Diary
Season 2025-2026
September 7 Under Milk Wood by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade with Nova Music Opera conducted by George Vass at 15:00 at The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, CF10 3ER
Ticket link here
September 11 Berio Folksongs and World Première of Folds on Folds by Jasper Dommett with The Hebrides Ensemble at Lammermuir Festival
St Mary’s Church, Haddington, EH41 4BZ at 15:00 – Information and tickets here
September 14 Berio Folksongs and Folds on Folds by Jasper Dommett with The Hebrides Ensemble
Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ at 15:00 – Information and tickets here
October 9 Truro Cathedral Opera Gala TR1 2AF
October 10 Bristol Cathedral Opera Gala BS1 5TJ
October 11 Sheffield Cathedral Opera Gala S1 1HA
October 20 – December 6 Háta The Bartered Bride for Irish National Opera. Details below…
November 1 St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Opera Gala
| November 22 19.30 | Axis, Ballymun, Dublin |
| November 25 19.30 | Mullingar Arts Centre, Co. Westmeath |
| November 27 19.30 | Garage Theatre, Monaghan Co. Monaghan |
| November 29 20.00 | Birr Theatre & Arts Centre Co. Offaly |
| December 2 20.00 | The Glens Arts Centre, Manorhamilton Co. Leitrim |
| December 4 19.30 | Ballina Arts Centre Co. Mayo |
| December 6 20.00 | Ramor Arts Centre, Virginia Co. Cavan |
2026
Concert Series with Ensemble Cymru with Sara Roberts viola & Jonathan Lyness piano
Repertoire includes songs by Benjamin Dale, Rebecca Clarke, Brahms & Frank Bridge
Sat 7 March, 11:00 Gregynog, Tregynon, Powys, SY16 3PL
Sun 8 March, 11:00 Theatr y Ddraig, Abermaw | Barmouth, LL42 1EF
Sun 8 March, 16:00 Eglwys Santes Fair | St Mary’s Church, Conwy, LL32 8LD
Sun 15 March Lola / Cavalleria Rusticana with Chelsea Opera Group conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square, Chelsea
Sat 21 March Mozart Requiem & Vesperae Solennes de Confessore at St Alban’s Cathedral with David Temple
Sat 28 March Richard Blackford Pieta in a new chamber arrangment with Jonathon Swinard – conductor & Huw Wiggin – saxophone at All Saints’ Church, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead SL6 4HE
April 10 Bristol Cathedral Opera Gala BS1 5TJ
May 8 St. George’s Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX Opera Gala
May 9 Southwell Minster Opera Gala NG25 0HD
May 15 Exeter Cathedral Opera Gala EX1 1HS
May 18 Evening recital with pianist Nigel Yandell The Unquiet Heart at Hughes Hall, Cambridge https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/events/18-may/
May 29 Bath Abbey Opera Gala BA1 1LT
June 5 Bury St Edmunds Opera Gala IP33 1LS
June 12 Hall 2 King’s Place, London 20:00 – Rebecca will perform the role of Cynthia Crawford in the world premiere musical drama on the life of Margaret Thatcher, Mrs T: The Iron Lady Sings, by composer Joseph Phibbs and librettist and historian Dominic Sandbrook (The Rest is History)
Further details & tickets on sale from Friday 1st May https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/
June 13 Lincoln Cathedral Opera Gala LN2 1PX
June 19 Sheffield Cathedral Opera Gala S1 1HA
June 27 Chichester Cathedral Opera Gala
July 4 Winchester Cathedral Opera Gala SO23 9LS
July 5 Verdi Requiem at Cheltenham Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall
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Season 2024-2025
August 26 – October 7th In rehearsal The Royal Ballet & Opera for Susie/A Quiet Place
Susie / A Quiet Place by Leonard Bernstein at The Linbury Theatre, Royal Ballet & Opera
Director Oliver Mears : Conductor Nicholas Chalmers
October 10 / 12 / 14 / 15 / 18 / 19 / 21 / 22 / 24
https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/trouble-in-tahiti-a-quiet-place-details
September 14 Guildford Cathedral Opera Gala GU2 7UP
November 2 Wells Cathedral Opera Gala BA5 2UE
November 3 St George’s Hall Liverpool Opera Gala L1 1JJ
November 16 Llandaff Cathedral Mozart Requiem / Durante Magnificat with Cardiff Polyphonic Choir & British Sinfonietta conducted by Thomas Blunt
November 21 Christchurch Cathedral Oxford Opera Gala OX1 1DP
November 23 Arundel Cathedral Handel Messiah BN18 9AY conducted by George Jones
December 7 Norwich Cathedral Handel Messiah NR1 4DH with Norwich Baroque conducted by Ashley Grote
https://cathedral.org.uk/events/messiah-by-candlelight-2024/
December 15 Cheltenham Town Hall Handel Messiah 18:00 GL50 1QA
December 27 Cadogan Hall London Opera Gala SW1X 9DQ
January 2 Usher Hall, Edinburgh 137th Handel Messiah with Edinburgh Royal Choral Union conducted by Michael Bawtree
January 11-12 Chamber Concert Series with Ensemble Cymru. POSTPONED TO SPRING 2026
The Music Room is a series of monthly Chamber Music Concerts presented by Ensemble Cymru in collaboration with Gregynog Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Conwy, and inspired by Gwendoline and Margaret Davies.
Saturday 11th January 11:00 & Sunday 12th January 16:00 at Gregynog Hall & St Mary’s Church, Conwy
Programme to include works by Frank Bridge, Rebecca Clarke, Benjamin Dale & Johannes Brahms
March 22 Canterbury Cathedral Dvorak Stabat Mater CT1 2EH conducted by Richard Cooke with Canterbury Choral Society
March 29 Southwark Cathedral Dvorak Stabat Mater SE1 9DA conducted by Richard Cooke with The Royal Choral Society
April 4 Winchester Cathedral Verdi Requiem SO23 9LS with The Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Andrew Lumsden
With soloists Elin Pritchard, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Andres Presno & Ashley Riches
April 5 St Matthew Passion, Bach, St. John the Baptist, Royston, SG8 7BP conducted by Andrew O’Brien
With soloists David Webb, Johnny Herford, Elinor Rolfe-Johnson, Sam Furness & Dawid Kimberg.
April 11 Gloucester Cathedral Opera Gala GL1 2LX
April 12 Llandaff Cathedral Opera Gala CF5 2LA
April 18 The Royal Albert Hall Handel Messiah on Good Friday 14:30 SW7 2AP conducted by Richard Cooke with The Royal Choral Society
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2025/messiah-on-good-friday/
April 20 Rebecca will be a featured artist in two documentary programmes that are being produced to trace Gareth Malone’s journey of discovery about the meaning of the Messiah and the story of Handel and his music and influences. The programmes will be broadcast over the Easter weekend of 2025 on the BBC, with the full performance airing on Easter Sunday.
April 26 Exeter Cathedral Opera Gala EX1 1HS
May 17 Clifton Cathedral, Bristol Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Nailsea Choral Society Centenary Celebrations together with Bristol Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Tom Williams
May 23 Lincoln Cathedral Opera Gala LN2 1PX
May 25 Handel Messiah with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall at 14:30
May 30 Ely Cathedral Opera Gala CB7 4DL
May 31 Norwich Cathedral Opera Gala NR1 4DH
June 7 Chichester Cathedral Opera Gala PO19 1PX
June 14 Gregson Five Songs of Innocence & Experience Further details to follow.
St Elizabeth’s Church, Ashley Road, Ashley, Cheshire East, WA14 3QE
June 21 Selby Abbey Opera Gala YO8 4PU
June 22 Manchester Cathedral Opera Gala M3 1SX
June 23 – July 1 In rehearsal for world premiere at Spitalfields Festival Details to be announced.
July 2nd World Premiere at Spitalfields Festival Under Milk Wood by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, conducted by George Vass with Nova Music Opera.
July 10 Recital with John Frederick Hudson at JAM on the Marsh Festival, Kent. 19:00 St. Nicholas Church, New Romney, TN28 8EU
July 19 Dama / Macbeth, West Green House, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8JB 19:00
July 20 Dama / Macbeth, West Green House, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8JB 19:00
Performances conducted by Jonathan Lyness & Directed by Richard Studer
August 9 Concert at Powis Castle – beautiful National Trust property in Rebecca’s home county. Details to follow…
August 21 Welsh Premiere at Presteigne Festival of Under Milk Wood by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade with Nova Music Opera conducted by George Vass 19:00 at St. Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, LD8 2BS
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2024 Archived performances
February 10 Mozart Requiem The Royal Choral Society at The Anvil, Basingstoke, RH21 7QR
February 8th – 1st March in rehearsal as Dama Macbeth for Mid Wales Opera
All Macbeth performances conducted by Jonathan Lyness and directed by Richard Studer
March 2 Dama / Macbeth Hafren, Newtown
March 7 Dama / Macbeth Aberystwyth Arts Centre
March 9 Dama / Macbeth Pontio, Bangor
March 12 Dama / Macbeth William Aston Hall, Wrexham with Theatr Clwyd
March 14 Dama / Macbeth Riverfront, Newport
March 16 Dama/Macbeth Courtyard, Hereford
March 17 Sea Pictures Elgar, The Hexagon, Reading, RG1 7QF conducted by Alexander Walker
March 19 Dama / Macbeth Ffwrnes, Llanelli
March 21 Dama / Macbeth Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
March 23 Dama / Macbeth Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
April 13 Requiem Verdi , St. John the Baptist, Royston, SG8 7BP conducted by Andrew O’Brien
May 23 Shrewsbury Abbey Opera Gala SY2 6BS
May 24 Coventry Cathedral Opera Gala CV1 5AB
April/May/June In rehearsal for Longborough Festival Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen as Wellgunde/Das Rheingold & Götterdämmerung and Waltraute/Die Walküre
Cycle I: 16 – 22 June 2024
Das Rheingold 16 June
Die Walküre 18 June
Götterdämmerung 22 June
Cycle II: 25 June – 30 June 2024
Das Rheingold 25 June
Die Walküre 26 June
Götterdämmerung 30 June
June 28 Winchester Cathedral Opera Gala SO23 9LS
Cycle III: 4 – 9 July 2024
Das Rheingold 4 July
Die Walküre 5 July
Siegfried 7 July
Götterdämmerung 9 July
August 3 The Kingdom Elgar, Three Choirs Festival, Worcester Cathedral
August 26 Presteigne Festival closing concert: Songs of Nadia Anjuman by Richard Blackford conducted by George Vass with the Presteigne Festival Orchestra
2023 – Archived performances
All Hansel & Gretel performances conducted by Jonathan Lyness and directed by Richard Studer
March 4 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Theatr Hafren, Newtown, SY16 4HU
March 7 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, CH7 1YA
March 9 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Pontio Arts & Innovation Centre, Bangor, LL57 2TQ
March 11 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, LD3 7EW
March 14 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, SY23 3DE
March 16 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, SA73 2BU
March 18 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at The Courtyard, Hereford, HR4 9JR
March 19 Verdi Requiem, Marlborough College, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA
March 21 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Theatr Ffwrnes, Llanelli, SA15 3YE
March 23 Mother / Witch in Hansel & Gretel at Riverfront Theatre, Newport, NP20 1HG
April 3 – May 28 In rehearsal for Wellgunde Gotterdammerung Longborough Festival Opera
Directed by Amy Lane and conducted by Anthony Negus
May 29 Wellgunde Gotterdammerung
May 31 Wellgunde Gotterdammerung
June 2 Wellgunde Gotterdammerung
June 4 Wellgunde Gotterdammerung
June 6 Wellgunde Gotterdammerung
June 18 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
July 14 The Sky Engine – World Premiere – JAM on the Marsh Festival, St. Nicholas Church, New Romney – Composer Richard Peat & Librettist Timothy Knapman with bass Julian Close and narrator Kudzanayi Chiwana
July 24 – September 16 In rehearsal and performance with If Opera http://www.ifopera.com
September 13 / 15 / 16 Marta / Iolanta Tchaikovsky at Wiltshire Music Centre, BA15 1DZ
September 29 Winchester Cathedral Opera Gala SO23 9LS
October 12 Exeter Cathedral Opera Gala EX1 1HS
October 13 Belfast Cathedral Opera Gala BT1 2HB
October 14 St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin Opera Gala
October 21 Hereford Cathedral Opera Gala HR1 2NG
October 22 Bury St Edmunds Cathedral Opera Gala IP33 1LS
October 27 Chester Cathedral Opera Gala CH1 2DY
October 28 Sheffield Cathedral Opera Gala S1 1HA
October 29 Chelmsford Cathedral Opera Gala CM1 1TY
November 2 Duruflé Requiem, St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge, CB2 1TP. Service for All Souls’ Day commencing at 18:30. Conducted by Christopher Gray
November 4 Elijah, St John’s Smith Square SW1P 3HA
November 18 Handel Messiah at St Alban’s Cathedral AL1 1BY
November 26 Verdi Requiem at The Anvil, Basingstoke, RH21 7QR at 15:00
December 9 Haydn St Nicholas Mass, Winchester Cathedral SO23 9LS
December 28 Beethoven Ninth Symphony Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DS