CELEBRATE OPERA

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2022
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
STAGEING: Katie Blackwell
CONDUCTOR: John Warner
OXFORD OPERA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CAST
SOPRANO: Anna Sideris-Dupy
MEZZO-SOPRANO: Hannah Pedley**
TENOR: Sattriya Krisna
BARITONE: Felix Kemp
BASS-BARITONE: Stuart Pendred
**Due to illness Hannah Pedley was unable to perform. Thalia Knights replaced her at short notice.
REVIEWS
We were treated to a series of best-loved solos and duets (with one or two surprises) from Mozart, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Purcell, Puccini and many more, finishing with a whole-company rendition of “Nessun Dorma ”. The four guest soloists - exquisite lyric soprano...
Sheila Bailey for Ox in a Box
We were treated to a series of best-loved solos and duets (with one or two surprises) from Mozart, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Purcell, Puccini and many more, finishing with a whole-company rendition of “Nessun Dorma”. The four guest soloists - exquisite lyric soprano Anna Sideris, baritone Felix Kemp, both regulars with Oxford Opera, mezzo-soprano Thalia Knights, who jumped in at a moment’s notice to cover for illness, joined by Pendred the Artistic Director, were superb, all beautifully supported by the Oxford Opera Chamber Orchestra, led by John Warner, and the chorus of school children. But the stand-out performer on this occasion was the newcomer Satriya Krishna, warm and engaging.

Sheila Bailey for Ox in a Box
Once again, Stuart Pendred’s Oxford Opera Company gave us a wonderful musical afternoon (and evening) at the Oxford Playhouse, full of passion, charm, beauty, romance, love, heartbreak.. .all the things that opera is unsurpassed at expressing.
Sheila Bailey for Ox in a Box
Once again, Stuart Pendred’s Oxford Opera Company gave us a wonderful musical afternoon (and evening) at the Oxford Playhouse, full of passion, charm, beauty, romance, love, heartbreak . . .all the things that opera is unsurpassed at expressing.

Sheila Bailey for Ox in a Box