For a list of historical operatic productions by OSE back to 1980 please follow this link: Past Productions or hit the main 'Past Production' menu link above. All public OSE events we have put on follow on this page...
Recent concerts and events
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Sat 24th November 2018
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Opera Workshop |
Free taster session for those interested in singing
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23th, 27th and 28th October 2018
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Baroque Experience |
Tues 27th:
St Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea Sat 27th: St. Clements Church, Hastings Sun 28th: (matinee) Manor Barn, Bexhill |
Our series of Baroque Opera. Costumed and candlelit, the programme will include music from the baroque period, featuring composers Purcell, Monteverdi, Gay, Handel and Telemann. Conducted by Kenneth Roberts and directed by Karen McInally, the chorus of OSE joined by the voices of Lucy Ashton, Marina Ivanova, John Twitchen and Oscar Smith, together with the Baroque Strings and Fipple Consort
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Sun 10th June 2018
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Cream Teas and High C’s
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Soloists from OSE entertain with a few friends and the help of scones and tea
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Sat 17th Feb 2018
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Love, hopeless love |
A piano recital by Kenneth Roberts, the perfect antidote to Valentine’s Day
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Sun 8th Oct 2017
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Auditions |
at the John Taplin Centre, Healey House, 3 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0LQ
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Auditions for Principal roles for Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Audition applications have now closed - sorry.
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Sat 30th Sep 2017
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OSE Autumn Concert |
An evening of popular opera.
Musical Director: Kenneth Roberts, with special guest Gary Marriott and accompanist Nigel Howard |
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Sun 17th Sep 2017
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Opera Workshop |
at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings
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Free Opera Workshop with Fraser Grant who will be our next opera Director for Eugene Onegin, and Kenneth Roberts our Musical Director.
They introduced us to the Waltz Scene from Act II from ‘Eugene Onegin’ (no waltzing required! Words and music provided.) Free event. |
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Sun 25th Jun 2017
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OSE Summer Concert |
An evening of popular opera.
Musical Director: Kenneth Roberts, with special guest Gary Marriott and accompanist Nigel Howard |
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Fri 7th 7 Sat 8th April 2017
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Mozart's
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at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings
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All the magic and wonder in this production has been created by a chorus of children, in collaboration with the director and design team. Join us in our wonderful adventure as we explore this timeless masterpiece through the eyes of a child. Don’t miss it
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Sat 18th March 2017
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An evening with Gershwin |
Kenneth Roberts was at the piano offering insights to Rhapsody in Blue, American in Paris and many more
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Sun 11th Dec 2016
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Christmas Voices - OSE's 2016 Christmas Carol Concert |
OSE's 2016 Christmas Carol Concert with audience participation. Conductor: Kenneth Roberts. Organist Nigel Howard.
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Sun 23rd October 2016
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OSE Opera Workshop |
at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings
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Our free workshop for those interested in joining our opera chorus was well attended. This taster session covered elements of singing training from our Music Director Kenneth Roberts and dramatic training from Director Fraser Grant
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Sat 24th September 2016
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Poets: Jill Fricker, Frances Viner, Antony Mair, Anne Rouse
Composers: Orlando Gough, Karen Wimhurst, Frances M. Lynch, Kenneth Roberts, Juliet Russell, Otti Albietz, Marcio da Silva Choirs: Harmony 1, Sound Waves, Hastings Philharmonic, Opera South East, Hastings Youth Choir, Hastings Calling, Vocal Explosion Percussion: Liam Genockey and Emmanuel McDonald 
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Clash! is part of the ROOT 1066 International Festival, a festival of contemporary arts inspired by the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings and funded by Hastings Borough Council and Arts Council England.
Seven Hastings choirs are collaborating with poets/spoken word artists and composers from across the South East, to create a musical 'tapestry' of new choral commissions responding to the Bayeux Tapestry’s narration of the great Battle of 1066. Here's an article in the Hastings Observer on CLASH! and the unique choir gathering |
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Sun 19th June 2016
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HVRAB Concert |
at St Clements Church, Hastings Old Town
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Our annual charity concert for the Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind
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Sat 18th June 2016
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P'opera |
The Emmanuel Centre Harrier Lane, Battle, TN33 0FL
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An evening of Popular Opera conducted by Kenneth Roberts for the Emmanuel Centre
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Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd April 2016
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Verdi's Macbeth |
at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings
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Fuller details and photos are available on our Macbeth Production page
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Sat 30th January 2016
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Holocaust Memorial Service |
Hastings Observer covers this with event and includes audio of OSE singing Va, Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Verdi's opera, Nabucco.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust also covered this event. |
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Sunday 6th December 2015
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Christmas Delights
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St Clements Church, Swan Terrace/High Street, Hastings
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OSE Carol Concert - an evening of seasonal music and carols with audience participation. Kenneth Roberts conducting, with Nigel Howard as organist. Featuring a children's choir from Claremont School, and the results of their musical carol composition competition with its premier performance by OSE on the night.
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Friday 30th October 2015
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The Piano at the Movies |
An evening enjoying piano themes at the movies, presented by Kenneth Roberts. Included the Warsaw Concerto, the Dream of Olwen, Legend of the Glass Mountain, and music from Brief Encounter, The Sting, Casablanca, and more
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Sunday 20th September 2015
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OSE Beer Tasting Festival |
John Taplin Centre, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0LQ
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Guided through the intricacies of fine award-winning craft beers courtesy of Hastings Beer Co.
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Friday 7 August 2015
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Opera Hour at Hastings Old Town Carnival week |
Opera Hour with Julia Bovee, Karen McInally, Gary Marriott and Toby Sims.
An hour of opera classics on a warm summers evening as part of Hastings Old Town celebrations. Raising money for The Two Towers Trust and Opera South East. http://oldtowncarnivalweek.co.uk |
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Sunday 28 June 2015
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Divas! |
St Clements Church,
High Street, Hastings |
A concert celebrating women in opera, in aid of Hastings & Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind (HVRAB).
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Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April 2015
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Verdi's Il Trovatore |
Follow the Il Trovatore link for details of this Verdi Production.
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Sunday 7 December 2014
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Christmas is Coming! |
St Clements Church, High Street, Hastings
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OSE Carol Concert - an evening of seasonal music and carols with audience participation. Kenneth Roberts conducting, with Nigel Howard as organist. In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Seasonal refreshments
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Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October 2014
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Bizet's Carmen |
Passion turns to jealousy. Hope turns to despair. Order turns to anarchy. Beneath the blazing sun a bull is slaughtered for sport, as outside the arena a gypsy girl lies dead, murdered by her jealous lover. Passion and brutality dance hand in hand in this spectacular full-scale production. More...
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Monday 11th October 2014
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Ragtime, 'Jelly-Roll' and all that Jazz |
St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
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Kenneth Roberts plays and talks about the music of the great ragtime and jazz pianists
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Monday 28th July 2014
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Cream Teas
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St Clements Church, Hastings Old Town
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OSE's concert for Hastings Carnival Week, with a cream tea. We raised just over £300 for charity funds for St Clements
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Sunday 13th July 2014
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Opera Garden Party at St Leonards Festival |
Warrior Square Gardens, St Leonards-on-Sea,
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Saturday 12th July 2014
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OSE Gala Concert |
Concert preceded by a picnic
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Sunday 13th April 2014
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OSE Opera Workshop |
An afternoon of operatic workshops involving music and artistically direction. OSE hosted this free workshop as a taster based on a small piece from Carmen
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Saturday 5th April 2014
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Wine, Women and Song |
St Clements Church, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
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In aid of Hastings & Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind
Conductor – Kenneth Roberts, accompanist Helen Ridout |
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Sunday 23 March 2014
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Principal/professional Auditions for Carmen |
John Taplin Centre, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0LQ
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We held auditions for the principal roles on Sunday 23rd March 2014
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Saturday 25th January 2014
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Hollocaust Memorial Day |
St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
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Principal guest: the Polish Ambassador.
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Sunday 12th January 2014
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OSE Members social event |
Cinque Ports Arms, All Saints Street, Hastings Old Town, TN34 3BE
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Enthusiastic membership discussions on ways to improve our future
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