Forthcoming OSE events
Saturday 3rd October - 'Castaway' - John RycroftJohn Rycroft, Chairman of Opera South East for over fifteen years, will be cast away on a desert island, on Saturday, 3rd October, in St John's Church Hall, Brittany Road, St Leonard's on Sea TN 38 0RD, at 7.15pm.
Luxuriating in glittering lagoons, John will take us through his journey from Northampton to the sunny Sussex shores, an area he has known for most of his life and where just over twenty-five years ago he finally made his home, and will enthral us with his various choices of music Asking the questions is Neville Kuyt. He will be introducing the ten items of music that mean so much to John, and during the evening we will find out more about John's life of over seven and a half decades. In conclusion, we shall find out what book and luxury item he will be taking with him and learn what John's favourite work is, if everything else is washed away. You are warmly invited to share the evening with John and Neville. Entry £10, bring your own drink – nibbles will be provided. There will also be a raffle. 23rd & 24th April 2027 - ToscaOpera South East, in partnership with the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, will produce Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini
Sung in Italian Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th April 2027 Ticket price incl. booking fee from £0.00 - £26.95 t.b.c. TBC Autumn 2027 - La clemenza di TitoOpera South East, in partnership with the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra, will produce La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), a famous two-act serious opera (opera seria) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Production dates and venues to be confirmed. Ticket price incl. booking fee from £0.00 - £26.95 t.b.c. |
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We will be rehearsing for April 2027's production of Puccini's Tosca
Rehearsals will be on Sundays from 2.30 - 4.30pm from late 2026 at:
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Carmen 2023 rehearsal photos.photos courtesy of Peter Mould
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Recent Operas - 2019 - La TraviataAwarded 'Highly Commended' by NODA on 19 April 2020
2022 rehearsals for The Mikado are (again) in progress after a second year of delays due to Covid, courtesy of Mark Duncan
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A fully-staged opera production of Carmen
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2016 Macbeth Act 2 Finale after Banquo’s assassination, with ailing Macbeth and embarrassed dinner guests, photos courtesy of Mark Duncan
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Azucena and the Count Di Luna with the chorus of soldiers, Act 3 No.10 Scena and Terzetto, Il Trovatore, April 2015
Video Clip from Il Trovatore Sitzprobe with the SCO
(by kind permission of members of the Sussex Concert Orchestra)
Mari Wyn Williams singing from Act IV of Il Trovatore with the Sussex Concert Orchestra - Monday 20th April. Recorded on an iPhone without a proper mic but OK actually! If the video picture is not buffering well then we suggest you download the video and play it locally for best results - free to download for non-commercial purposes (copyright OSE 2015)
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Carmen, 2014 - Gemma Morsley (Carmen) and Barnaby Beer (Zuniga)
H.M.S. Pinafore, 2011
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Orpheus and Eurydice, 2009
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