[30.05.2008]
José Cura Opera Project 2008
NDO is privileged to have as its Patron, internationally renowned tenor, conductor and director Chevalier José Cura. Maestro Cura, originally from Argentina and now based in Madrid , has a deep interest in finding ways to help younger singers gain experience and so help fur the r the ir careers. Once again, Maestro Cura is willing to give most generously of his time, experience, knowledge and skill to deliver an opera project in September 2008.
The Project
The Project will take place over one week. Maestro Cura will work intensively in London over four evenings (1 st – 4 th September) with up to eight of the international singers with whom he worked in 2007, and with some new singers. This year, Maestro Cura will be building on his previous tuition to enhance further their ensemble and performance skills. With the new singers, he will be concentrating on individual arias from the Italian and French opera repertoire.
The accompanist/repetiteur for the project is Susanna Stranders , a former Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artist, who works for many international opera houses eg ROH, Glyndebourne, Salzburg
[23.05.2008]
Geraint Dodd , who was such a success as “ Cavaradossi ” in NDO's tour of “ Tosca ” last year, will be singing “Canio” in I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) at English National Opera this autumn. He opens on Saturday September 20 th 2008. All good wishes from everyone at NDO”
[02.01.2008]
“We were deeply saddened to hear of the death on Christmas Day from leukaemia of our Wardrobe Supervisor, Elizabeth Huggins.
Elizabeth had been in charge of Wardrobe for New Devon Opera since its inception in 2004. She made a huge contribution to the setting up and success of NDO and her professionalism, dedication and skill were deeply appreciated by all the artists with whom she worked, as well as by everyone in the company.
Elizabeth was always prepared to ‘go the extra mile' – make a new dress at the last minute when one didn't quite work, spend hours unpicking and re-sewing so that the result would be perfect and, taking the responsibility of the Wardrobe function as a most important member of the Production team.
We will miss her kindness, her warmth, her fabulous sense of humour and her generosity of spirit and action.
We send our deepest sympathy to her husband, daughter and all her family.
Linda Hughes
Chairman
[11.12.2007]
The page on the website for The Jose Cura Opera Project is now accessible here.
[04.12.2007]
The page on the website for our forthcoming Summer Production, Rigoletto is now accessible here.
[30.11.2007]
The Tosca page is now up.. Here.
[30.11.2007]
Auditions for Community chorus, Orchestra, Actors, Dancers and Production Team The company currently uses a community chorus – drawn for each production from all over the south west - Wiltshire, Somerset , Devon and Cornwall . Auditions for Rigoletto's mens' chorus and for comprimario roles will be held in Newton Abbot on the morning of Sunday 5 January 2008. The production will be sung in the Schirmer translation by Ruth & Thomas Martin.
For more information please download the following form. link
[12.09.2007]
·We are delighted to send our congratulations to Tyrone Piper, as he has won the "Cornwall has Talent" competition on Atlantic FM. Tyrone has sung with NDO on several occasions and took part in the Jose Cura Opera Project this year. We wish him all the best with his new recording contract and his future career.
Tyrone Piper
[06.09.2007]
· On a sad day for Opera, NDO joins Opera lovers around the world in the rememberance of one of the world's greatest tenors, Luciano Pavarotti.
[06.09.2007]
· New Devon Opera has a new website!
[01.09.2007]
· Auditions will be taking place for 2008's Rigoletto on Sunday 16 September 2007 at:
Bristol Music Club
76 St. Paul 's Road,
Clifton , Bristol BS8 1LP
For more information please download the form
[01.08.2007]
· NDO's production of Tosca was a critical and box office success and brought Puccini's emotional masterpiece to a wide audience in Devon. For more information please go to the Tosca page.
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