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'Chorus!' Booking now! The NI Opera 'Chorus!' concert is coming to The Ulster Hall @waterfront_ulster_hall on 18 May at 7.30pm, with tickets at £20/£15 and a community group rate available too. This concert puts these highly accomplished opera practitioners as the centre focus of opera and allows us to perform many varied styles and periods of writing for an opera chorus. Come and enjoy well-loved favourites as well as some lesser known delights. The concert will include works by Purcell, Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and John Adams. Our choristers have become one of the greatest assets for our company and through this specialised programme they have worked with industry professionals including vocal coaches, conductors, language coaches, choreographers and movement directors from highly prestigious opera houses all over the UK and Europe. You can see some images of their performances over the last year in this post, at The Harbour Commissioner's Office for a concert last year, at The Ulster Hall for a performance of Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' last Spring and in 'Tosca' and 'La Traviata' at The Grand Opera House in 2023 and 2022. For this concert, they will be working with conductor James Grossmith and 'Chorus!' will also feature conductor Margaret Bridge as part of her Artist Development Programme performance outcome. The pianist for 'Chorus!' is Tristan Russcher. Chorus reviews: ‘The locally based NI Opera chorus is, post-Covid, new, recruited through open auditions earlier this year yet already able to produce the vital, full-bodied sound needed for Verdi’s beloved work.’ The Observer ‘Ravishing choruses, as hypnotic as the marquee arias, inject peroidic brio into the musical narrative.’ Theatre News, La Traviata Find out more and book via the link in the bio. Photos: @neilharrisonphotography and David Kinghan/Ulster Orchestra @artscouncilni @cameronmenziesdirector @jamesgrossmith @mezzo_margaret @tristanrusscher @ourbelfastmusic #chorus #operachoruses #operacompany #concert #northernireland #embraceagiantspirit #operavoices #loveopera #operafan #chorusconcert #operachorus #belfast #ulsterhall #whatson #bookingnow #may
'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered' is coming to @themacbelfast next month - 13 April at 7.45pm - as part of our touring #SalonSeries directed by @cameronmenziesdirector After our sold-out performance at @stcolumbshall last year, join us in Belfast for a stunning performance of classic songs from the golden age of musical theatre performed by @wendymferguson and @ruthmcginleypianist with @gillenthegreat on drumkit and Peter Doherty on bass. You’ll hear classic songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim and more - well-loved classics and some hidden gems too. 'Into The Woods' audiences will remember Wendy as 'Jack's Mother' - our production won 'Best Production' at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards this time last year. Wendy Ferguson has performed roles in musical theatre productions in the West End, throughout the UK and internationally with roles including Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre London) and Carlotta in The Phantom of The Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre, London). Pianist Ruth McGinley – Artist in Residence at the MAC in 2022 – had already gained widespread recognition as one of Ireland’s leading pianists by the age of 16. Since then, her career has been wide-ranging and daring, collaborating with some of the most acclaimed musicians working today and straying from the typical classical-pianist journey. Book now via the linktree in the bio! Photo credit: @neilharrisonphotography @artscouncilni @cameronmenziesdirector @nualacampbell @ourbelfastmusic #musicaltheatre #musictheatre #MT #sondheim #gershwin #rodgersandhammerstein #whatson #americansongbook #belfastevents #aprilevents #musicals #songsfromthemusicals #wendyferguson #phantomoftheopera #madamethenardier #lesmis