Welcome to the Simply
Opera web
site.
Simply Opera provides affordable opera,
operetta, concerts and education workshops for your event, festival, corporate
entertainment or private function.
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information: about Simply Opera, the programme, previous performances and
productions, education, and contact details.
About 'Simply
Opera'
Artistic Director : Martin Rendle
Simply Opera is a small scale opera
company which presents opera and concerts throughout the United Kingdom, taking
music and drama to venues outside the normal theatre environment and to those
who would not normally attend, or not have reasonable access to a
theatre.
Simply Opera presents abridged productions of popular operas, operettas,
and one act operas in their entirety. Most productions are in English. The
company also presents formal and informal concerts, provides corporate
entertainment, singers for private functions, and is developing an education and
outreach programme for adults and children.
Please contact us for further information
about our productions and services.
Programme
Simply Opera will be presenting a number
of concert programmes throughout the year. We will also be presenting the
following productions and performances:
Coffee Cantata
A staged production of
Bach's comic cantata. A story of a father's distress, and his efforts to stop
his daughter's disgusting and habitual abuse of coffee!
The Impresario
Simply
Opera's adaptation of Mozart's comedy. The squabbling of two Prima Donnas and an
impresario's cunning, rewritten, and set around the casting of 'The Marriage of
Figaro'.
La Traviata
La Traviata is probably the best known,
and loved of Verdi's operas and contains some of his most beautiful and
memorable music. It tells the tragic story of the beautiful but consumptive
Violetta and her lover Alfredo.
Simply Opera will be presenting their
'reduced version' of La Traviata.
The Opera will be sung in English with a
cast of four singers. The staging is simple and intimate and is ideal for the
smaller venue and 'in the round' performances. It will also feature and
opportunity for the audience to talk with some of the singers and the director
about the production.
Oh Vienna!
A romp through the songs of Lehar and
Strauss with memorable melodies from the masters of Viennese
operetta.
Gala and Dinner Concerts
Famous arias and duets from the world of
popular opera and operetta, neapolitan serenades, and a lighter selection of
West End and Broadway favourites.
Previous performances and
productions
The Magic Flute, December
2003
'..an enjoyable evening..' Isle of Thanet
Gazette
'..the perfect evening for both seasoned opera lovers and first time
listeners..' Kent Messenger
Minster Rural Life Museum Festival,
August 2003
'..a fantastic evening of
entertainment..' Kent on Sunday
Education and
Outreach
Simply Opera is continually developing
its education and outreach programme and we can tailor events to meet your
needs. All those employed on education projects have extensive and significant
teaching and workshop experience, including mainstream and private education as
well as education, outreach and community projects with companies such as
Glyndebourne. We are currently able to offer the following:
Singing
Workshops
For newcomers and experienced singers, from eight to eighty. These
workshops use drama games and movement to release the voice, and encourage
participants to experiment with harmony, with a strong emphasis on fun.
Workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of the participants including the
delivery of National Curriculum requirements. Suitable for schools, community
groups, choirs, operatic societies etc.
Magic Flute Workshop
Movement and drama for children, working
on a selection of scenes from Mozart's fantasy opera.
Marriage of
Figaro
Weekend workshop for adults, with vocal coaching and development of
scenes from Mozart's comedy opera.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Movement, drama and singing workshop based on 'Queen's' most famous song.
The story is written by Martin Rendle and explores crime and
punishment.
Contact
Us
Contact us via e-mail at simplyopera@msn.com
.
Or
write to us at:
Simply Opera
29 Hill House
Drive
Minster-in-Thanet
Kent CT12 4BE
Tel/Fax +44 (0) 1843
825898