July 2011
1 post
OPERA HOLLAND PARK ETCETERA
ONLY 19 TICKETS LEFT FOR OUR PERFORMANCE @ OPERA HOLLAND PARK AS PART OF THEIR NEW ETCETERA FESTIVAL, NEXT SUNDAY, 24TH JULY, 2PM.
BOOK NOW TEL: 0300 999 1000
£12 (FULL) £6 (UNDER 25s) !!!!
affordable, accessible opera … in english.
June 2011
1 post
Review of Cambridge previews
According to the Cambridge Tab’s classical music reviewer, “The highlight of the day was undoubtedly Shadwell Opera’s Albert Herring, which is not only the best opera I’ve seen but also one of the best shows of any kind I’ve seen in Cambridge.”
http://cambridgetab.co.uk/culture/sidney-sussex-arts-festival-2011
BOOK NOW FOR TOUR PERFORMANCES!!!! SELLING V. FAST (SOME NEARLY SOLD...
May 2011
3 posts
OPERA HOLLAND PARK BOX OFFICE
TEL: 0300 999 1000
LIMITED AVAILABILITY ALREADY!!! BOOK NOW. SUNDAY 24TH JULY, 2PM.
SHADWELL OPERA @ OPERA HOLLAND PARK
Shadwell Opera @ Opera Holland Park
Pleased to announce another performance of Albert Herring. This time at Opera Holland Park’s 2011 festival, on the 24th July 2011! 2pm - limited number of tickets for this performance at this international opera festival. Box office deets to follow.
ALBERT HERRING TOUR DATES
BOOK NOW FOR HERRING TOUR PERFORMANCES: TICKETS SELLING FAST…
15th June - The Cambridge Union Debating Chamber, Cambridge, 8pm
Box Office: www.adcticketing.com / Tel: 01223 300 085
20th June - Gonville & Caius College Master’s Garden, Cambridge, 2pm
Box Office: www.adcticketing.com / Tel: 01223 300 085
25th June - Sidney Sussex Arts Festival, Cambridge,...
March 2011
2 posts
shadwell opera meets TWITTER
http://twitter.com/#!/shadwellopera
Updated cast list for ALBERT HERRING
Albert Herring - Sam Furness
Sid - Gareth John
Nancy - Amy Lyddon
Miss Wordsworth - Maud Millar
Lady Billows - Isabella Gage
Mr Gedge - Christopher Dollins
Mr Upfold - David De Winter
Mrs Herring - Anna Harvey
Florence Pike - Eleanor Minney
Superintendent Budd - George Dye (Cambridge performances only)
Emmie - Harriet Colley
Conductor - Christopher Stark
Director - Jack Furness
...
February 2011
1 post
SUMMER 2011 - ALBERT HERRING
Shadwell are pleased to announce our summer plans - performances of a brand-new production of Britten’s ALBERT HERRING…
Cast made up of a mix of the country’s most talented young singers and a star-studded orchestra to be conducted by Christopher Stark.
Following continued sell-out runs and critical success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Shadwell Opera are bringing...
December 2010
1 post
Herald Review from Edinburgh...
A sweet dream from a nightmare scenario
Published on 31 Aug 2010
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosslyn Chapel
****
Shadwell Opera’s production of The Magic Flute, performed in Rosslyn Chapel, was one of the highlights of last year’s festival. This year the youthful company, formed by Cambridge students, has returned to the Fringe, staging that same production of Flute as well as a new production...
October 2010
5 posts
scotsman review edinburgh 2010 →
Musical review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosslyn Chapel
By Tim Cornwell Published: 28/8/2010
It is a privilege to listen to the voices of Cambridge Univeristy’s Shadwell Opera. That is as true for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in their second year performing at Rosslyn Chapel, as it was for The Magic Flute, their inaugural show.
But where the Mozart piece was an...
sseg is a celeb...
we don’t just do opera. we do news.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Festival-Diary-How-Mr-Bates.6499945.jp
Festival Diary: How Mr Bates put the tent into tent-ertainment
Published Date: 28 August 2010 By Tim Cornwell
Sitting pretty SSegewa-ssekintu Kiwanuka is making his operatic debut as Puck in Shadwell Opera’s...
http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2076:britten%27s-a-midsummer-night%27s-dream-shadwell-opera-rosslyn-chapel&Itemid=14
David Nice's review of Midsummer, Edinburgh 2010 →
July 2010
3 posts
Bookings, bookings, bookings...
Whilst being busy bees in the run up to our Edinburgh residence at Rosslyn Chapel as part of the 2010 Festival, we’re also busy planning our 2010/2011 schedule. In the works are a series of performances of Britten’s ‘ALBERT HERRING’ touring across the south of the country next summer along with potential trips accross the pond(s) to Hong Kong at Christmas and Bermuda...
'neccessarily selective' inclusion in the... →
2009 Overview
Awards & prizes 2009
Each year, the University’s staff, students and alumni are recognised for their contributions to society across the academic, cultural, public and private sectors. Here is a necessarily selective account of some of them.
Worldwide Recognition
Drs Emma Wilson, Head of the French Department and a Reader in Contemporary French Literature and Film, and...
TICKETS NEARLY SOLD OUT FOR ALL PERFORMANCES!
STOP PRESS!
TICKETS NEARLY SOLD OUT FOR ALL PERFORMANCES OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM AND THE MAGIC FLUTE @ ROSSLYN CHAPEL as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010!
book now…
http://www.edfringe.com/search#q=show_performer%3Ashadwell&fq=dates%3A[2010-08-04T06%3A00%3A00Z%20TO%202010-09-01T06%3A00%3A00Z]
June 2010
2 posts
return to Edinburgh 2010
that’s right…the news you’ve all been waiting for.
Shadwell Opera will be returning to Rosslyn Chapel as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to perform both last year’s award-winning production of The Magic Flute (23,25,27,29 August) and Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (24, 26, 28 August).
...
March 2010
1 post
Another review... →
February 2010
4 posts
hello ***** review in VARSITY
http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/2116
this is becoming pretty regular.
Opera: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Castle
by David Shone
Friday 26th February 2010, 10:22 GMT
I feel I ought to begin with a disclaimer. I’m not a musiciana, and at least some of the charm that opera seems to hold over me is formed in dumb amazement at the sheer spectacle of it all. Fortunately, the Shadwell Opera’s...
17 tickets left . . . →
January 2010
15 posts
kettle's yard, cambridge, 1:10pm, 29/01/2010
1.10pm Friday, 29th February @ Kettle’s Yard we’ll be performing a selection of scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to whet your appetite for the big performances (25th and 26th Feb accross the road at St Giles’ church)
This event is part of the Friday lunchtime series at the Kettle’s Yard museum/gallery, and is FREE TO ALL!!!
so come along and see us in action!
...
just to make it clear...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is being performed in CAMBRIDGE (St. Giles’ Church) NOT Edinburgh.
Tickets now on sale for A Midsummer Night's...
www.adcticketing.com
no booking fees
BOOK FAST ALL PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS HAVE SOLD OUT AT LIGHTENING SPEED
shadwell opera= affordable, accessible opera…in English
check out the facebook group for midsummer...
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=233415095891&ref=ts
STOP PRESS
TICKETS TO BE RELEASED VERY SOON. WATCH THIS SPACE….
Shadwell Opera present Benjamin Britten’s opera A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM… 25th + 26th FEB 2010 8PM. church @ the castle: St Giles’ Shadwell Opera, fresh from its success at the Edinburgh Fringe (5* Scotsman, Financial Times, The Herald, Three Weeks, Fringe Sell-Out Show, Royal Bank Of Scotland Herald Angel...
victoria from the FT likes us apparently......
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f4e74b20-9e61-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html
A novel approach
By Victoria Glendinning
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check out the reviews kids
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/festivals-2009/Musical-review-The-Magic-Flute.5596322.jp
Published Date: 28 August 2009 THE MAGIC FLUTE ROSSLYN CHAPEL (VENUE 74) FROM its opening words, this production is a magical Fringe event. It’s the first time Mozart’s The Magic Flute has been performed in the Rosslyn Chapel, bringing together a fantastical opera and a fantastical location, both...
a nice write-up by some officials
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009091504
Shadwell Opera receives the Herald Angel Award
16 September 2009
A Cambridge student-led opera company has won a prestigious award in Edinburgh.
The Shadwell Opera is among a small number of student groups to win one of the top annual Fringe awards in recent years.
The Shadwell Opera’s recent production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute...
