Rose Opera

For more than four centuries, Shakespeare’s characters and stories have shaped the arts in every form — literature, theatre, music and beyond. Opera, with its heightened emotions and grand expressive range, has always been especially drawn to the worlds he created. From Verdi’s searing Otello and Falstaff to Wagner’s early explorations of Shakespearean drama, from Gounod and Nicolai to Britten and Bernstein, the great composers could not resist the Bard’s blend of passion, wit, tragedy and enchantment.

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In this gala evening, Rose Opera’s soloists bring these timeless stories to life with the immediacy and intimacy of voice and piano. Love and jealousy, fate and folly, magic and mischief — all the fire of Shakespeare’s imagination finds new resonance in the operatic masterpieces it inspired.

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Join us for Love, Fate & Fire: a celebration of the Bard’s enduring power, refracted through the music of those who transformed his words into unforgettable sound.

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Tamara Ravenhill – soprano

Deborah Holborn – mezzo

Stephen Cviic – tenor

Richard Milnes – tenor

Adam Brown – baritone

Pianist - Andrew Robinson