Bangkok--2 May--D&M Music Studio
A Night At The Opera
Concert Announcement
Two concerts on May 16-17 :
An Opera Dinner
Date on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 begins dinner 6.30-8.15 pm and concert begins at 8.30- 10.00 pm.
Venue : Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Grande Ballroom
Tickets are priced at 2,500 baht per person including dinner , Italian wine and soft drink plus performance and 1,000 baht for performance only including one glass of wine and softdrink
A Grand Night At The Opera
Date: On Wednesday , May 17, 2006 at 8.00 pm.
Venue : Thailand Cultural Centre
Tickets are priced at 800, 500 and 300 baht for student
Tickets are available at at D&M Music Studio Tel: 02-718-7300 or Robinson Piano Showroom (3rd floor Siam Center) Tel:02-658-1080-1and “The Harp Shop” at the Miracle Mall (Sukumvit 41) Tel.02-261-6769
Two evening concerts “ An Opera Dinner” and “A Grand Night At The Opera”, performed by three of London’s celebrated opera stars, the dramatic sopranos, Penelope Randall-Davis, Jenny Miller as well as tenor David Barrell, A dinner concert where music and food will alternate. The evening will feature selection from La Traviata, The Magic Flute , Madame Butterfly, Un Ballo in Maschera, Tosca etc. and more from the world’s favourite greatest operas. They will be on piano collaboration by Rena Phua from Singapore.
Performing artistes are Penelope Randall-Davis is one is one of the foremost dramatic coloratura sopranos today. She was given awards by both the Countess of Munster and Ian Fleming Trusts for further study in Munich. She has appeared as soloist with many companies both in Britain and abroad, most notably in Die Zauberflote for English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, English Touring Opera She also portrayed La Contessa in the European Chamber Opera’s touring production of Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro. Recent performances have included the role of Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) in a Pier Luigi Pizzi production for Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti. She has performed widely throughout the country in oratorio including Poulenc Gloria, Tippett A Child Of Our Time, Bach St Matthew Passion, Orff Carmina Burana, and Mozart C Minor Mass. Her television appearances have included Britten’s Death In Venice with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, as well as Beethoven.s Ninth Symphony, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She also made her UK debut as Violetta in La Traviata. Plans for 2006 include the Queen of the Night for La Fenice in Venice.
Jenny Miller, winner of many prestigious awards, including the Peter Stuyvesant, Erna Spoorenburg Opera Prize, Maria Canals International Singing Competition and the Jurarez Cabello International Opera Competition, has been applauded for her starring roles in Aida, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and many more . Her most recent starring roles, performed to astounding reviews at London’s Royal Opera House, include the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, Rosmira in Handel’s opera Partenope and Maddelena in Rigoletto.
David Barrell, trained at London University, The Royal Academy of Music and Julliard’s American Opera Centre. After winning first prize in the New York Oratorio Society International Soloist Competition at Carnegie Hall, his career took off with immediate success, performing leading tenor roles in international opera festivals and in concert, with such distinguished conductors as Sir David Wilcox, Sir Charles Mackeras, Carlo Rizzi and Neem Jarvi, to unanimous critical acclaim; “Sensational ... a voice of unstrained warmth and colour!”
Rena Phua , co-ordinator and lecturer of Piano Studies at the Music Department of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, she is one of the leading pianists in Singapore. To date, she has received many distinctions and awards, including the President’s Award and the First Prize in Piano Concertos while pursuing her music studies at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto. She has been very active in her musical performances in the USA, UK, Canada, Singapore and other parts of Asia, She has also performed Holst’s Planets with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on the organ.
For more information or advance booking please call Khun Mongkol at tel: 01-682-8000
Mongkol Chayasirisobhon
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