Our new Ballad Opera” The South Sea Bubble” will be presented in the Library of the Reform Club in Pall Mall on Thursday 25 August at 7.30pm. With music by Nick Bicât and words by Tony Bicât, the production takes a Romp through the mores and morals of the early Capitalists, personified by Speculator Extraordinary Mary Herbert and Master Schemer John Law.
Tickets @£40 each are only available from the Reform Club. This performance is now fully sold out.
Performance at Stoke Park Pavilions NN12 7RZ, Wednesday 25 May 2022
First performed in September 2020 in Windsor Great Park, this performance takes place in the West Pavilion of Stoke Park Pavilions by kind permission of Susanna Chancellor. Musical Director is James Potter with Cantata Dramatica Singers and Band.
Open Air performance at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 12 Sep 2020
We are delighted to announce that we will giving an open air performance of Danyal Dhondy’s new song cycle ‘Conference of the Birds’ in the garden at Cumberland Lodge on Saturday 12 September. James Potter will be conducting a stunning array of singers and instrumentalists with choreography from Siân Hopkins.
Perpetua
Tickets are now on sale for our next performance at 7pm on Wednesday 29 January 2020 in the stunning Wren church of St Stephen Walbrook. All ticket proceeds go to Crosslight Advice, a community-focused charity which works to combat poverty and hardship caused by the burden of unmanageable debt and lack of financial capability, and to St Stephen Walbrook itself.
Read moreTickets for 'Perpetua' at St Stephen Walbrook now available
Tickets are now on sale for our next performance of Nick Bicât’s 'Perpetua' at 7pm on Wednesday 29 January 2020 in the stunning Wren church of St Stephen Walbrook. All ticket proceeds go to Crosslight Advice, a community-focused charity which works to combat poverty and hardship caused by the burden of unmanageable debt and lack of financial capability, and St Stephen Walbrook itself.
British Comedy Legend Dr Evadne Hinge to star in Louis Mander's comic opera 'The Dowager's Oyster'.
A legend of British comedy is to come out of retirement in France to appear in a musical romp at Cheltenham Playhouse next year as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations. The Dowager's Oyster is described as a light opera that captures the comic book charades of a 1920s murder mystery farce and at its heart is the return to the stage of Dr Evadne Hinge, one half of the enormously popular double act Hinge and Bracket which entertained audiences with their songs and 'theatrical memories' for 30 years.
'Andromeda' Cartoons by Matt Lawrence
The poem by Charles Kingsley, from which Cyril Bradley Rootham took the words for Andromeda, is written in an antique epic style which is unfamiliar to most contemporary audiences. The CK200 Festival therefore decided to commission a set of cartoons from Matt Lawrence to tell the story in graphic form.
Cantata Dramatica revives 'Andromeda': a lost cantata by Cyril Bradley Rootham
Fri 14 and Sat 15 Jun 2019, 7.30pm in Eversley (nr. Reading) - Cyril Rootham’s Andromeda.
More info and tickets at https://ck200.live/
Read moreSolfa Carlile's 'Life of Cuthbert' previewed in Bamburgh
Durham University Chamber Choir together with players from the County Music Service and baritone Daniel Tate battled through the elements on Saturday 2 Feb to give a preview of performance of the ‘Life of Cuthbert’ in St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh, conducted by Theo Golden. Despite the snow, the audience was larger than expected and the piece was very well received. This is the start of our ‘Cuthbert pilgramage’, continuing with visits to four primary schools and ending at Durham Cathedral on Friday 8 Feb. Tickets are still available from the Durham Vocal Festival website.
Booking now open for Nick Bicat's 'Akathistos' and Solfa Carlile's 'Between Sea and Sky' on 30 Jan 2019
Tickets for Cantata Dramatica’s next concert on Wednesday 30 January 2019 at St Stephen Walbrook are now available from our online shop
Exultate Singers triumph with Cantata Dramatica commissions at St George’s, Bristol
Bristol based Exultate Singers, under conductor David Ogden, gave a concert on Sunday 18 November at St George’s, Bristol entitled ‘Glories of Byzantium’. The programme included Nick Bicat’s ‘Requiem’, Solfa Carlile’s ‘Between Sea and Sky’ and the première of ‘Five Greek Love Songs’ by Toby Young, co-commissioned by Cantata Dramatica and Exultate Singers.
Read moreExultate Singers to perform Nick Bicât's 'Requiem' and Solfa Carlile's 'Between Sea and Sky'
Bristol based Exultate Singers, under conductor David Ogden, are currently rehearsing for a concert on Sunday 18 November at St George’s, Bristol entitled ‘Glories of Byzantium’. The programme also includes the première of ‘Greek Love Songs’ by Toby Young, co-commissioned by Cantata Dramatica and Exultate Singers.
Read moreFirst Performance of Solfa Carlile's 'Between Sea and Sky' in Oxford
'Between Sea and Sky' the eponymous movement from Solfa Carlile's collection of three Byzantine hymns, was premiered in Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, on 2 Feb by Oxford-based ensemble Untune the Sky.
Read moreCantata Dramatica to partner with Durham Vocal Festival
The Chamber Choir Evening on 28 January 2018 included a first performance of 'Patrick's Hymn' from Solfa Carlile's Cantata on the Life of St Cuthbert, sung by the combined chamber choirs (Fenham Ensemble, Durham Singers, Northern Spirit Singers and Sage Chamber Choir).
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'Shahrazad' at Leighton House, 10/11 Feb 2017
Congratulations to Danyal Dhondy and Opera Vera for a great collaboration with two sell-out performances. See reviews from bachtrack and The Stage.
Read more'Beowulf' at Chilmark, 28/29 Aug 2016
Opera at Chilmark presented Louis Mander's Beowulf, our first fully staged opera, over the August Bank Holiday weekend, 2016.
Read more'Cantata Eliensis' at Ely Cathedral, 26 Jun 2016
Many thanks to everyone involved in our successful performance of Cantata Eliensis in the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral on Sunday 26 June 2016. Read Dr Charlie Rozier's blog for more information.
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