Opera Gala Evening of the Haslemere Festival

The Jervaulx Singers

Eleanor Sanderson-Nash - Soprano
Jenny Bianco - Soprano
Sarah Anne Champion - Mezzo Soprano
Gareth Edmunds - Tenor
Rob Jenkins - Tenor
Jack Lawrence-Jones - Bass
Alison Frances Gill - Piano
Emma Black - Director

Programme:

Smetana - Bartered Bride Act 1 Scene 1

The opera opens with a vibrant portrait of village life, where festive choruses and dancing rhythms mask the tensions of love and arranged marriage.

Mozart - Cosi Act 1 Scene 1
Mozart’s sparkling ensemble-writing launches a witty exploration of fidelity, disguise, and romantic manipulation.

Britten - Albert Herring Act 1
Albert Herring, from Britten’s opera of the same name, is happy keeping himself to himself working in his mother’s shop. Best friend Sid interrupts him one morning, and tries to convince him to spread his wings just once

Mozart - Don Giovanni - Là ci darem la mano
One of Mozart’s most seductive duets, this scene captures Don Giovanni’s effortless charm as he lures Zerlina toward temptation.

Prokofiev - The Gambler Closing Scene
Prokofiev drives the opera to a feverish conclusion in music of obsessive energy and psychological intensity.

Strauss - Champagne Chorus
Strauss’s effervescent chorus overflows with Viennese elegance and exuberant celebration in this sparkling waltz.

INTERVAL

Barber - A Hand of Bridge
Barber compresses an entire world of private longing and marital dissatisfaction into a brilliantly concise comic opera.

Loesser - Guys and Dolls - Marry the Man Today
Loesser’s quick-fire duet is a hilarious and affectionate lesson in accepting the flaws of the men we love.

Previn - A Streetcar Named Desire Act 1 Scene 1
Previn blends lush lyricism with simmering tension as Blanche’s fragile illusions collide with Stanley’s brutal realism.

Rodgers & Hammerstein - South Pacific - Some enchanted evening

Gilbert & Sullivan - Gondoliers - Then one of us will be a queen
Gilbert and Sullivan combine buoyant melodies and comic confusion in this delightfully playful ensemble.

Rodgers & Hammerstein - Carousel - You’ll never walk alone
With its message of resilience and hope, this beloved anthem remains one of musical theatre’s most moving finales.