Tue 10 September, 7.30pm Aurora Orchestra Symphonie Fantastique
Sun 15 September, 2.30pm Saffron Opera Group Tristan und Isolde
Nicholas Collon conductor Mathew Baynton actor
Saffron Opera Group Orchestra Saffron Opera Group Chorus Michael Thorne conductor
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (from memory)
Cast includes Jonathan Stoughton Tristan A diabolical witches’ sabbath, a Elaine McKrill Isolde riotous ball, a march to the scaffold Victoria Simmonds Brangäne and an unrequited passion make Nicholas Folwell Kurwenal up the hallucinatory narrative of Berlioz’s Symphonie. A vivid fantasy Wagner Tristan und Isolde full of tragedy and passion, a work Saffron Opera Group’s acclaimed teeming with orchestral drama – by turns gorgeous and grotesque. series of Wagner performances continues. Conductor Michael Performed from memory in a Thorne leads a cast of exciting specially devised production incorporating elements of design, young talents and established lighting and choreography, Berlioz’s international stars, including Saffron Hall favourite Elaine explosive music is brought to life; McKrill as the adulterous Isolde a musical phantasmagoria from and amazing young Heldentenor the depths of the Romantic Jonathan Stoughton as Tristan. imagination.
Tickets £14 - £35 Presented by Saffron Hall
Tickets £20 - £40 Presented by Saffron Opera Group
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