Un Rêve De Noël Par Diva Opera
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19 · 20 · 21 décembre 2012 mercredi · jeudi · vendredi | 20h © Diva Opera Un rêve de Noël par Diva Opera Saison 2012-2013 | Dossier de presse Benoît Frachebourg · chargé de communication | [email protected] | +41 (0)32 717 82 05 Théâtre du Passage | 4, passage Maximilien-de-Meuron · CP 3172 · 2000 Neuchâtel | www.theatredupassage.ch Un Reve printing:Layout 1 13/11/2012 14:18 Page 1 biographies D I V A O P E R A DIVA OPERA was founded by Anne Marabini Young and Bryan Evans in 1997 and since then has given more than 2,000 performances of 60 different full operas and concert programmes throughout Great Britain and Europe. Recent highlights for the company include performances of Tosca and e Magic Flute, gala performances alongside the international tenor José Carreras, a performance of La Cenerentola at La Fenice in Venice and the party scene from Die Fledermaus at the Royal Albert ‘Scrooge’As wonderful Ch compilationristm of ariasas from D well-lovedrea operasm’ Hall, with José Carreras and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as special guests. and other seasonal works, linked together with a selection of Christmas poems BRYAN EVANS Music and Artistic Director of Diva Opera has directed opera from the piano for over 3,000 performances world wide and has performed at venues including e Purcell Room, e Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Smith Square in London. He has conducted performanes of Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, L’elisir d'amore, Le Nozze di Figaro, Lucio Silla, e Rape of Lucretia and Il Matrimonio Segreto. He was awarded and MBE for services to music in 1993. Starring DAVID EDWARDS Director has directed Katya Kabanova, Der Rosenkavalier, Attila, Stiffelio, Simon Richard Suart Boccanegra, Arabella, Der Fliegender Holländer, Die Zauberflöte, Dialogue des Carmélites, Carmen, Baritone Lucrezia Borgia, Albert Herring, La Traviata, La Cenerentola, Falstaff, Rigoletto and Gianni Schicchi at as ‘Scrooge’ e Royal Opera Covent Garden, San Francisco, San Diego, Tokyo, Philadephia, Minneapolis, Singapore and New York. with CATRIONA CLARK Soprano has sung roles including Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Arline e Bohemian Girl, Dew Fairy Hansel and Gretel, Marie La Fille du Régiment, Musetta and Mimì La Bohème and Euridyce Orphée aux Enfers for companies including Opera North, Catriona Clark Edinburgh Festival, British Youth Opera, Opera South, London Festival Opera and Diva Opera. Soprano SARAH-JANE DAVIES Soprano has sung roles including the title role Agrippina, e Countess Sarah-Jane Davies Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira Don Giovanni, Pamina e Magic Flute, Micaëla Carmen, Fiordiligi Soprano Così fan tutte and Tatyana Eugene Onegin for companies including the London Handel Festival, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Garsington and English Touring Opera. Nicholas Ransley NICHOLAS RANSLEY Tenor has sung roles including e Duke Rigoletto, Rodolfo La Bohème, Tenor Don José Carmen and Nadir e Pearl Fishers for companies including Central Festival Opera, Cork Opera, English National Opera, European Chamber Opera, London City Opera, English Touring Opera, Lyric Opera Dublin, Mid Wales Opera, Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera, Opera North Music Director and Piano and Diva Opera. Bryan Evans RICHARD SUART Baritone has sung operatic roles for all the major British Opera houses including e Royal Opera Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North and Devised and Directed by Garsington and internationally in Munich, Rotterdam, Gelsenkirchen, Milan, Strasbourg and Paris. David Edwards He has sung Ko-Ko e Mikado for English National Opera for the past 25 years, twice at New York City Opera, in Venice and in Holland. His recordings range from Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre to Set Designer e Fairy Queen and most of the Savoy Operas. Colin Mayes Diva Opera | General Director: Anne Marabini Young | Music Director: Bryan Evans MBE 115 Princes Gardens | London W3 0LR | T 020 8932 8555 | F 020 8896 0454 | www.divaopera.com Un Reve printing:Layout 1 13/11/2012 14:18 Page 2 Part 1 Part 2 Overture Overture Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) Bryan Evans Die Fledermaus (J Strauss) Bryan Evans e Dew Fairy Aria Oh husband mine Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) Catriona Clark Die Fledermaus (J Strauss) Sarah-Jane Davies, Catriona Clark, Nicholas Ransley Je crois entendre encore e Nightmare Song Les pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet) Nicholas Ransley Iolanthe (Gilbert & Sullivan) Richard Suart Air de Bijoux O mio babbino caro Faust (Gounod) Catriona Clark Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) Sarah-Jane Davies Song to the Moon Glitter and be Gay Rusalka (Dvořák) Sarah-Jane Davies Candide (Bernstein) Catriona Clark Miei rampolli femminini Dein ist mein Ganzes Herz La Cenerentola (Rossini) Richard Suart Das Land der Lächelns (Lehár) Nicholas Ransley Che gelida manina De ci de là La Bohème (Puccini) Nicholas Ransley Veronique (Messager) Catriona Clark, Nicholas Ransley Mi chiamano Mimì Ill wind (Flanders and Swann) La Bohème (Puccini) Sarah-Jane Davies Romance (Joseph Horowitz) Nina from Argentina (Noel Coward) O soave fanciulla Richard Suart La Bohème (Puccini) Sarah-Jane Davies, Nicholas Ransley Could this be a Special Night (Gilbert Martin) Signorina, in tanta fretta Ding Dong Merrily on High (trad) Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Catriona Clark, Richard Suart Silent Night (trad) O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam) I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas (Irving Berlin) INTERVAL Jingle Bells (arr. Willcocks).