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
|
2018
|
2018 Eugene Onegin |
by Tchaikovsky
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
|
2016
|
Macbeth |
by Verdi
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
2015
|
Il Trovatore |
by Verdi
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
2014
|
Carmen |
by Bizet
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
2013
|
Madame Butterfly |
by Puccini
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
2011
|
H.M.S. Pinafore |
by Gilbert & Sullivan
|
directed by Fraser Grant
|
at The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
2009
|
Orpheus and Eurydice |
by Glück
|
directed by Karen McInally
|
at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
|
1997
|
La Bohème
|
Puccini
|
John Morgan
|
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
|
1997
|
Macbeth
|
Verdi
|
Alan Privett
|
White Rock Theatre, Hastings,
Der Freischutz, Shwerte, Germany |
1978-1983 was under the early name of The Essenden Ensemble
1980
|
The Marriage of Figaro
|
Mozart
|
Gavin Baldwin
|
The Grove School
|
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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