Zoe Ashdown will be singing latino influenced jazz music, and soprano Kristina Nikiforova with pianist Satoshi Kubo will offer a mixed programme including Spanish zarzuelas ( a kind of sexy spanish operetta) tocreate a party atmosphere in the garden and the Music Room at the Uplands.
Tickets are £25, and include a cocktail or a beer, aperitivos and music. (There will also be a bar available) ¡Olé!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘A delightful feast of vocal virtuosity and comic verve’ (The Stage)
In 2023 we went on tour with our sparkling production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella). Expect all the hallmarks of a Barefoot Opera show: a dynamic international cast of young singers, a small on-stage band delivering the score, and a contemporary take on a classic tale.
Directors: Jenny Miller and Michael Spenceley
Jessica Wise and Elora Ledger as the ‘ugly sisters’ Clorinda and TisbeThe professional cast during Act 2.Several performances involve participants from local choirs.Elora Ledger (left) as Tisbe, Rachel Deatherage (centre) as Cenerentola (Cinderella) and Toki Hamano (right) as the Prince’s bodyguard.
Performed in italian with surtitles in english.
Rossini’s delicious and charmingly comic La Cenerentola, or Cinderella, is a more humanist than magic tale.
The Prince of the fairytale realm, Ramiro, is seeking a woman “innocent and good”, and orders his court advisor, Alidoro, to disguise himself as a tramp and test out the ladies in Don Magnifico’s house. Here we find that only Cinderella will help the poor beggar – her sisters and father are far too self centred, conceited and generally on the make to take time for a vagabond.
It is this same Alidoro who will kit out Cinders in all the finery she needs for the ball, and help her escape before her family detect her. She leaves behind a bracelet rather than the traditional shoe, and this bracelet will lead to her reunion with her Prince. Meanwhile, the sisters and father have been further deceived; the Prince and his valet Dandini had swapped places, and they had spent the opera oleaginously making up to a mere servant.
In our version, we update the comedy. Cinderella’s sisters and their status-obsessed dad trash the earth’s resources, and generally exhibit callous indifference to their environment. The two sisters are heavily preoccupied with their roles as influencers on social media, and their idiotic iPhone messages are exposed.
Friday, 9 June St John the Evangelist, St Leonards on Sea Doors open 7:00pm Bar available Brahms songs and piano repertoire Fundraising evening of music for St John the Evangelist
Jenny Miller and Francis Rayner have prepared an exquisite, golden evening of Brahm’s most loved and familiar piano intermezzi and songs, as well as a few fabulous rarities.This is a fundraiser for the St Johns, which has so generously supported Barefoot Opera activities, so do join us in both relishing great music, and supporting the work of St John the Evangelist in our local community.