recent & Upcoming events
Chorus, Ernani (Verdi) @ Buxton Opera House
Giuseppi Verdi’s Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts which tells the tragic love story of Elvira, who is caught between three men: her lover, her guardian and the King of Spain. Adrian Kelly conducts this new BIF production with The Orchestra of Opera North, directed by Jamie Manton and designed by Sami Fendall.
Don Ettore, La Canterina (Haydn) @ Buxton Pavilion Arts Centre
This comedic opera has all the ingredients for a riotous show with its stock-in-trade buffo figures: the aspiring, money-grabbing diva; her mother adept at procuring suitors; an oily, lascivious singing teacher and a wealthy young lover. The opera is conducted by Toby Hessian and directed by Lysanne Van Overbeek.
Role – Don Ettore
Chorus, On Before (Carlos Acosta’s show) @ Buxton Opera House
‘On Before’ pays homage to Acosta’s late mother featuring choreography by world renowned artists, including Russell Maliphant, Kim Brandstrup, and Will Tuckett. Acosta will perform as both a soloist and alongside Laura Rodríguez, a founding member of his Cuban dance company, Acosta Danza.
Messa da Requiem - Verdi @ Royal Albert Hall
Vasily Petrenko - Conductor
Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bells - Rachmaninov @ The Festival Hall
Programme
Elgar In the South (Alassio)
Weinberg Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov’s The Bells
Vasily Petrenko - Conductor
Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
La ciociara | Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo - Conductor
Rosetta Cucchi - Director
Chorus
Suor Angelica | Wexford Festival Opera
Conductor - Giorgio D'Alonzo
Stage director - Grace Morgan
Role - La suora infermiera - Helen Maree Cooper
Opera for Kids | Royal Albert hall
Opera for Kids provides the perfect setting for little ears and families to enjoy an operatic performance in a relaxed environment.
This concert features a carefully selected ‘proper’ classical repertoire but presented in a relaxed environment for children to express themselves, with no expectation to stay still or be quiet.
Enchanting Arias is a fun, interactive lunchtime concert presented by Royal Albert Hall in collaboration with OperaEd.
Soprano Susie Gibbons, mezzo-soprano Helen Maree Cooper, tenor Zahid Siddiqui, baritone Oskar McCarthy and pianist Ashley Beauchamp perform a selection of enchanting and wondrous arias from operas including Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Bizet’s Carmen.
BBC PROMS | HANDEL'S SAMSON
Philharmonia Chorus
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings | harpsichord/director
THE LAND OF MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN (WORLD PREMIERE) | Norwich Theatre Royal
The Land of Might-Have-Been is built around the songs of Ivor Novello and tells a story loosely based on the lives of Vera and Edward Brittain before and during the First World War. The story follows Vera and Roland, and Edward and Bobbie who unexpectedly fall in love over a long, hot summer in Buxton in 1914. The war in Europe shatters all their hopes and dreams but compels Vera into a life-long campaign for peace and equality.
Roles: Debutant, Ensemble, Swing & Cover Stella / Shirley
Ivor Novello arr. Iain Farrington
Michael Williams Book and Lyrics
Kimberley Sykes Director
Iwan Davies Conductor
Iain Farrington Music arranged with additional composition
Michela Meazza Choreographer
Northern Chamber Orchestra
LA SONNAMBULA | Buxton International Festival
This opera of jilted-love, jealousy and innocence-rewarded was Bellini’s first great masterpiece and remains his most important work, alongside Norma. It premiered in Milan in 1831 and became renowned for its exhilarating melodies and dazzling vocal pyrotechnics.
Chorus
Adrian Kelly Conductor
Harry Fehr Director
Northern Chamber Orchestra
THE LAND OF MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN (WORLD PREMIERE) | Buxton International Festival
The Land of Might-Have-Been is built around the songs of Ivor Novello and tells a story loosely based on the lives of Vera and Edward Brittain before and during the First World War. The story follows Vera and Roland, and Edward and Bobbie who unexpectedly fall in love over a long, hot summer in Buxton in 1914. The war in Europe shatters all their hopes and dreams but compels Vera into a life-long campaign for peace and equality.
Roles: Debutant, Ensemble, Swing & Cover Stella / Shirley
Ivor Novello arr. Iain Farrington
Michael Williams Book and Lyrics
Kimberley Sykes Director
Iwan Davies Conductor
Iain Farrington Music arranged with additional composition
Michela Meazza Choreographer
Northern Chamber Orchestra