October 2023 Newsletter - Bluebeard, Siegfried and the last chance to see Così

Happy Autumn everyone!

As the evenings darken and the shadows lengthen in the quiet, dusky twilights, we’re hugely looking forward to our next event, an orchestral repertoire day on Sunday 5th November on Bartok’s remarkable psycho-drama “Bluebeard’s Castle”. This is an astonishing, barely-an-hour-long work for just two singers and a surprisingly large orchestra.

We have two of our most distinguished artists singing it, Catherine Backhouse, previously our Preziosilla (La Forza del Destino) and Waltraute (Die Walküre), sings Judith. Edwin Kaye, our Padre Guardiano (Forza) sings the title role. Ed has also written a new English translation, which we will be using.

Location: The Greycoats Grey Coat Hospital Sports Hall, 98 Regency Street London SW1P 4GH (NB, this is not the school hall where we’ve done weekends before so please check the location carefully). MAP

If you are a Friend of Regents Opera, there will be a special event for you from 5pm

The Ring Continues - Siegfried at the Freemasons’ Hall

Philip Modinos as Siegfried in the Fulham Ring of 2011-14

Preparations continue apace for our next instalment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The arrangement is days from completion, and the director and designer recently met in Berlin to start work.

We are in THE BIG GIVE, which is a giving platform that will help us solicit donations towards the continuation and completion of our Ring Cycle, and you’ll hear much more about that soon. If you are able to help with some philanthropy, then, boy, we’d appreciate it!

Tickets very much now available via Ticketsource here:

Così fan tutte at the Wimbledon Festival

We’re looking forward to giving our final performance of our 2023 touring production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at the Wimbledon Festival on Sunday 26th November. This sparkling production that has been to various locations around the UK and France now has its final outing as part of the Wimbledon Festival. Do come and join us!

Meanwhile, a huge thank you as ever to Big Yellow Storage in Camberley.

Thank you for looking after all our stuff!