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13th October 2020

Jonathan Dove Voiceworks Masterclass

Masterclass/Artist Conversation, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall is delighted to welcome acclaimed contemporary British composer Jonathan Dove for a masterclass focusing on his own works for voice and piano.

2:00pm

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28th October 2020

Alison Bauld Voiceworks Masterclass

Masterclass/Artist Conversation, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall is delighted to welcome Guildhall School welcomes acclaimed composer Alison Bauld for a masterclass focusing on her settings of Shakespearean texts.

2:00pm

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2nd November 2020

Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti

Opera & Vocal, Production Arts

A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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4th November 2020

Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti

Opera & Vocal, Production Arts

A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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Admission free

6th November 2020

Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti

Opera & Vocal, Production Arts

A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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Admission free

9th November 2020

Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari, Mascagni, Donizetti

Opera & Vocal, Production Arts

A triple bill of darkly comic Italian operas, exploring troubling romantic relationships and escapist fantasies in the interwoven lives of three Florentine women.

7:00pm

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Admission free

24th November 2020

Roderick Williams Vocal Masterclass

Masterclass/Artist Conversation, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall School is delighted to welcome baritone Roderick Williams for a vocal masterclass.

2:00pm

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24th November 2020

Songs at Six: Die schöne Müllerin

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Following his masterclass with Guildhall singers, Roderick Williams returns to the School to lead a project with postgraduate Vocal students centred around Schubert’s famous song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, culminating in this performance in Milton Court Concert Hall.

6:00pm

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25th November 2020

Songs at Six: Emily Dickinson

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Iain Burnside curates an evening of song exploring the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Transatlantic responses from Aaron Copland, Libby Larsen, Lee Hoiby and Juliana Hall contrast with works by Guildhall’s Head of Composition, Julian Philips.

6:00pm

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3rd December 2020

Songs at Six: The Complete Songs of Samuel Barber

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Julius Drake directs this concert of Samuel Barber’s songs, beginning with his early Dover Beach for baritone and string quartet, and culminating in his late, great cycles for voice and piano.

6:00pm

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4th December 2020

Songs at Six: The Songs of Francis Poulenc

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Graham Johnson celebrates the publication of his new book Poulenc: The Life in the Songs with this concert of settings of poetry by Apollinaire and Éluard. The Paul Hamburger Prize for Voice and Piano Duo will be awarded at this recital.

6:00pm

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4th December 2020

Voiceworks: Unaccompanied Song

Opera & Vocal, Concert

This special Voiceworks project focusses on music written for voice alone, featuring works by composers including Alison Bauld, Jonathan Dove, Oliver Knussen, Nicola LeFanu, Lin Marsh, Priaulx Rainier, Judith Weir and more.

7:30pm

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Admission free

7th December 2020

Tobias Truniger Vocal Masterclass

Masterclass/Artist Conversation, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall School is delighted to welcome Tobias Truniger, musical director of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio, for a vocal masterclass.

2:00pm

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8th December 2020

Guildhall Cantata Project

Opera & Vocal, Concert

An intimate programme of music for voice and continuo from around the turn of the eighteenth century.

7:30pm

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9th December 2020

Songs at Six: Beethoven Influences in Song

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Pianist Eugene Asti honours Beethoven's 250th anniversary with a programme exploring Beethoven’s influences in song from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

6:00pm

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10th December 2020

Kate Royal Vocal Masterclass

Masterclass/Artist Conversation, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall School is delighted to welcome soprano Kate Royal for a vocal masterclass.

2:00pm

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10th December 2020

Songs at Six: Bécquer in Song

Concert, Opera & Vocal

We mark Bécquer's 150th anniversary with a programme of songs by celebrated composers such as Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina and Federico Mompou, as well as lesser-known gems by José Espí Ulrich, Enrique Fernández Arbós and José María Guervós.

6:00pm

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Admission free