20 December 2023
Rebecca Caine – Dividing Day
A journey of self discovery with help from writers including Bernstein, Bucchino, Guettel, La Chiusa, Sondheim, Weill and Yeston.
8 January 2023
Loving Opera at Cooper Hall
Cooper Hall relaunches post pandemic with a spectacular event featuring two up and coming stars of the opera world who are currently performing at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera.
3 July 2021
Surprise Event with Give Music
A surprise, free event in the town centre sponsored by Cooper Hall. Clue: you will probably hear it, before you see it! (photo: Gerard Collett)
17 October 2019
Opera Unbound with Jess Aszodi
The human voice is opera’s most basic ingredient. In this concert the vocalist alone will run amok through the vivid wilderness of repertoire for voice alone. Jessica Aszodi is known…
25 January 2018
Bizet’s Carmen
This month’s meeting of CHOC we will explore Bizet’s much loved opera, Carmen. With Ash Khandekhar editor of ‘Opera Now’ magazine hosting; David Price on piano, and singers Morag has…
8 June 2017
Orfeo ed Euridice
After the presentation of Handel opera at our last meeting, we move on to explore a change in style for our next opera club when we look in detail at Gluck’s opera based on the myth of Orfeus.
25 September 2016
Rosa Mannion Masterclass
Four of Iford Arts New Generation Artists will be participating in a public master class with acclaimed vocal coach, Rosa Mannion. Singers – Aoife O’Connell, Bethany Kallan Remfry, Matthew Sprang and Tristan Stocks.
9 June 2016
Werther
Rounding off a hugely successful first season to tie in with the live screening of Werther from the Royal Opera House. We are taking Jules Massenet’s ‘drame lyrique’ as the theme for this month’s opera club presentation.
17 March 2016
An Evening with Greg Eldridge
Join Australian-born director Greg Eldridge as he discusses life working at an elite opera house and shares some stories from behind-the-scenes at one of Europe’s landmark theatres.
3 July 2015
Cosi Fan Tutte
This year, Mozart’s much loved comic masterpiece, ‘Cosi fan Tutte’ directed by Morag McLaren can be experienced in the beautiful grounds of Selwood Manor.