Kieran features as the title role in Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio Elijah.
Collegium Laureatum
Guildhall, Cambridge
Elijah: Kieran Rayner
Soprano: Zoë Freedman
Mezzo-soprano: Beth Moxon
Tenor: Richard Pinkstone
Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra
Singers of the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme
Christian Curnyn conductor
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Handel Theodora 180’
Kieran will feature as a Britten Pears Young Artist in the first course of 2018, Handel’s Theodora. Renowned British Handelians Sarah Connolly and Christian Curnyn prepare this dramatic oratorio in masterclasses before presenting a concert performance as part of Snape Maltings’ Easter Weekend programme.
‘Find anything exciting happening in period opera in the UK and [Christian] Curnyn will be involved’ says The Spectator. True, Handel’s Theodora is technically an oratorio rather than an opera, but the inspiration, characterisation and sheer emotional power of this tale of martyrdom and loyalty in the early Church give it a sense of drama that sweeps all before it. Ceaselessly inventive, its scenes of meditative contemplation of love and faith contain some of Handel’s most ravishing music.
Brandenburg Choral Festival
St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square
Christopher Herrick – Conductor
Natasha Day – Soprano
Polly Leech – Mezzo-soprano
Joel Williams – Tenor
Kieran Rayner – Baritone
Twickenham Choral Society
The Brandenburg Choral Festival presents Mozart’s master oratorio in one of central London’s most beautiful venues.
Kieran will feature as the title role in Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio Elijah.
Burgess Hill Choral Society
Elijah: Kieran Rayner
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
Kieran has been selected for the prestigious Verbier Festival Atelier Lirique 2018, focusing on Lieder and Art Song. He will sing in masterclasses with Thomas Quasthoff among other singers, and perform in concerts in picturesque Verbier, Switzerland.
Brandenburg Choral Festival
St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square
The Brandenburg Choral Festival presents Mozart’s master oratorio in one of central London’s most beautiful venues.
Brandenburg Choral Festival
St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square
The Brandenburg Choral Festival presents Mozart’s master oratorio in one of central London’s most beautiful venues.
Kieran makes his debut with Euphonia Opera, reprising the starring roles of Le Mari and Le Directeur in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, both of which he played in the Royal College of Music’s very successful production in 2017.
Directed by Alisdair Kitchen
Le Mari & Le Directeur: Kieran Rayner
Thérèse: Louise Fuller
Kieran makes his debut with Euphonia Opera, reprising the starring roles of Le Mari and Le Directeur in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, both of which he played in the Royal College of Music’s very successful production in 2017.
Directed by Alisdair Kitchen
Le Mari & Le Directeur: Kieran Rayner
Thérèse: Louise Fuller
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
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
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.
MUSICIANS
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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.