As Don José with Melanie Lodge as Carmen.
Photo: Martin Bond
English Pocket Opera Company in association with Cambridgeshire Music Trust present a Singfest concert with choirs from Cambridge schools performing alongside EPOC’s professional soloists in selections from “Carmen”. I will be giving my Don José with Melanie Lodge as Carmen, Hannah Sawle as Micaela & Adam Green’s Escamillo.
Cambridge Union 17 March
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 21, 22, 23 & 24 March
Opera Blocks in Salford with Mark Tinkler & Pamela Hay.
Just completed a 5 week workshop tour of United Learning schools all over England from Bournemouth to Carlisle – introducing pupils to the world of opera, getting them to participate in a mini version of “Carmen” and improvising an opera based on their suggestions. Soprano Pamela Hay was my stunning partner and thanks to all our wonderful pianists: Magnus Gilljam, Will Carslake, Ezra Williams and Mark Tinkler himself!
Opera Blocks in Barnsley with Pamela Hay at the wheel & Ezra Williams at the keys. Photo: info@arronjonesmagic.co.uk
Jean-Luc Vincent & Chris Addison in “L’Étoile”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRhRyJgveXE
Throughout January & February 2016, I will be covering the roles of Smith (Chris Addison) & Dupont (Jean-Luc Vincent) in the Royal Opera House production of Chabrier’s “L’Étoile.”
For more details:
http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/letoile-by-mariame-clement
Nearly finished an exhausting schedule of school workshops with the English Pocket Opera Company – two weeks in Cambridge (on Bizet’s “Carmen”) and three weeks in Camden (on Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen”). These are the first steps towards Singfest concerts at Cambridge’s West Road Concert Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in March.
A busy start to the New Year for EPOC too: “Music Is Special” – a project with SEN schools at the Camden Centre on Jan 13 & 14 with compositions based on “The Fairy Queen” by William Carslake, Patrick Stockbridge and the pupils themselves, and designs by our students from Central St Martins also with the pupils.
Also, our first national tour of workshops, visiting United Learning schools all over the country from Bognor to Carlisle in Feb/March.
I will be understudying Klaus Maria Brandauer in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden production of “Morgen und Abend” by Georg Friedrich Haas & Jon Fosse.
The production is directed by Graham Vick and conducted by Michael Boder.
For more information follow this link:
http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/morgen-und-abend-by-graham-vick
Klaus Maria Brandauer in “Morgen und Abend”.
English Pocket Opera Co have a busy autumn schedule ahead with workshops in Cambridge schools and all Camden schools throughout November & December. I will be co-leading many of these workshops but such is the demand for our interactive presentations, that we will often be sending out two teams at once.
The company will also be going to Mostar in Bosnia between Oct 26 & Nov 4 to lead workshops in the latest stage of the “Singfest Bosnia” project. We are still looking for a small amount of funding, so if you are interested in finding out more about the project and making a donation towards it, follow this link:
I will be playing Mercury & John Styx in Offenbach’s “Orpheus In The Underworld” for Opera della luna at the Iford Festival. Directed by Jeff Clarke, conducted by Toby Purser.
Dates:
Sat 27 June
Wed 1, Fri 3, Sat 4, Tue 7, Wed 8 & Fri 10 July
Also, Sat 18 & Sun 19 July at Roxburgh Hall, Stowe.
& 23 -26 September at the Lowry, Salford
http://www.thelowry.com/event/orpheus-in-the-underworld
Come and see “Opera Blocks” at the Sevenoaks Festival on June 20 at 11am. English Pocket Opera Company’s fast & funny introduction to opera for young and old alike. With Grace Nyandoro & Mark Tinkler.
I will be performing the role of Njegus in “The Merry Widow” with Kentish Opera at the Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks.
13 – 16 May 2015.
http://www.kentishopera.com/prod/mwidow15/mw15.htm
I will be singing the tenor soloist in Nielsen’s “Springtime On Funen” and in the Spring & Summer sections of Haydn’s “The Seasons”.
Dumfries Choral Society. St.John’s Church, Dumfries.
Saturday 28 March 2015 at 7.30pm