Opera Storytelling Gala
3 May 2024 | 19:00
From Bel Canto To Verismo: A Journey Through Operas Golden Ages
Join us for an amazing Opera Gala and storytelling evening, exploring the captivating history of opera, in one of the most beautiful settings imaginable - the picturesque St Tropez bay
A tour-de-force favourite arias programme featuring internationally renowned Opera Stars
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Luxury Villa Sainte-Maxime, France
3 May 2024
19:00 CET
Pavel Timofeyevsky
Maestro of Storytelling and Musical ExplorationVirtuoso pianist, composer for film and the concert stage, arranger and lecturer, Pavel Timofeyevsky has received numerous prizes and accolades, including the BBC/Guardian Young Composer of the Year award. Pavel has appeared at nearly all the major concert venues across the UK. Concert tours, along with television and radio appearances in other parts of the world include the USA, China, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Latvia, Greece, Cyprus and India.
Natasha Day
Scottish-Polish soprano Natasha Day previously trained at The English National Opera on the ‘Opera Works’ course and the RCM’s International Opera School.
Engagements have included Tosca (Opera Brava); Violetta La Traviata (ROH Reimagined, Royal Opera House, Devon Opera); Woglinde Das Rheingold (BPO, Birmingham Symphony Hall); Verdi’s Requiem with the Brandenburg Festival Orchestra at Eton College and De Montfort Hall, Leicester; and Donna Anna Don Giovanni at The Athenaeum, Pall Mall. She is currently recording an album of Robert Mansell’s Songs for Soprano and Tenor.
Natasha won First Prize at the Złote Głosy Competition in Warsaw, Second Prize at The Filharmonia Czestochowska Competition also in Poland and The Most Promising Singer Award at the Emmy Destinn Competition in Prague.
www.natashaday.com
Andrew Henley
Hailing from Monmouth, British-Irish tenor Andrew Henley studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is a graduate of the National Opera Studio, where he was supported by the WNO Sir John Moores Award. He was with winner of the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year and is the recipient of the 2023 John Scott Award from Scottish Opera.