Loves Philosophy
Four internationally-renowned singers - Ellie Laugharne, Hanna Hipp, Robert Murray and Dominic Sedgwick - join Artistic Director Chris Hopkins for an evening of opera, song, and musical theatre. With music by composers from Bernstein and Novello to Puccini and Mozart, and shows including My Fair Lady, West Side Story and Spamalot, alongside classic arias and ensembles including Nessun dorma, O mio babbino caro and Delibes Flower Duet, there really is something for everyone!
The perfect Valentines gift in the beautiful church of St James, Gerrards Cross.
Programme (subject to change):
Act 1: The fountains mingle with the river and the rivers with the ocean
Make our Garden Grow Candide , Bernstein
Voi che sapete The Marriage of Figaro , Mozart
O mio babbino caro Gianni Schicchi , Puccini
Mein Sehnen, mein Whnen Die Tote Stadt , Korngold
Soave sia il vento Cosi fan tutte , Mozart
Che gelida manina La bohme , Puccini
Act 2: The winds of heaven mix for ever with a sweet emotion
La ci darem Don Giovanni , Mozart
Svegliatevi nel core Giulio Cesare , Handel
Au fond du temple saint The Pearl Fishers , Bizet
Je veux vivre Romeo et Juliette , Gounod
Since we loved Finzi
Ah, Love, but a day Beach
Tickling a trout Albert Herring , Britten
Bella figlia dellamore Rigoletto , Verdi
Interval
Act 3: And the sunlight clasps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea
Flower Duet Lakm , Delibes
Nessun Dorma Turandot , Puccini
O vin dissipe la tristesse Hamlet , Thomas
Well gather lilacs Perchance to Dream , Novello
Sein wir wieder gut Ariadne auf Naxos , Strauss
Tonight West Side Story , Bernstein
Act 4: What is all this sweet work worth if thou kiss not me?
Be my love, Brodsky
Skylark, Carmichael/Mercer
Song of a nightclub proprietress, Dring
I have often walked down this street before My Fair Lady , Loewe
Song that goes like this, Spamalot
Brindisi La traviata, Verdi
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