Diary
Recent & Future Performances
2017/18 Season
September
22nd REQUIEM REFLECTIONS at St. Asaph Cathedral 19:30
North Wales International Music Festival
Soprano – Katy Thomson | Mezzo – Rebecca Afonwy-Jones | Tenor tbc | Bass – Julian Close
Conductor – Robert Guy
Tickets and details available on Theatr Clwyd page
21st – 23rd November Flora | LA TRAVIATA | Welsh National Opera
Conductor – James Southall | Revival Director – Sarah Crisp
Further details of touring will be posted or follow link to Welsh National for venues and dates
August
23rd JULIANA | Presteigne Festival | St. Andrew’s Church, Presteigne at 19:45
20th In rehearsal at Welsh National Opera for LA TRAVIATA
7th OPERA GALA with NYOS conducted by Paul Daniel
Open air in George Square, Glasgow to open Glasgow2018 between 18:00-21:30
6th OPERA GALA with NYOS conducted by Paul Daniel in Caird Hall, Dundee 19:30
July
15th JULIANA | World Premiere of Joseph Phibbs’ chamber opera
Juliana – Cheryl Enever
Kerstin – Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
Juan – Sam Pancheff
Conducted by George Vass & Directed by Richard Williams
Parabola Arts Centre 17:00 at Cheltenham Ladies’ College (see link on front page)
June 20th 2018
North Wales International Music Festival Launch/WNO
St Asaph Cathedral 19:30
May 21st 2018
Welsh National Opera Schools’ Concert, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Sam Hay – soprano
James Southall – Conductor
March 30th 2018 19:00
Bach ST. JOHN PASSION – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Carr
The Lighthouse, Poole, BH15 1UG
March 16/21/22 2018
Mozart REQUIEM – Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Halden, Norway
February 13/15/17/19 2018
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY – New Zealand Festival Opera, Napier
January 15th – February 12th 2018
Rehearsal for New Zealand Festival Opera, Napier
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018
Handel MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London
December 15th 2017 19:30
Beethoven MISSA SOLEMNIS – Colchester Choral Society, St Botolph’s Church
November 25th 2017 19:30
Elgar DREAM OF GERONTIUS – Chelmsford Cathedral
November 18th 2017 19:30
Mezzo Soloist NORTH WALES CHORAL FESTIVAL – Venue Cymru, Llandudno
November 5th 2017 19:30
Lunchtime Recital – Celebration for the life of Kulgin Duval – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
October 6th 2017 13:00
Mezzo Soloist MAGNIFICAT – St. Asaph Cathedral, North Wales
Bach MAGNIFICAT, Wales Premiere of MAGNIFICAT by Oliver Tarney & MAGNIFICAT by Paul Mealor
September 24th 2017 19:30
2016/2017 Season
Artist in Residence for 30th Anniversary Presteigne Festival 2017
Hugh Wood BEGINNINGS – Presteigne Festival Orchestra – George Vass (Conductor) St. Andrew’s Church, Presteigne – August 29th 2017 19:30
Lunchtime Recital with Timothy End (Piano) & Rachel Roberts (Viola)
Nielsen VISER OG VERS / Panufnik LOVE SOUGHT / Gregson SONGS OF INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE (World Premiere in a revised version) / Brahms TWO SONGS Op. 91 / Helen Grime NOBODY COMES / De Falla SIETE CANCIONES POPULARES ESPAGNOLAS
August 28th 2017 14:00
Judith Weir THE CONSOLATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP with The Berkley Ensemble & George Vass (Conductor)
August 24th 2017 19:30
Lunchtime Recital with Evgenia Startseva (Piano) Fishguard International Music Festival
July 27th 2017 19:30 – Holy Catholic Church, Fishguard
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Hippodrome
June 27/29/30th 2017 19:30
Mozart REQUIEM St Magnus International Music Festival, Kirkwall, Orkney
NRK Kringkastingsorkestret (Norwegian Radio Orchestra) Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Conductor)
June 18th 2017 19:30
Beethoven NINTH SYMPHONY Hull Town Hall, City of Culture Celebration
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Mario Venzago (Conductor)
May 25th 2017 19:30
Elgar DREAM OF GERONTIUS National Concert Hall, Dublin, RTE Orchestra – Gerhard Markson (Conductor)
May 19th 2017 20:00
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
April 27/29th 2017 19:30
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Theatre Royal, Plymouth
April 20th/22nd 2017 19:30
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
April 6/8th 2017 19:30
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Bristol Hippodrome
March 31st/April 1st 2017 19:30
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera, Milton Keynes Theatre
March 24/25th 2017 19:30
Mendelssohn ELIJAH – Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square, London – Thomas Blunt (Conductor)
March 18th 2017 19:30
Live on In Tune on Radio 3 with Suzy Klein & Alice Turner (Piano)
March 14th 2017 c. 17:25 – 18:00
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Dubai Opera House, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai
March 2/3rd 20:00 & 4th 15:00
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
February 10/12/17/18th
Mother* LE VIN HERBE Welsh National Opera
February 6th – April 25th 2017 (Understudy)
Suzuki MADAM BUTTERFLY Welsh National Opera (In rehearsal)
January 9th – February 6th 2017
2017
Handel MESSIAH – Shrewsbury Abbey
December 23rd 2016
Bach WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM Norwegian Wind Ensemble – Steven Devine (Conductor)
December 3/5/7/9th in Halden, Sarpsborg, Eidsberg & Moss, Norway
Handel MESSIAH – Marches Singers, St. John the Baptist Church, Bishop’s Castle
November 26th 2016 19:30
Tippett CHILD OF OUR TIME Colchester Choral Society, St. Botolph’s Church
November 19th 2016 19:30
Designer* LULU English National Opera, London Coliseum, St. Martin’s Lane
October 25th – November 19th 2016 (Understudy)
Season 2016/2017