Past Shows by Opera Minima

"Hansel and Gretel"

Humperdinck's powerful take on the grim Grimm tale, given the OM treatment.

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"Rainforest by Martin Read and Philip Sealey"

“Rainforest" by Martin Read and Philip Sealey is an inspiring, engrossing and thought-provoking – and highly topical – opera set in the Brazilian rainforest.

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"Mainly Mozart"

By popular request, another all Mozart programme.

Please note change of date

Scenes from "Le Nozze di Figaro", "Cosi fan tutte" and "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail".

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" Don Carlo in love"

Tracing Verdi's version of the story of Elisabetta and Carlo from their fateful first meeting, her marriage to his father, King Philip of Spain, and her final retreat into a convent.

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"New Year Party"

A light-hearted evening to start the new year.

Entertainment by soprano Caroline Trutz, bass Adam Leftwich and pianist Nicholas Bosworth.

The evening starts with a workshop performance of a scene from our recent production "Don Carlo in love", bolstered by a group of local singers from the GE Ladies Choir.

After supper, you will be entertained by Caroline, Adam and Nicholas in a programme of songs from around the world.
In the photo Nicholas, Caroline and Adam are 2nd, 3rd and 5th from the left.

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"The Bear"

"The Bear" is a witty one-act opera – or “extravaganza” as the composer dubbed it – by William Walton. It is based on one of Chekhov’s “vaudevilles” and is a sparkling and humorous tale about a pretty widow and her late husband’s boorish creditor.

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""Susanna's Secret" - by Wolf-Ferrari"

Count Gil suspects that his bride has a lover. How else can the smell of tobacco smoke about the house and her occasional sorties (without his permission) be explained?

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"Le Cinesi"

"Le Cinesi" an opera-serenade in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Three Chinese ladies are bored until their friend, recently returned from the Grand Tour, suggests an innocent way of passing the time.
Lovely lyrical music for soprano, 2 mezzos and a tenor

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"OPERA GALA"

A programme of trios, duets and arias from your favourite operas and some that might not be so familiar. From innocent first love through light-hearted flirtation to threatened suicide, includes pieces from
"Don Pasquale", "Magic Flute", "Don Giovanni", "Seraglio", "Don Carlo" and "Rigoletto".

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"Mainly Mozart"

A celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Scenes from operas composed when Mozart was 16 years old ("Lucio Silla"), 25 ("Idomeneo"), 30 ("Le nozze di Figaro") and the last opera he wrote just before he died at the age of 35 – "La clemenza di Tito". Also included in the programme is a performance of the one-act Pergolesi comic opera, "La serva padrona", in which the servant does her best to become the mistress.
Cast ~ Lisajane Ellis, Amanda Watsham, Melanie Lodge, Susan Moore, Terry Saunders.

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