June News

June News

We opened the month in Fawley with a wonderful Iberian-themed recital from Stephen Whitford and Maria Levandovskaya, tracing Ravel's fascination with Spain and Portugal. We'd been treated to this programme once before, at St. Pancras Clocktower back in April, and it was a joy to hear Stephen and Maria bring it to life once again. The intimate setting suited the music beautifully, and we think our audience went home thoroughly inspired.

June continued with a lovely OperaBites recital from soprano Ceferina Penny in Hampstead. Her programme, "Falling for an Illusion", wove together highlights from La Bohème, The Rake's Progress and Manon alongside art song by Debussy, Duparc, Weill and Wolf. Ceferina's voice is a truly bewitching thing, and she cast her spell over the audience once again.

The grand finale of the month was a stunning gala concert — A Midsummer Night at the Opera — held in the beautiful Soane Stable Yard at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Four wonderful singers joined us: Eyra Norman, Klara Solen, Simon Mascarenhas Carter and Ross Cumming, accompanied by the ever-brilliant Jack Redman on piano. It was the perfect summer evening of opera, filled with favourites including Olympia's Aria from The Tales of Hoffmann, the Brindisi from La Traviata, and Bella figlia dell'amore from Rigoletto. Our warmest thanks to our wonderful performers, and to our audience for making it such a special night.

Young Artists News

Our Young Artists had a busy and successful June out in the world:

Alexandria Moon continued her run as Flora in La Traviata at Garsington Opera
Clover Kayne jumped in for a performance as Annina, at the same production
Ceferina Penny also appeared at Garsington, performing Der Milliner in Der Rosenkavalier
Ross Cumming wrapped up his 'Pop-Up' opera tour with Scottish Opera and has gone straight into rehearsals for their next production, The Galloping Cure by Missy Mazzoli
Hugo Herman-Wilson made his Glyndebourne debut as Pastore II in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, in William Kentridge's new production conducted by Jonathan Cohen

Here's to a wonderful July ahead for all of our Young Artists!

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