WHAT'S ON: 2010 - 2011

Lillian Watson

Saturday 9th October 2010

Lillian Watson’s Desert Island Discs

International Soprano LillianWatson talks to Michael Hartnall about her career and some of the great artists with whom she has performed, featuring recordings and film clips.

Venue: Branksome Place, De Vere Venues
Hindhead Road, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 3PN.
Time: 6.30 p.m.
Tickets: £65 (includes sparkling wine reception, seated buffet supper with wine)

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Contact Sarah Barnes
Tel.: 01428 643129
Email:saba@haslemere.com

Branksome Place are offering rooms at a discounted price for this event.
Click below to find Branksome Place and for contact details or email for discount prices to branksome@deverevenues.co.uk

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Saturday 8th January 2011

New Year Champagne Reception, Concert and Dinner

Internationally acclaimed accompanist Nigel Foster and young operatic stars perform arias and other favourites.

Champagne Reception: 6.00 p.m. with champagne and canapés
Concert: 7.00 p.m.
Dinner: 8.45 p.m.
Carriages: 11.00 p.m.

Venue: The Georgian House Hotel
High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2JY.
Parking: available at hotel or nearby.
Time: 6.00 p.m.
Tickets: £65.00 each (includes reception, dinner and wine)
Black Tie

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Contact Sarah Barnes
Tel.: 01428 643129
Email:saba@haslemere.com

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Introduction by Tom Higgins
Few operettas can have such a vivid setting
as Albert Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann.
Set in a shipyard in Holland where a
Russian Tsar has disguised himself as a worker, it tells a tale of courtship and international intrigue. Much of Zar und Zimmermann’s appeal lies in its charming flow of infectious melody, which reflects the best of mid-19th century European
Romantic Operetta.
Among the many tunes to treasure is the
Act ll tenor aria sung as a tribute to local feminine beauty. Also in Act ll there is the highly acclaimed sextet – Lortzing’s remarkable fusion of music and drama in which he creates an acknowledged masterpiece.
© Tom Higgins

22nd, 23rd, 25th and 26th February 2011

Fully staged & costumed performances of

a new production in English

PETER THE GREAT
or

Tsar and Carpenter (Zar und Zimmermann)

by ALBERT LORTZING

with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chorus of Opera South

conducted by TOM HIGGINS
produced by IAN GLEDHILL

(with new orchestration by Tom Higgins and translation by Guy Davenport)

At the Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2AS.

Performance: at 7.30 p.m. on 22nd, 23rd, 25th and at 5.30 p.m. on 26th.
Doors open: 45 minutes before curtain up.

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The illustration above left is Peter the Great at Amsterdam by E M Synge in
The Awakening of Europe by M B Synge, originally published in 1903.

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