GOTHIC OPERA
On Saturday 31 October 2020, we held our first Gothic Festival. It featured evocative works by 28 composers, which were performed by 17 singers, all brought together in 3 carefully curated and stylish gala concerts in the gardens of St Paul’s, Covent Garden (the Actors' Church). You can now watch the concerts online here.
Just as the guests did on the day, you'll hear each piece introduced by expert compere, Karl Lutchmayer, and you'll hear the Gothic Opera co-founders speak about their aims and ambitions for the company. You'll journey through a selection of spooky operatic repertoire, some of which was receiving its first performance since the nineteenth century.
Videography by Aydan Wilder. For full programme notes, click here.
Concert 1: Hexenlied
PURCELL, Dido and Aeneas : Wayward sisters... Harm’s our delight
MEYERBEER, Robert le Diable : Nonnes qui reposez
STRAUSS, Ophelia Lieder : Wie erkenn ich mein treulieb
BRITTEN, On this Island : Now the leaves are falling fast
MASSENET, Grisélidis : duo Le Diable / Grisélidis
MENOTTI, The Medium : The Black Swan
OFFENBACH, Barbe-Bleue : duo Barbe-Bleue / Boulotte
RAMEAU, Dardanus : Monstre affreux
GOUNOD, La Nonne sanglante : Rodolphe’s aria
VERDI, Non t’accostare all’urna
VERDI, Un Ballo in maschera : Re dell’ abisso
CLARKE, The Seal Man
MENDELSSOHN, Hexenlied
Pianists: Panaretos Kyriatzidis and Elspeth Wilkes
Rozanna Madylus & Tutti
Andrew Tipple
Katherine MacRae
Lucy Elston
Alice Usher & Simon Wilding
Katherine MacRae
Charlotte Osborn & Matthew Clark
Richard Moore
Jack Roberts
Béatrice de Larragoïti
Gráinne Gillis
Rozanna Madylus
Alice Usher
Concert 2: Danse macabre
GOUNOD, Faust : Le Veau d’or
PLANQUETTE, Rip van Winkle : légende des Katskills
GOUNOD, La Nonne sanglante : Luddorf’s aria
SERPETTE, Le Carnet du diable : duo Belphégor / Sataniella
TURINA, Canto a Sevilla : El Fantasma
STRAVINSKY, The Rake’s Progress : Come Master, Observe the Host of Mankind
SCHUBERT, Erlkönig
CLAPISSON, Les Mystères d’Udolphe : Ô vision épouvantable
MESSIAEN, Poèmes pour Mi : Epouvante
MENOTTI, The Medium : Afraid, am I afraid?
[please note, a 20-sec section is missing from the Menotti for technical reasons]
POLDOWSKI, Nocturne des cantilènes
SAINT-SAËNS, Danse macabre
Pianists: Panaretos Kyriatzidis and Elspeth Wilkes
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Simon Wilding
Charlotte Osborn & Phil Wilcox
Sam Young
Lucy Elston & Matthew Clark
Milena Knauß
Andrew Tipple
Richard Moore
Jack Roberts, Lucy Elston, Milena Knauß
Alice Usher
Gráinne Gillis
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Mae Heydorn
Phil Wilcox
TCHAIKOVSKY, Pique Dame : Tomski’s aria
BERLIOZ, La Damnation de Faust : Chanson gothique
BOITO, Mefistofele : L’altra notte in fondo al mare
KELLY, Bluebeard or Female curiosity : When pensive I thought of my love
BRITTEN, Turn of the Screw : Mrs Grose’s aria
PLANQUETTE, Rip van Winkle : Now the twilight
MASCAGNI, Guglielmo Ratcliff : D’indole dolce e mansueta
VERDI, Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo
GLUCK, Orphée et Eurydice : Chorus / Amour, viens rendre à mon âme
DONIZETTI, Maria de Rudenz : Sì, del chiostro penitente
Pianists: Panaretos Kyriatzidis and Elspeth Wilkes
Concert 3: When pensive I thought of my love
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Sam Young
Alexandra Long
Alice Usher
Katherine MacRae
Mae Heydorn
Charlotte Osborn
Milena Knauß
Alexandra Long
Rozanna Madylus & Tutti
Béatrice de Larragoïti
