Operatic overtures, arias and duets.

Indulge in the power and passion of opera, with timeless classics and lesser-known gems all performed by twelve rising stars.

Featuring the Act I finale from Puccini’s La Boheme, and the Seguidilla from Bizet’s Carmen, this evocative evening also includes music from Mozart, Handel, Gounod, Delibes and many more with the full orchestral backing of the Orchestra of St John’s. We open with Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus Overture.

OSJ is committed to supporting young musicians and nurturing their talent. Our Young Artists scheme provides the opportunity for young musicians to flourish as soloists or conductors in the early stages of their careers, irrespective of background.

Read more at osj.org.uk/young-artists-scheme/

Orchestra of St John’s
John Lubbock, conductor

Edward Jowle bass-baritone
Mozart – Non più andrai
Rachmaninov – Aleko’s Cavatina from Aleko
Danielle Mahailet soprano
Massenet – Il est doux, il est bon from Herodiade
Mascagni – Voi lo sapete o mamma from Cavalleria Rusticana
Theano Papadaki soprano
Yvain – Yes
Puccini – O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicci
Saint Saens – El Desdichado (with Danielle Mahailet)
Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie mezzo
Dvorak – Song to the moon from Rusalka
Gounod – The Jewel Song from Faust
Samantha Oxborough mezzo
Delibes – Flower duet from Lakme (with Hannah F-M)
Handel – Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo
Charlotte Tetley soprano
Mozart – Parto, parto from La Clemenza di Tito
Gounod – Si le Bonheur from Faust
Suzie Purkis mezzo
Bizet – Seguidilla from Carmen
Handel – Priva son d’ogni conforto from Julius Caesar
Belinda Gifford Guy soprano
Caccini – Amarilli mia bella
The oak and the ash (trad)
Hannah Davey soprano
Puccini – Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La Boheme
Gounod – Je veux vivre from Romeo et Juliette
Ryan Vaughan Davies
Puccini – finale of Act 1 from La Boheme (with Hannah Davey)
Massenet – Pourquoi me reveiller from WertherFrazer Scott bass
Some enchanted evening
Mozart – O Isis und Osiris from Magic Flute
Felix Gygli baritone
Handel – Sibillar gli angui d‘Aletto from Rinaldo
Bizet – L‘orage s‘est calmé from the Pearl Fishers

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