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OTC in the Library with the Opera Club

Wed, 04 May 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Opera Theatre Company was delighted to bring an Introduction to Opera to Fingal Libraries, using two different formats to entrance and inform audiences of all ages, from the absolute beginner to the seasoned opera lover. We thoroughly enjoyed our visits to Blanchardstown and Malahide. Read more about it in this month's Irish Library News.

Opera Club: Song & Laughter

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Join Opera Theatre Company artists for an informative evening filled with beautiful singing and delightful stories.

Opera is not all about sadness, sickness and death: every tragedy has its foil. Commedia dell'arte started it all, with a joke at someone else's expense. In their often roller-coaster relationship with the establishment that paid their way, composers have always enjoyed pricking pomposity. Then there's the element of disguise and mistaken identity not to mind say trouser roles, so that everywhere there are men dressed as women or women dressed as men...

With music from Donizetti's Don Pasqualé, as well as comic arias from operas by composers such as Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart, Opera Club will stimulate the senses of both the seasoned opera fan and newcomer alike in an informal, intimate, club-like atmosphere. You also get the chance to chat and mingle with OTC's talented performers.

"It was the perfect evening in every way, the approach was so welcoming and the performers incredibly generous with their music, afterwards mixing and chatting to the audience..."

GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow - Saturday January 29th 3pm
Tickets: €5 - Booking: 059 917 2400

Siamsa Tíre, Tralee - Thursday February 3rd, 7.30pm
Tickets: €8 - Booking: 066 712 3055

Opera Club on Tour

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Come and join us for the second of our two-series story of opera.

Having travelled from the birth of opera to its high life, join us on the next stage - Opera Club: Luxurious Middle Age to Re-Birth - from Beethoven to Puccini, journey with us through the time when operas were written that retain their impact, and remain hugely popular, to this day.

Baby Grand, Belfast, Thursday February 18th, 6.30pm - £6.
Book via Grand Opera House or by phone (028) 9024 1919.

Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Saturday March 13th, 7.30pm
GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow, Sunday April 25th, 6.30pm
Booking information to follow.

OTC Festival Choir Project - BBC Radio Ulster

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Catch a vibrant recording of the OTC Festival Choir project on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sounds Classical on Sunday 4th October from 8.30pm.

This project involved creating a choir in a day in Derry city as part of the Festival City of Song and features OTC Young Associate Artist Chloe Hinton (Mezzo Soprano) and a regular performer with OTC, soprano Rebekah Coffey.

Don’t miss it!

Calling All Derry Voices!!!!

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Be part of this year's Opera Theatre Company City of Song Festival Chorus on Sunday 27th September in Derry City.

Come and join us for a day of singing. You can be any age and have any level of experience - we just need your enthusiasm and commitment.

You will be working with Greg Beardsell (UYC, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus), Mark Chambers (Tenebrae) and Opera Theatre Company Singers Chloe Hinton and Rebekah Coffey.

Take this chance to sing in the Festival Chorus Concert!

For registration forms, download from Music 55-7 or contact them by phone (028) 71 375 550.

Nigel Short and Gregory Campbell with OTC's 2008 Festival Chorus

Culture Night Belfast

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Rebekah Coffey with pianist Roisin McCriskin at the launch of Culture Night Belfast

As part of Culture Night Belfast, Opera Theatre Company present

Opera in the City An Evening of Opera Arias
Everything you wanted to know about opera but were afraid to ask!

This evening of opera arias is designed to give novice and seasoned opera goers alike sublime singing from the best of Ireland’s young singers. The programme is made up of opera arias from baroque opera to the present day and gives the audience member an experience of opera in a range of styles.

So don’t miss the chance to hear sumptuous opera in an intimate environment with soprano Rebekah Coffey and countertenor David Vivian Russell, accompanied on piano by Roisin McCriskin.

Parish of St George Church,105 High St Belfast, BT1 2AG

Friday, 25th September, 2009

8pm - 8.25pm
8.45pm – 9.10pm
9.30pm – 9.55pm

FREE!!!

Culture Night Belfast will be held in the city’s historic Cathedral Quarter on Friday 25th September. Belfast’s very own Culture Night will see venues, artists’ studios, galleries, historic buildings, cultural organisations, churches and more throw open their doors for what promises to be a magical event. The evening will give opportunities to people of all ages to try out many of those different types of experiences that make Belfast’s cultural output so rich. Cathedral Quarter will be totally transformed for the evening as public areas and streets are turned into performance spaces. People will be able to explore the Quarter whilst taking part in free talks, workshops, performances and tours.