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Past Productions

Opera South East's past productions back to 1980 are listed below.  In that time, OSE has always sung its operatic productions in English, fully staged and with orchestra (the acclaimed Sussex Concert Orchestra) and conducted/musically directed by Kenneth Roberts.  Pages are available for some of the historical events with increasing numbers of photos.
Year
Opera
Composer
Director
Venue
2020, the year that never was

2019

La Traviata

by Verdi
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2018

2018 Eugene Onegin

by ​Tchaikovsky
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2017

The Magic Flute

by Mozart
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2016

Macbeth

by Verdi
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2015

Il Trovatore

by Verdi
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2014

Carmen

by Bizet
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2013

Madame Butterfly

by Puccini
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2013

The Pearl Fishers

by Bizet
directed by Jenny Miller
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2012

Orpheus in the Underworld

by Offenbach
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2012

Nabucco

by Verdi
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2011

H.M.S. Pinafore

by  Gilbert & Sullivan
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2010   

La Bohème

by Puccini
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2010

Die Fledermaus

by Strauss
directed by Leon Berger
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2009

Orpheus and Eurydice

by Glück
directed by Karen McInally
at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
Picture
2009

Gianni Schicchi, 
​double billed with
Cavalleria Rusticana

by Puccini
​
and Mascagni
directed by Fraser Grant,
directed by Fraser Grant
at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
Picture

2008

The Marriage of Figaro

by Mozart
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2008

The Merry Widow

by Léhar
directed by Leon Berger
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2007

La Cenerentola

by Rossini
directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2007

Trial by Jury, 
double billed with
Dido and Aeneas

by Gilbert & Sullivan


by Purcell
directed by Fraser Grant

directed by Fraser Grant
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings

also at Rohrmeisterei, Schwerte, Germany
Picture

2006

Don Giovanni

Mozart
Alan Privett & Jenny Miller
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2006

The Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert & Sullivan
Fraser Grant
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2005

Don Pasquale

Donizetti
Leon Berger
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2005

The Magic Flute

Mozart
Fraser Grant
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2004

The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan
Fraser Grant
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2004

La Traviata

Donizetti
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2003

The Gondoliers

Gilbert & Sullivan
Leon Berger
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
2003

Lucia di Lammermoor

Donizetti
Fraser Grant
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2002

The Baroque Opera Experience

Various
Ken Roberts
White Rock Sussex Room
St Mary's Battle and
St. Mary's Rye
Picture
2002

The Pearl Fishers

Bizet
Leon Berger
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

2001

Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky
Orpha Phelan
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks
Picture

2000

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Menotti
Sue Pybus
Christchurch, St. Leonards-on-Sea
Picture
2000

Carmen

Bizet
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
The Civic Theatre, Guildford
Picture

1999

The Barber of Seville 

Rossini
Glyn Paul
St. Mary in the Castle, Hasting
The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks
Picture
1999

A Festival Fledermaus

Strauss, etc.
Leon Berger
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1999

Madam Butterfly

Puccini
Alan Privett
The Civic Theatre, Guildford
Picture

1998

Madam Butterfly

Puccini
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1997

La Bohème
​
Our first production presented under the 'new new' name of Opera South East

Puccini
John Morgan
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1997

Macbeth

Our last production presented under the name of Hastings Opera

Verdi
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings,
Der Freischutz, Shwerte, Germany
Picture

1996

La Traviata

Verdi
John Morgan
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1996

Turandot

Puccini
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1995

L'Elisir d'Amore

Donizetti
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1994

The Magic Flute

Mozart
Dennis Wicks
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1994

Aȉda

Verdi
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1993

Tosca

Puccini
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1993

Orpheus in the Underworld

Offenbach
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1992

Madam Butterfly

Puccini
Alan Privett
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1992

Acis and Galatea

Handel
Brian Hick
Churches at Bexhill, Hastings and Rye
Picture
1992

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart
Kenneth Roberts
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1991

Quel Weekend

Roberts
Brian Hick
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1991

H.M.S. Pinafore,
double billed with
The Zoo

Gilbert & Sullivan



Rowe & Sullivan
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1990

La Bohème

Puccini
Brenda Stanley
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1990

Carmen

Bizet
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1989

Cosi Fan Tutti

Mozart
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1989

Trial by Jury,
​double billed with
The Sorcerer

Gilbert & Sullivan
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1988

Rigoletto

Verdi
Jon Adams
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1988

The Yeomen of the Guard

Gilbert & Sullivan
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1987

Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck
Jon Adams
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1987

The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan
Colin Morris
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1986

La Traviata

Verdi
Jon Adams
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture
1986

The Merry Widow

Léhar
Jon Adams
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1985

Dido and Aeneas, 
double-billed with
Cavalleria Rusticana

Purcell


​
Mascagni
Jon Adams
White Rock Theatre, Hastings (new name this year!)
Picture
1985

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart
Jon Adams
The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Picture

1984

Die Fledermaus

Strauss
Jon Adams
White Rock Pavilion
Picture

1983

Carmen

Bizet
Gavin Baldwin
White Rock Pavilion
Picture

1978-1983 was under the early name of The Essenden Ensemble


1982

Don Giovanni

Mozart
Gavin Baldwin
The Stables Theatre, Hastings
Picture

1981

The Magic Flute

Mozart
Gavin Baldwin
The Grove School
(the last year there before moving to commercial theatres - 13-15 August '81)
Picture

1980

The Marriage of Figaro

our first opera under the 'new' name Hastings Opera

Mozart
Gavin Baldwin
The Grove School 
Picture
1979

​Hubris and the Muse

Kenneth Roberts
The Grove School ​
a short musical play about auditions at a music college.
1979

​HMS Pinafore

Gilbert & Sullivan
The Grove School ​
1978

Iolanthe

Gilbert & Sullivan
The Grove School ​
Phew that's a lot of productions: 66 in fact under the official names (5 of them being double-bills) and a further 3 early years productions under the name of The Essendon Ensemble.  
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