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.
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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are over the moon to introduce our Opera Tour artists: 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. We are very lucky to have these London-based artists join us in New Zealand. We are also thrilled to have […]
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 […]