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Celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee & The Olympic & Paralympic Games

Instrumentalists sponsored by Sadie Williams
Marketing supported by Drs Marie & Brendan Kilcoyne
Administration costs supported by the Estate of Lesley Samuell
The Friends Consortium of opera by definition

Saturday 14 April 2012, 7.30pm

opera by definition celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a gala opera concert featuring excerpts and arias from our work since 2002.

We presented a programme of arias from our operas of the past ten years: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni & Cosi fan Tutte, Purcell's Dido & Æneas, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin & Handel's Tamerlano - plus a few surprise extras!

Our singers were:
Mary Nelson: Soprano
James Cleverton: Baritone
Callum Thorpe: Bass Baritone
Stephen Rooke: Tenor
Rachel Nicholls: Soprano
Catherine Carby: Mezzo-Soprano

Award-winning pianist Emma Abbate performed on piano & harpsichord with acclaimed period instrumentalist Yair Avidor on Mandolin & Theorbo and Jennifer Bennett on Violin. Tonbridge based David and Jeremy Clack performed on French Horn and Trumpet with Maestro David Macdonald on Cello.

The production team for this Gala were:
Director: Francesca Gilpin
Associate Director: Sophie Gilpin
Lighting Designer: Bruce J Williams
Assistant Stage Manager: Theo Farringdon