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Jubilate Singers present “Dido and The Pleasure Garden”
September 5, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Jubilate Singers present “Dido and The Pleasure Garden” on Saturday 5th September 2020, 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. at The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch
Ticket pricing: $30.00 and includes supper
Programme:
A concert of Purcell’s evergreen opera Dido and Aeneas and the Christchurch premiere of The Pleasure Garden, a witty, artful operatic romp
by Philip Norman and A. K. Grant.
Conducted by Philip Norman
With soloists from the Opera Club of Christchurch including Samantha Warhurst as Dido, Fernand Kenel as Aeneas, Sarah-Jane Rennie as Belinda, Peter Hind as an Art Critic, and Erin Callanan as the ‘spectrally dismayed’ ghost of Frances Hodgkins.
Accompanied by top Christchurch musicians Amandine Guerin, Jonathan Tanner, Sharon Baylis, Tomas Hurnik, Matthew Harris strings and Daniel Cooper keyboards.
Contact Person: Vivien Hicks; Email: vivienhicks@gmail.com
Website: http://www.jubilate.org.nz/