A Night at the Opera
It's time for our annual opera gala! Join us for another spectacular evening of scenes from across the centuries, semi-staged to deliver every ounce of the drama. We are delighted to welcome back director Emma Black, alongside pianist Alison Gill and our exceptional singers.
Sopranos: Eleanor Garside & Jenny Bianco
Mezzo Soprano: Margo Arsane
Tenor: Gareth Edmunds
Basses: Edward Robinson & Peter Lidbetter
- Saturday 31st August 2024, 7.30pm
at St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Programme
Mozart: 'Alla bella despinetta' Sextet from Così
Sondheim: 'Agony' from Into The Woods
Bizet: Card scene from Carmen
Walton: extract from The Bear
Bizet: Omlette Quartet from Le Docteur Miracle
Strauss: Champagne Scene from Die Fledermaus
Britten: extract from Albert Herring
Tchaikovsky: Act 1 Quartet from Onegin
Mozart: 'Sull'aria' from The Marriage of Figaro
G&S: 'Then one of us will be a queen' from Gondoliers
Verdi: Closing chorus from Falstaff
Les chansons des roses
Join us to celebrate the launch of our debut album!
- Saturday 26th October 2024, 7.30pm
at St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Programme to include:
Gjeilo - Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro
Narbutaite - Vasara
L Boulanger - Hymne au Soleil
Rachmaninoff - Lilacs (for piano solo)
Lauridsen - Les chansons des roses
Poulenc - Fleurs (from Fiançailles pour rire)
Dove - The Passing of the Year
Bernstein - Make our garden grow
Carols by Candlelight
Make your Christmas with our evening of carols, lit be candlelight, and with a glass of mulled wine.
- Saturday 21st December 2024, 7.30pm
at St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Repeat performances of our carols programme:
- Saturday 30th November 2024, 7.30pm
at Holy Trinity Church, Coverham, North Yorkshire
- Sunday 22nd December 2024, 4.00pm
at St Modwen's Church, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Dinner is Served
Join us for a lavish ten-course musical tasting menu, where each course is represented by choral music, song and opera.
- Saturday 1st March 2025, 7.30pm
at St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire
Programme
Aperitif
Purcell - If Music be the food of love
Amuse bouche
Gibbons - The Cries of London (pt 1)
Soup
Bernstein - La bonne cuisine: Ox tails
Fish course
Gower-Smith - Sea Fever
Starter
Bizet - Omlette Quartet (from Dr Miracle)
Main course
Tavener - The Lamb
Side
Monty Python - Spam
Pudding
Weill - Ice cream sextet (from Street Scene)
Digestif
Bach arr CGS - Coffee Cantata: Die Katze lasst das Mausen nicht
...and much more...
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