Building on our reputation for providing fun, high quality musical experiences we’re continuing to develop our Know the Show opera workshop series.

This October sees the trial of a new Know the Show format at Bishopsgate Institute’s mighty Great Hall, providing vital opportunities for emerging professional singers and instrumentalists as well as an invitation to the wider community to get involved.

TEAM

Lizzie Holmes Workshop Leader
Benjamin Hamilton conductor and Workshop Leader

Cast

Caroline Carragher Carmen Meriel Cunningham Carmen
Alex Aldren Don Jose Anthony Flaum Don Jose
Samuel Lom Escamillo
Hazel Neighbour Micaëla
Gerrit Paul Groen Zuniga
Megan Strachan Frasquita
Flora Macdonald Mercedes
Nick Rivard Morales

Instrumentalists

To include: Guillermo Ramasasa, Sophia Elger, Emma Shaughnessy, Carolina Lopez, Iza Stefanska, Shannon Do, Catherine Hare, Nevena Atanasova, Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter

One of Verdi’s best loved operas, La traviata (The Fallen Woman) is a tragic tale about the Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind, in an attempt to finally find true love. During the workshop we’ll be learning the Brindisi (The drinking song!) and part of the Act II finale, including the Gypsy Chorus.

TEAM

Lizzie Holmes founder of DEBUT, Violetta & Workshop Leader
Benjamin Hamilton conductor and Workshop Leader
Erika Gundesen répétiteur
Alex Aldren, Alfredo & Tenor Chorus Leader
Eleanor Garside, Soprano Chorus Leader
Meriel Cunningham Flora & Mezzo Chorus Leader
James Gribble Gaston & Tenor Chorus Leader
Theo Perry Gaston, Baron & Bass Chorus Leader

Supported by the Carr-Gregory Trust