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Rusalka in Chamber
Four performances, two casts - November 2024 in the year of Czech music.
Endless Pleasure
A delightful concert of English opera and song. May 2025
Visions of Verdi
A thrilling afternoon of excerpts from later Verdi operas, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo and Otello
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Artists passionate to bring fine music to YOU!
Artists passionate to bring fine music to YOU!
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Rusalka in Chamber - 20-28 November 2024
Rusalka in Chamber -Semi-staged
Rusalka in Chamber is an intimate semi-staged, costumed version with piano, of the much loved fairy tale opera by Antonín Dvořák.
It is performed in the original Czech language with English narration.
Dvořák’s music is intoxicating and being filled with folk-tunes and heavenly melodies makes for easy listening. Rusalka in Chamber includes the famous ‘Song to the Moon’ ari and catchy dance music of the wedding scene. There are gorgeous trios for the Water Nymphs and thrilling music for the main characters.
The Water Nymph has fallen in love with a handsome, human Prince who visits her lake in the forest during his hunting trips. Desperate for his love, she begs the witch, Ježibaba, to cast a spell to make her human and trades her power of speech for a soul and flesh. The Water Sprite, Vodník, distrusts all humans and implores her not to join the human race. The Witch also warns Rusalka that the spell means that in addition to becoming mute to humans, if she loses the affection of the Prince not only she will be damned, but also the man she loves will die. Rusalka willingly agrees but her happiness with the Prince is short-lived
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Rusalka in Chamber - 20-28 November 2024
Having fallen in love with Rusalka for her beauty, when she is mute, the Prince is quickly bored. He is charmed by the artful Foreign Princess whose intent is not benign. The rejected and dejected Rusalka returns to her home in the lake where she is now caught as a ‘Will-o the Wisp’ in between two existences. To break the spell and return to her sisters as a nymph in the lake she must kill the Prince. This she refuses to do and the repentant Prince holds her in an embrace and with her kiss, dies in a last moment of loving reunion.
Musical Director : Sharolyn Kimmorley
Pianist : Martin Lijauco
Stage direction: Rob Horton / Susan Cary
Choreography : Alya Meyer
Lighting : Alex Stoner
Lighting Assistant : Brendan Nicholson
Design : Rob Horton / Jill Sullivan
Costumes : Sandra Oldis
Czech Language Coach : Šárka Budínská
Rusalka : Jillian Halleron / Kerry Nicholson
The Prince : Hongxin Jiang
Vodnik: Michael Lampard
Ježibaba: Jill Sullivan / Lisa Munckto.
Foreign Princess : Leah Thomas / Bronwyn Douglass :
Water Sprites: Emily Tu rner, Alya Meyer, Dana Kingsford, Emma Hall, Yolanda Lorenzato, Angelique Tot
Gamekeeper: Matthew Gaskin
Kitchenhand : Maria Hemphill
Bass Voice : Brendan Nicholson
The ensemble is headed by Sharolyn Kimmorley and Martin Lijauco
Stage direction: Rob Horton / Susan Cary
Choreography : Alya Meyer
Lighting : Alex Stoner
If Music be the Food of Love - Shakespeare in Opera & Song. PHOTO CREDITS - MArc lestavel
Previous Programmes
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Visions of Verdi - Later Operas Nov 2025
EXCERPTS FROM
I Vespri Siciliani
Louise Keast as Elena
Un Ballo in Maschera
Kerry Nicholson as Amelia, Hongxin Jiang as Riccardo, Michael Lampard as Renato,
Emily Turner as Oscar, Jill Sullivan as Ulrica.
La Forza del Destino
Leah Thomas as Leonora, Hongxin Jiang as Alvaro, Tristan Entwistle as Carlo, Angelique Tot as Preziosilla, Matt Gaskin aș Trabucco
Don Carlo
Emma Häll as Elisabetta, Leah Thomas as Eboli, Maria Hemphill as Tebaldo, Hongxin Jiang as Don Carlo, Tristan Entwistle as Rodrigo, and Emily Turner as The Voice of Heaven.
Otello
Jillian Halleron as Desdemona, Michael Lampard as Iago
With the augmented TOSC Ensemble and Meg Adeney, Emmeline Booth, Amanda Kelly and Sandra Oldis.
And pianists Claire Howard Race and Martin Lijauco
Endless Pleasure May 2025
A FUN JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES OF BRITISH OPERA AND SONG
From the operas & songs of Benjamin Britten, Rebecca Clarke, Edward Elgar, Gilbert & Sullivan, Elizabeth Maconchy, Roger Quilter, Henry Purcell, David Tunley & featuring
‘Now we are Six’, a song cycle by Tristan Entwistle to the poetry of A. A. Milne
Performed by:
Tristan Entwistle, Daniella Ehrlich, Matt Gaskin, Emma Häll, Jillian Halleron,
Maria Hemphill, Alya Meyer, Lisa Munckton, Brendan Nicholson,
Kerry Nicholson, Jill Sullivan, Emily Turner with Stephen Walter
Rusalka in Chamber November 2024
FULLY STAGED PRODUCTION OF DVORAK'S OPERA, RUSALKA, WITH PIANO. FOUR PERFORMANCES
TOSC took great pride in providing opportunities for both established and emerging singers and was delighted to present the talented newcomer Jillian Halleron in the title role of Rusalka sharing the role with Kerry Nicholson.
Joining her was Hongxin Jiang as the Prince, while the role of Ježibaba, the witch, was shared by Jill Sullivan and Lisa Munckton.
Vodník was portrayed by Michael Lampard and Leah Thomas and Bronwyn Douglas as the Foreign Princess.
Our enchanting Wood Sprites were Emily Turner, Alya Meyer, Dana Kingsford, Emma Häll, and Yolanda Lorenzato.
Matthew Gaskin appeared as the Gamekeeper, with Maria Hemphill as the Kitchenhand.
Musical director and conductor, Sharolyn Kimmorley AM.
Piano, Martin Lijauco.
Stage direction, Rob Horton and Susan Cary.
Lighting by Alex Stoner