Opera Dinners in the Shepherd Churchill Room, Harrow School
These evenings of fine food and wonderful music are hugely popular and usually over-subscribed events. A selection of famous opera arias, duets and quartets are performed by talented young singers from around the world who are members of the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. This is a sure way to see some of the stars of the future.
Next event: Saturday 6th March 2010
These events are organised by and for the Friends of Harrow School.
Some previous OEP special events have included:-
Gala opera evening: 27th June 2009
To mark our tenth anniversary, a gala evening of opera took place in the delightful setting of the gardens at Childerley Hall near Cambridge. four young singers from the Royal Opera House were joined by the Southbank Sinfonia conducted by OEP's Artistic Director, Oliver Gooch.
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Dame Janet Baker in Conversation with Humphrey Burton at Aldeburgh Cinema
The world renowned mezzo-soprano talked to broadcaster and writer, Humphrey Burton about her distinguished career in music. She recalled some of her most memorable performances, including her 1975 Aldeburgh Festival performance of Berlioz’s cycle Nuits d’été which inspired Benjamin Britten to write Phaedra for her. The many sound and video clips included extracts from Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Handel’s Giulio Cesare and her final appearance on the opera stage in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridyce at Glyndebourne. At the end, the audience was invited to ask questions and the afternoon ended with a signing of CDs and DVDs by Dame Janet in the cinema foyer.
The event was made possible with the generous support of local solicitors, Fairweather Stephenson & Co.
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