Opera on the Lawn 2nd August, 7pm

Tchaikovsky and his Eugene Onegin

Sung in English

Fully costumed production featuring the principal arias from all three acts of Tchaikovsky's most famous, memorable and romantic opera after Pushkin's novel in verse.

Black Tie event preceded by champagne and canapés, on the magnificent lawns of Hotel du Vin the premier hotel in the heart of Tunbridge Wells.

Seated on stage is the character of Tchaikovsky, as an older man, reminiscing about the period in his life when he was writing his most famous opera, Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse. As he talks, he reads from letters he wrote and received during that intense period and shares with us the turmoil in his own life that somehow seemed to mirror the turmoil of the characters in the story. As he talks about the opera and how he came to write it, we see and hear the main excerpts from all three acts.

Each aria or ensemble is punctuated by Tchaikovsky's thoughts and feelings and the whole production conveys an intimate sense of the story, the music and the effect it had on Tchaikovsky's life. The main characters are Tatyana, Onegin, Olga, Lensky and Prince Gremin, sung by members of the recent cast of opera by definition's outstanding critically acclaimed full-scale production, together with actor Humphrey Skett as Tchaikovsky.

CAST

Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky

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Lyric opera in seven scenes, sung in English.

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Tchaikovsky and his Eugene Onegin - Life and Art

CAST

Mainly Mozart

Supported by Principal Investment Management Limited

An evening of arias by Mozart and his contemporaries, Gluck, Salieri and Haydn, together with Act I of Don Giovanni in a semi staged version, sung in Italian with English dialogue.

Accompanied by piano.

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An Opera Gala

With Denise Leigh, Jane Gilchrist & James Cleverton.

The opera by definition orchestra and chorus.

Finchcocks Baroque

An evening concert.

Ashley Catling
Sophie Angebault
Iestyn Davies
James Laing
The opera by definition chorus

Broadway Spring

An evening of Broadway songs from Kern to Sondheim with Gerald Finley, Louise Winter and their Band

Classic Contrasts

Achilles

A narrative for performance by Elizabeth Cook, music composed and performed by Sylvia Hallett and

Purcell's Dido & Æneas

CAST

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Midsummer Mozart

An evening concert.

Sophie Angebault
Catherine May
Constance Novis
Michael Dewis

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

Sung in German with new English dialogue.

CAST

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