What’s On
Crafting an Italianate Tenor: Bel Canto, Romanticism, and Verismo
Join Samuel Stopford in exploring the music of Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, and others, to determine possible methods for crafting an Italianate tenor, as well as how one may utilise Bel Canto works when transitioning to repertoire from the Romantic and Verismo periods.
Storace and Soane: icons and influencers at the turn of the 19th century.
In this performance Lewis Gaston (Opera Conductor) and Shafali Jalota, soprano, Magnus Walker, tenor, and Thomas Ang on piano will explore the unexpected friendship between one of the greatest English architects, Sir John Soane and star soprano Nancy Storace, the English prodigy who inspired one of Mozart's greatest operatic characters in a narrated concert of two 45 minute Acts, either side of an interval.
Sopranos on the Edge: Demystifying the 'Mad Scene'
Join Bridget Esler, soprano in an exploration of the ‘mad scene’ over time, from Handellian rage arias, to blood-soaked bel canto heroines, to modern musical interpretations of women in crisis. With Jong Sun Woo, on piano
The Beautiful and the Damned: pious heroine versus femme fatale
In this lecture recital, Catherine Hooper examines the dichotomy of the virtuous heroine and the damned woman, and how composers use musical tools to characterise both.
Jonathon Cole-Swinard Auditions Unwrapped
A chance to see what happens behind the curtain… Join us for a morning with Jonathon Cole-Swinard (Head of Music at Garsington Opera), to find out exactly what happens in an opera audition.
Cracking the Count: preparing and developing Mozart’s great baritone roles
Peter Edge will look at the job of learning a major baritone role from scratch - considering languages and translations, developing the character and working with a director to bring it to the stage.