Un bel dì,” and a spine-tingling climax.
Performed in English by a lineup of top New Zealand singers, this will be directed by Alex Galvin and conducted by Matthew Ross, with support from the Eternity Chamber Orchestra.
Butterfly… Hannah Catrin Jones
Pinkerton… Boyd Owen
Sharpless… Kieran Rayner
Suzuki… Laura Loach
After their critically acclaimed debut production of “Don Giovanni” in 2016 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2017, Eternity Opera is returning with Puccini’s 1903 masterpiece “Madam Butterfly”.
“Madam Butterfly” follows a beautifully traced arc for the title character, from the young bride who renounces her religion to embrace all things American to the strong young mother who returns to her culture and the code of honor that governs her tragic destiny.
With gorgeous period costumes and designs, and featuring much of Puccini’s most lyrical music, including the Humming Chorus, Flower Duet, the stunning aria in “Un bel dì,” and a spine-tingling climax.
Performed in English by a lineup of top New Zealand singers, this will be directed by Alex Galvin and conducted by Matthew Ross, with support from the Eternity Chamber Orchestra.
Butterfly… Hannah Catrin Jones
Pinkerton… Boyd Owen
Sharpless… Kieran Rayner
Suzuki… Laura Loach
After their critically acclaimed debut production of “Don Giovanni” in 2016 and “The Marriage of Figaro” in 2017, Eternity Opera is returning with Puccini’s 1903 masterpiece “Madam Butterfly”.
“Madam Butterfly” follows a beautifully traced arc for the title character, from the young bride who renounces her religion to embrace all things American to the strong young mother who returns to her culture and the code of honor that governs her tragic destiny.
With gorgeous period costumes and designs, and featuring much of Puccini’s most lyrical music, including the Humming Chorus, Flower Duet, the stunning aria in “Un bel dì,” and a spine-tingling climax.
Performed in English by a lineup of top New Zealand singers, this will be directed by Alex Galvin and conducted by Matthew Ross, with support from the Eternity Chamber Orchestra.
Jose Aparicio conductor
Carleen Ebbs soprano
Sarah Court mezzo-soprano
Manase Latu tenor
Kieran Rayner baritone
In what has become a Christmas tradition for all of us, we once again revel in Handel’s enduring masterwork, Messiah. What better way to mark the festive season than with this great oratorio?
Probably the most well known work in the choral repertoire, its breadth includes both intimate arias and the immensely famous and stirring Hallelujah chorus. To our frequent attenders – welcome back! To those new to Messiah – please, do come join us, and see what the fuss is all about.
Jose Aparicio conductor
Carleen Ebbs soprano
Sarah Court mezzo-soprano
Manase Latu tenor
Kieran Rayner baritone
In what has become a Christmas tradition for all of us, we once again revel in Handel’s enduring masterwork, Messiah. What better way to mark the festive season than with this great oratorio?
Probably the most well known work in the choral repertoire, its breadth includes both intimate arias and the immensely famous and stirring Hallelujah chorus. To our frequent attenders – welcome back! To those new to Messiah – please, do come join us, and see what the fuss is all about.
Aldeburgh Voices
The Suffolk Ensemble
Charlotte Bowden soprano
Polly Leech mezzo-soprano
Joel Williams tenor
Kieran Rayner baritone
Ben Parry conductor
We open our Christmas Weekend with Handel’s rousing and uplifting oratorio, a cornerstone of the festive season. So hotly anticipated at its first performance that to increase capacity women were asked to wear dresses ‘without hoops’ and men not to wear their swords, Messiah remains one of the most popular works ever written. Come and enjoy it in the company of the hand-picked musicians of the Suffolk Ensemble, Aldeburgh Voices and soloists from the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme.
Fauré Requiem (baritone solo)
Vivace Chorus
Brandenburg Sinfonia
St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
You will be among a select group of people who will experience an exciting event in the attic of St Thomas’ Church in London Bridge: a Classical music concert in the oldest operating theatre in Europe.
DEBUT brings its critically acclaimed Classical music series to the Old Operating Theatre, this place once filled with screams, now takes on the guise of a concert hall.
After climbing the 18th century spiral staircase into the bell tower, you will be greeted at the shop and lead into the wonderful Herb Garret, and step back in time to explore the museum and its collection. When the time is right you will receive a short introduction to the history of the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret and the grisly world of Victorian surgery (including a demonstration) before the advent of anaesthesia and antiseptics, after which you will be invited into the operating theatre where the concert will take place.
As a youthful and vibrant company DEBUT shares Classical music in fun and engaging ways, introducing world-class musicians who perform some of the most beautiful music ever written, with personality and finesse.
Expect fireworks from classically trained singers, drama from West End performers, and passionate playing from breath-taking musicians, you will not be disappointed — intimate, alternative and engaging!
Royal Opera House’s new Live at Lunch series, supported by the Mohn Westlake Foundation, features Royal Opera House artists and guest artists.
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Lizzie Holmes, soprano
Somi Kim, piano
Kieran Rayner, baritone
Ben Smith, tenor
Handel Four Coronation Anthems
Suite in G ‘The Water Music’
Chandos Anthem No.9 O Praise ye the Lord
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness from Chandos Anthem No.4
Handel’s glorious anthems, commissioned for the coronation of King George ll and Queen Caroline in 1727, are bold and extrovert befitting the grandeur and importance of the occasion. They proved instantly popular and Zadok the Priest has been performed at every coronation since 1727. Suffolk Baroque Players play two of Handel’s most popular orchestral works including the Suite in G major, better known as The Water Music.
Kieran will perform as the baritone soloist.
Echoes 8 – Love & Life: Dare to Dream is a celebration of singing and musicianship featuring 1800 primary children from Buckinghamshire coming together with BMT musicians and partners
Love & Life is a collection of songs exploring these themes sung by 900 children from 30 primary schools in up to nine parts under the musical direction of Fay Hayhurst.
Dare to Dream is a newly commissioned semi-staged opera composed by Hannah Conway, libretto written by Lucinda Jarrett and Chris Rawlence and directed by Karen Gillingham. This project is a partnership between Buckinghamshire Music Trust, Garsington Opera and Rosetta Life.
A core company of 90 children, massed choir of 800 children and soloists Claire Wild and Kieran Rayner are accompanied by a 25 piece orchestra.
Echoes 8 will be an exhilarating experience and a celebration of the joy of singing.
Cosi Fan Tutte – The Remake
With a brand-new re-composition of the original score by Luca Tieppo and a compelling new drama and libretto by Becca Marriott and Iskandar Sharazuddin, Così Fan Tutte – The Remake (or Così Fan Tutti) will make audiences see the archetypes of Mozart’s opera in a new light. In a faithful attempt to combine the original material with modernity, this production will position itself at the heart of the current debate on gender politics.
Luca Tieppo, composer, says:
Modern adaptations of well-known operas usually intervene on the staging only (and sometimes on the libretto) but leave the original music score untouched. I’ve always thought this creates a sense of alienation between the dramatic performance and the musical landscape, which remains frozen in a specific time regardless of how the libretto is adapted. I would like to try a different way, that of the Remake – to create a fresh, coherent production where not only staging and libretto are intimately connected, but also the music is moulded by using different stylistic and vocal approaches that combine the source material with contemporaneity.
Selections from the Remake will be performed after a weeklong workshop in the first week of April.
Kieran will be playing the role of Will (Guglielmo).
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Kieran will perform the lead baritone role (and villain!) of The Prince of Mantua in Offenbach’s Fantasio for Garsington’s Opera First event.
Fantasio is a melancholy, moon-struck dreamer who yearns after an unreachable princess. Can he win her over with his disguise as her beloved jester and fulfil his promise to prevent her arranged marriage to the prince? Secret encounters and mistaken identities are eventually, and sometimes unexpectedly, resolved.
Offenbach was known for his witty and catchy melodies, poking fun at the establishment in tuneful scores of dazzling charm. Celebrating the composer’s bicentenary in 2019, we present the UK stage premiere of this enchanting and gently poignant opera in a specially commissioned new English translation by Jeremy Sams.
We welcome Hanna Hipp (Capriccio, 2018) in the title role, Jennifer France (Le nozze di Figaro, 2017) as Princess Elsbeth and director Martin Duncan (Il turco in Italia, 2017) with conductor Justin Doyle making his Garsington debut.
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Alvarez Young Artist with Garsington Opera
As an Alvarez Young Artist, Kieran will play the following roles in Garsington Opera’s upcoming 2019 season:
The Prince (Cover) and The Passer By: Offenbach Fantasio
Chorus: Smetana The Bartered Bride
Chorus: Mondeverdi Vespers 1610
Kieran Rayner and pianist Gamal Khamis have been selected for the live rounds of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. Out of 177 applications for this prestigious competition, only 27 were selected to compete. The public preliminaries, the semifinals and the final are held 7-11 September – this is the first, preliminary stage.
Fauré Requiem (baritone solo)
Brandenburg Sinfonia
St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
There are two locations for this production: Exeter 7 November, Dartington 9 November.
Following the great success of their sold-out production of La Traviata, Devon Opera returns to The Barnfield with Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. This delightful comedy is full of favourites, performed by a stunning cast of singers and instrumental trio. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Figaro: Kieran Rayner
Count Almaviva: William Wallace
Doctor Bartolo – Pauls Putnins
Rosina – Annabella Ellis
Basilio – Phil Wilcox
Berta – Rose Stachniewska
Ambrogio/ Ufficiale/ Notaro – Helen Potter
Director – Simone Ibbett-Brown
Musical Director/Piano – Chad Vindin
Producer – Natasha Day
Costume – Lydia Dockray
There are two locations for this production: Exeter 7 November, Dartington 9 November.
Rossini’s Il Barbiere Di Siviglia is one of the greatest comic operas ever written. Composed in barely two weeks in 1816, it is a delightful romp packed with wonderful coloratura arias and ensembles, high speed “patter songs”, splendid buffo characters, and laugh-aloud scenes. Not to be missed!
This two act production will be directed by Simone Ibbett-Brown making her debut engagement with Devon Opera. Earlier this year she was Staff Director for Glyndebourne’s own production of this opera. Except for a few cuts this is a complete production, imaginatively set in Edwardian England, with a brilliant cast.
Estimated running time of the performance will be 3 hours with a 30 minute interval.
The performance will be sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Figaro: Kieran Rayner
Count Almaviva: William Wallace
Doctor Bartolo – Pauls Putnins
Rosina – Annabella Ellis
Basilio – Phil Wilcox
Berta – Rose Stachniewska
Ambrogio/ Ufficiale/ Notaro – Helen Potter
Director – Simone Ibbett-Brown
Musical Director/Piano – Chad Vindin
Producer – Natasha Day
Costume – Lydia Dockray
Mozart Requiem (baritone solo)
Brandenburg Festival
St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2019
Ruskin and Music
In this concert celebrating the English poet and critic John Ruskin, Kieran will sing a variety of pieces, including two new songs written especially for his voice by composer William Marshall.
Michael Berkeley presenter
Jennifer Witton soprano
Jess Dandy contralto
Kieran Rayner baritone
Emily Sun violin
Ashley Fripp piano
7.00pm Princess Alexandra Hall, Over-Seas House
Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR
£20(ROSL Members and Friends of ROSL ARTS £16, Students £5)
In his bicentenary year, the Sage of Coniston is being remembered worldwide for his roles as a social reformer, revered art critic, a gifted artist and champion of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, but his interest in music is little known. In this special ROSL event, we will shine a light on this, quoting extensively from Ruskin’s own writings and those of his contemporaries, and illustrating this with music, in the spirit of Michael Berkeley’s popular Radio 3 programme Private Passions. The programme will include a LDSM-commissioned work by William Marshall setting Ruskin’s poetry to music… and music by Ruskin himself, together with Bellini, Berkeley, Mozart, Oakeley, Ravenscroft, Beethoven, Gounod, Corelli and Mendelssohn.
Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Two one-act operas by P Mascagni and R Leoncavallo
Opera’s most famous and spectacular pairing, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci’ has captivated audiences over generations, and Festival Opera’s season will carry on the tradition.
John Wilkie returns to direct a double cast, led by conductor Jose Aparicio, featuring the stunning Toni Marie Palmertree and Anna Pierard as the female heroines in the respective operas.
Rosario la Spina returns after a super-human season in last year’s ‘La Traviata’. He brings his artistry to the classic aria that made Pavarotti famous.
Baritone ZhengZhong Zhou, Kiwi Mezzo Wendy Doyle and Baritone Kieran Rayner are also featured, and in her first foray into opera, the exceptional singer song-writer Julia Deans takes on her newest challenge, performing the role of Lola.
Festival Opera is thrilled to support Project Prima Volta members who will also take part for the most exciting production yet!
Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Two one-act operas by P Mascagni and R Leoncavallo
Opera’s most famous and spectacular pairing, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci’ has captivated audiences over generations, and Festival Opera’s season will carry on the tradition.
John Wilkie returns to direct a double cast, led by conductor Jose Aparicio, featuring the stunning Toni Marie Palmertree and Anna Pierard as the female heroines in the respective operas.
Rosario la Spina returns after a super-human season in last year’s ‘La Traviata’. He brings his artistry to the classic aria that made Pavarotti famous.
Baritone ZhengZhong Zhou, Kiwi Mezzo Wendy Doyle and Baritone Kieran Rayner are also featured, and in her first foray into opera, the exceptional singer song-writer Julia Deans takes on her newest challenge, performing the role of Lola.
Festival Opera is thrilled to support Project Prima Volta members who will also take part for the most exciting production yet!
Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Two one-act operas by P Mascagni and R Leoncavallo
Opera’s most famous and spectacular pairing, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci’ has captivated audiences over generations, and Festival Opera’s season will carry on the tradition.
John Wilkie returns to direct a double cast, led by conductor Jose Aparicio, featuring the stunning Toni Marie Palmertree and Anna Pierard as the female heroines in the respective operas.
Rosario la Spina returns after a super-human season in last year’s ‘La Traviata’. He brings his artistry to the classic aria that made Pavarotti famous.
Baritone ZhengZhong Zhou, Kiwi Mezzo Wendy Doyle and Baritone Kieran Rayner are also featured, and in her first foray into opera, the exceptional singer song-writer Julia Deans takes on her newest challenge, performing the role of Lola.
Festival Opera is thrilled to support Project Prima Volta members who will also take part for the most exciting production yet!
Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci
Two one-act operas by P Mascagni and R Leoncavallo
Opera’s most famous and spectacular pairing, ‘Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci’ has captivated audiences over generations, and Festival Opera’s season will carry on the tradition.
John Wilkie returns to direct a double cast, led by conductor Jose Aparicio, featuring the stunning Toni Marie Palmertree and Anna Pierard as the female heroines in the respective operas.
Rosario la Spina returns after a super-human season in last year’s ‘La Traviata’. He brings his artistry to the classic aria that made Pavarotti famous.
Baritone ZhengZhong Zhou, Kiwi Mezzo Wendy Doyle and Baritone Kieran Rayner are also featured, and in her first foray into opera, the exceptional singer song-writer Julia Deans takes on her newest challenge, performing the role of Lola.
Festival Opera is thrilled to support Project Prima Volta members who will also take part for the most exciting production yet!
Kieran will sing the baritone solos in the wonderful set of Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams, at St Mary’s Church in central Sloane Square.
Forester: Kieran Rayner
Vixen: Caroline Taylor
Fox: Olivia Warburton
The Cunning Little Vixen is nearly one hundred years old and yet its themes couldn’t be more relevant to today’s world. Janacek’s opera explores the delicate symbiotic relationship humans have with other living things and the environment, as well as questioning human moral responsibility and the dangers we face when we hurt nature, all told through the escapades of a particularly-adventurous fox. Think Wind in the Willows meets Extinction Rebellion. This magical, timeless story will be fully staged and expect an evening of singing, acting, dance and puppetry.
After the sell-out production of Turn of the Screw in 2020, Riverside Opera returns to the Barnes Music Festival. Artistic Director, James Day joins forces with Director Will Ashford and a cast of singers comprised of rising stars in the international opera world.