Nessun Dorma on the Pitch!
One of my life long dreams came to fruition last night, just as England were beating Spain in the International at Wembley I found myself singing Nessun Dorma on a pitch! . . I was involved in a...
View ArticleHeavy week of admin!
This week has been our heaviest week of admin ever.. but we do now have a fantastic volunteer fund raiser.. hooray! 'Jennie Mac' has been incredible these last few weeks, she has organised a contact...
View ArticleCasting for the Mikado
Preparing for the Sunningwell Festival in June 2012 this year has been a major part of our lives, the project has become much bigger, partly because of our insatiable appetite! Our own production of...
View ArticleMad cows and Englishmen!
After weeks of singers auditions and many hours of planning, it seems like we are really close to having everything set up for a cracking Mikado. Aside from our performances at the Sunningwell...
View ArticleOpera is a business!
It's very easy when your trying to organise and perform in an opera production , to forget the long term objectives: to be able to do it again and again and again! It's great to be able to 'lose...
View Article2012 tour building up nicely!
Interest in our Mikado tour is growing and today we had an enquiry from an organisation with some wonderful gardens, a great place for an opera! The cast is now finalised and I'll soon be adding all...
View ArticleOpera, indoor or outdoor?
Our Mikado tour has presented us with some interesting decisions, two of which include whether to perform indoor or outdoors. We were invited to perform at the marvellous Birmingham Botanical Gardens,...
View ArticleOpera Anywhere, Everywhere
We seem to be anywhere and everywhere this year, from singing hairdressers this month, to singing at an art exhibition in May to performing our pop up operas at various festivals and events throughout...
View ArticleSinging Barbers!
We had an awesome time tonight at Electric Hairdressers in St Ebbe's, they were hosting a fund raising event for the amazing Dave Beesley and OPCSG which is a prostate cancer support group. Dave had...
View ArticleA Mikado with Cows!
Our Mikado rehearsals are moving on a pace with our second music call yesterday. It was great to meet up with our new director, Paula Chitty, and hear her really great ideas on staging at the various...
View ArticleChoir rehearsals have started!
Exciting times at the Opera Anywhere office tonight, we had our first rehearsal for the choir that will be providing us with our Mikado chorus for the Cumnor and Sunningwell performances, and they're...
View ArticleMikado Production week
Sarah-Ann Cromwell (Pitti Sing), Lawrence Olsworth-Peter (Nanki Poo) and Paloma Bruce (Yum Yum)Our Mikado production week has been an exhausting time for us all. The cast all arrived in Sunningwell on...
View ArticleMikado about to take off!
Only a matter now of a few days before our Mikado takes off, first performance at Cumnor on Saturday. It's very exciting for us as we contemplate our first new staged production for two years, and...
View ArticleBehold the lord high executioner!
We've been having a wonderful time with our Mikado, our first performance at Cumnor last weekend went off with a real bang, but last night was very special.. we performed it for Neil Rowe a cattle...
View ArticleLicence granted for Tosca from the Royal Opera House
After months of negotiations with the Royal Opera House we are pleased that Opera Anywhere now have the licence to show their 2011 production of Tosca on the big screen. We have been trying to find...
View ArticleRooftop opera - a dream fulfilled!
We've had an exhausting few weeks, 'recovering' from a wet and windy Sunningwell Festival where we did manage in the end one outdoor performance of our Mikado on the pond. Not satisfied with risky...
View ArticleJean Allister R.I.P.
We've just heard that our beloved singing teacher, friend and coach of many years, Jean Allister, passed away last week. Jean was a tremendous supporter of Opera Anywhere and has been a terrific...
View Article5 performances in 9 days!
It has been an incredibly busy time for us just lately, performances seem to come all at one and these days the range of events we get involved in range quite widely. Thankfully the weather hasn't...
View ArticleMikado month!
A hectic time with our Mikado production this month has led us to the wonderful amphitheatre at the Said Business School in Oxford, a hot but blustery day proved demanding and exhausting but our happy...
View ArticleMaking Music Cardiff conference
We're getting around these days and spreading our wings! We were delighted to be asked to perform at the Making Music Conference in Cardiff last weekend and we also had the opportunity to present what...
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