Scottish Opera Highlights

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKETS YET ??

Benderloch Village Hall, organised by Arts and Culture in Ardchattan

16th February 2012 from 7.30 pm

£11 and £5 for under 16

Phone 01631 720498 to book

from the Scottish Opera website: -

All aboard, all aboard! It’s that time of year again and our hugely popular Opera Highlights is setting off on a fifteen date tour the length and breadth of Scotland. A welcome winter warmer for audiences of all ages, it offers something for everyone, from seasoned fans to opera first-timers.

Four enthusiastic young singers will introduce a mixture of operatic styles, including arias, duets and ensembles from Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Bizet’s Carmen as well as less well-known gems by Smetana, Ambroise Thomas, Rimsky-Korsakov and Emmerich Kalman.

The show promises to bring a glow to your cheeks and put a spring in your step. So avoid the rush, buy your tickets now and sit back and enjoy the ride!

Soprano Anita Watson
Mezzo-soprano Rosie Aldridge
Tenor Robert Anthony Gardiner

Baritones Marcus Farnsworth (31 Jan to 18 Feb)

and Riccardo Simonetti (21 Feb to 3 Mar)

Pianist Susannah Wapshott
Director Pia Furtado

La traviata Brindisi
Luciano Pavarotti / Richard Bonynge / National Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca Classics)
Tancredi Di tanti palpiti
Cecilia Bartoli / Giuseppe Patanè / Vienna Volksoper Orchestra (Decca Classics)
Semele Where e’er you walk
Kenneth McKellar / Adrian Boult / Royal Opera House (Decca Classics)
Madama Butterfly Scuoti quella fronda
Angela Gheorghiu / Enkelejda Shkosa / Antonio Pappano / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (EMI Classics)
Così fan tutte Donne mie, la fate a tanti
Dale Duesing / Bernard Haitink / Glyndebourne (EMI Classics)