Wild Arts Presents - An Evening of Opera

Date: July 23rd

Times: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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An Evening of Opera

Returning due to popular demand the night after their sold-out performance of The Marriage of Figaro, Wild Arts (★★★★ The Guardian, ★★★★★ Opera Now) is delighted to return to the stunning surrounds of Forde Abbey for an outdoor performance of their acclaimed show An Evening of Opera.

Semi-staged by director Guido Martin-Brandis, follow the characters through 75 minutes of spell-binding music filled with dramatic intrigue, jealousy, comedy, idealism, and true love. Highlights of this year's show include The Flower Duet from Lakmé by Delibes, Overture to William Tell by Rossini, the Jewel Song from Gounod's Faust, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better from Annie Get your Gun, On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady and many more.

“A wonderful evening. The performance was full of fun, the pace was terrific, and the musicians absolutely top quality. Thank you so much for bringing us so much talent and joy.” Audience Review of An Evening of Opera.

Programme

Leoncavallo Prologue from i Pagliacci

Rossini Opening Scene from Cenerentola

Gluck Che faro senza from Euridice 

Dorothy Fields Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better from Annie Get Your Gun

Handel Ombra mai fu from Xerxes

Gounod Jewel Aria from Faust

Cilea Io son l’umile from Adriana Lecouvrer

Massenet Act 1 Duet from Werther

 - interval - 

Rossini Overture to William Tell

Mozart Un' aura amorosa from Così fan tutte 

Lerner and Loewe On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady

Donizetti Confrontation Scene from Maria Stuarda

Rodgers and Hammerstein If I Loved You from Carousel

Noel Coward Someday I’ll Find You from Private Lives

Mozart S’altro che lagrime from La Clemenza di Tito

Mascagni  Nedda! Silvio! from I Pagliacci

Lehar Lippen Schweigen from The Merry Widow

Delibes The Flower Duet from Lakmé

Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow from Candide

You are welcome to arrive from 5.30pm to set up your picnic in the gardens, and bring food, drink, rugs, chairs, tables, friends, and candelabras. The performance will start at 7pm, with a pudding interval at approximately 7:45pm before Act II starts at 8pm. Curtain down will be at approximately 9pm.