Nina Savićević presents Topsham Music Festival Friday 5 April - Sunday 7 April 2024

Nina Savićević
(seen here at St Margaret's Topsham Sunday 21 January)
Artistic Director
Topsham Music Festival

An alumna of the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire in St Petersburg, Nina's talent led to her being invited to give concert performances as a child. Later she was awarded a scholarship to study at Wells Cathedral School where she was entered in, and won, the Birmingham Piano Competition. She competed in various levels of the BBC Young Musician programme and received a scholarship to work with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. A scholarship from the Wyvon Wright Foundation has allowed her to successfully complete her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Piano Performance at the Royal Northern School of Music.

As an undergraduate student Nina took on the project of organising a music festival in Topsham, where she showcased performances by her talented fellow students - as well as local musicians like Duncan Honeybourne. The festival has been a great success, and she is continuing the series this year with six performances over three days. (Tickets from ticketsource.co.uk & Topsham Bookshop: 01392 877895)

Topsham Methodist Church
Friday 5 April 12.30pm

GUITAR RECITAL
Guitar: Sam Rodwell
Murray Niel (arr. David Russell):
'The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond'
Luigi Legnani: 'Fantasia'
John Dowland: 'Two Fancies'
Antônio Carlos Jobim (arr. Roland Dyens):
'Felicidade' (Happiness)
J S Bach: Partita No. 6 - 1/7 'Toccata'
Stephen Goss: 'Labyrinth'
Gary Ryan: 'Benga Beat'
Tickets: £5 (U19 FREE)

St Margaret's Church

Friday 5 April 7.30pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Vincent Ling
Carl Vine: Bagatelle No. 1 'Darkly'
Ludwig Beethoven: Sonata No. 31
Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Book 1
I Evocación II El Puerto
III El Corpus Christrien
Richard Wagner (arr. Franz Liszt):
'Tristan und Isolde' - 'Liebestod'
Tickets: £10 (U19 FREE)

Topsham Methodist Church
Saturday 6 April 12.30pm
TRUMPET & HARP
Trumpet: Cameron Chin-See
Harp: Jess Hughes
Oscar Böhme: 'Soirée de St Pétersbourg'
Aaron Jay-Kernis: 'Elegy'
Tickets: £5 (U19 FREE)

Matthews Hall
Saturday 6 April 7.30pm
SAXOPHONE & PIANO JAZZ
Saxophone: Sam Lightwing
Piano: Max Rosen
Jazz Fusion with Pop,
Classical, Swing & Disney
Tickets: £10 (U19 FREE)

St Margaret's Church

Sunday 7 April 3pm
PIANO RECITAL
Piano: Bridget Yee
Henri Dutilleux: Piano Sonata
(Opus 1 - 3/3 - 'Choral et Variations')
Nicolai Medtner: Piano Sonata
(Opus 39 No. 5 - 'Tragica')
Josef Haydn: Keyboard Sonata 
(Hob. XVI:31 - in E major)
Frédéric Chopin: Étude
(Opus 25 No. 5 - 'Wrong Note')
Tickets: £5 (U19 FREE)

St Margaret's Church

Sunday 7 April 7.30pm
THE HYGGE TRIO
Clarinet: Tomomi Kubota
'Cello: Hei Chit Wong
Piano: Helen Meng
Ludwig Beethoven: Trio
(Opus 11- 'Gassenhauer')
[Mvt III - variations on
"Pria ch'io l'Impegno"
- 'L'Amor Marinaro Ossia Il Corsaro'
- Joseph Weigl 1797]
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio
(ded: Richard Mühlfeld 1891)
Max Bruch: Eight Pieces
(Opus 83 - for Clarinet, Viola & Piano)
Carl Frühling: Trio
(Opus 40 - 1925, after Brahms)
Tickets: £10 (U19 FREE)

Classical Journey Friday 16 February 2024

The Volo Trio
Coloratura Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderon
Flutes: Ruth Molins  Piano: Alex Wilson
The Old School House, Lustleigh
Thursday 7 March

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Ashburton Arts

Ashburton Arts Centre

Friday 16 February 7.30pm

CARMENCO: A POCKET OPERA

Flute/Mezzo: Emily Andrews

Guitar: David Massey & Francisco Correa

Georges Bizet's 'Carmen' from her view

Playing, Singing & Dancing

Tickets: £7/11/15 according to means

ashburtonarts.org.uk

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Devon Baroque Orchestra

Dartington Great Hall

Sunday 18 February 3pm

'BAROQUE WITHOUT BORDERS'

Musical Director: Persephone Gibbs

Harpsichord: Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Flute: Georgia Browne

Theorbo: Matthew Nisbet

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op6.4

Henry Purcell: 'Abdelazer' (The Moor's Revenge)

Marin Marais: 'Alcyone' (overture, dances & storm)

Antonio Vivaldi: 'La Tempesta di Mare' Op10.1

J S Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No 5 - Flute

Tickets: £23 (student £5)

dartington.org/event/devon-baroque-without-borders/

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Lee Rawlings

Topsham Bookshop

Monday 19 February 7pm

'THE SIGNAL-MAN'

A horror story by

Charles Dickens

from his 1866

'Mugby Junction'

collection

('All Year Round' magazine)

- - SOLD OUT - -

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Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 21 February 12.30pm

GUITAR RECITAL

Guitars: Smantha Muir

Admission FREE

Retiring Collection

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University of Exeter Chapel Choir

Mary Harris Memorial Chapel

Friday 23 February 7pm

-  -  'HARMONY'  -  -

Musical Director: Michael Graham

A peaceful and atmospheric

wellbeing concert open to

those of all faiths and none.

Choir - String Quartet

Poetry - Candlelight

Admission FREE

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Cantemos

St Mary's Dartington

Saturday 24 February 4pm

'TWILIGHT & EVENING BELL'

A Celebration of Choral Music

With Readings

Admission FREE

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Isca Ensemble

St David's Church Exeter

Saturday 24 February 7.30pm

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Musical Director: Roger Handy

Leader: Antony Clements

Josef Haydn: 49th Symphony 'La Passione'

J S Bach: Concerto for violin, Oboe & Strings

(Violin: Joel Munday Oboe: Joe Sharp)

W A Mozart: Concertante for Violin, Viola

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(Violin: Joel Munday Viola: Vanessa Hristova)

Tickets: £16 (student/U18 £5)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Dartington Community Choir

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 24 February 7.30pm

VIVALDI: 'GLORIA'

Musical Director: Tori Longdon

Organist: Robert Pecksmith

Tickets: £15

buckfast.org.uk

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Culm Valley Orchestra

Kentisbeare Village Hall

Sunday 25 February 3pm

FREE FAMILY CONCERT

Conductor: Alan Boxer

Leader: Nigel Atkinson

Narrator: Wendy Atkinson

Eric Coates: 'Dam Busters March'

Ludwig Beethoven: 8th Symphony

Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances

Sergei Prokofiev: 'Peter & The Wolf'

Admission FREE

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Collegium Singers

St Andrew's Wiveliscombe

Sunday 25 February 4pm

'VIGILS & VESPERS'

Musical Director: Elinor Cooper

Sergei Rachmaninoff: 'All Night Vigil'

(Tea & Cakes at 3pm)

Tickets: £15 (student £9 U12 FREE)

Taunton TIC: 01823 340740

collegiumsingers.org.uk

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Lunchtime Concerts

Glenorchy Church Exmouth

Wednesday 28 February 12.30pm

'CELLO & PIANO RECITAL

'Cello: Annabel Rooney

Piano: Josephine Pickering

Admission FREE

Retiring Collection

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Agile Rabbit

Exeter Phoenix

Thursday 29 February 6pm

THE SOUNDS OF SPACE

Speaker: Prof Tessa Baker

Current Models of Cosmology

Tickets: £6

ticketsource.co.uk/agilerabbit

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Lunchtime Concerts

Exeter Central Library

Saturday 2 March 1.30pm

'FRENCH CLASSICS'

Piano: Richard Lucas & John Draisey

Soprano: Olga Obertas, Anna Townhill

Mezzo Soprano: Iryna Ilnytska

Tenor: Michael Smith

Baritone: Lee Andreae, John Draisey

1.  Camille Saint-Saëns: 'Samson & Delilah'

. .  "Mon Cœur S'Ouvre à ta Voix"

2.  "Je Viens Celebrer la Victoire"

3.  Eric Satie: Gnossiene No. 3

4.  'Samson & Delilah'

. .  "J'ai Gravi la Montagne"

5.  Claude Debussy: 'Children's Corner Suite'

. .  6/6 'Golliwogg's Cakewalk'

6.  Georges Bizet: 'Djamileh'

. .  "Il Faut pour Éteindre ma Fièvre"

7.  George Bizet: 'Carmen'

. .  'Habanera' -  "L'Amour est un Oiseau Rebelle"

8.  Aria - "Je Dis que Rien ne m'Epouvante"

9.  Gypsy Duet - "Les Tringles des Sistres Tintaient"

10 Gabriel Fauré: 'The Dolly Suite' Opus 56

. .  1/6 'Berceuse' (La Chanson dans le Jardin)

11. 'Carmen' - Quintet

. .  "Nous Avons en Tête une Affaire"

Admission FREE

Booking Required

eventbrite.co.uk

Donations to Ukraine Volunteers

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Ashburton Arts

Ashburton Arts Centre

Monday 4 March 7 for 7.30pm

'JAZZ JAM'

Guitar/Host: Jesse Molins

Keyboards: Tom Ball

Percussion: Preston Prince

Tickets: £3/5/8 according to means

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Volo Trio

The Old School House Lustleigh

Thursday 7 March 7.30pm

PIANO, FLUTE & VOICE

Piano: Alex Wilson

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Coloratura: Claudia Alvarez Calderon

Hosts: Heather & Bill

Tickets: £15

Lustleigh Dairy: 01647 277107

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Music for International Women's Day

St Lawrence Chapel Ashburton

Friday 8 March 7 for 7.30pm

CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL

The Greenwood Consort -

Harpsichord: Ian Hiscock

Recorder/Viola da Gamba: Mark Bennett

Hildegard von Bingen:

"O Splendidissima Gemma"

(Voice, Double Harp, Nyckelharpa)

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre:

Sonata in D minor

(Violin, Harpsichord, Viola da Gamba)

Duo Tutti -

Flutes: Ruth Molins

Piano: Alex Wilson

Volo Trio - with Coloratura Soprano:

Claudia Alvarez Calderon

Plymouth Wind

Compositions by:

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

Cécile Chaminade - Amy Beach

Rebecca Clarke - Doreen Carwithen

Rosa Mercedes Ayarza de Morales

Lili Boulanger - Gabi Mills

(première of Gabi Mills' wind quintet)

Tickets: £12

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Teignmouth Classical Music Festival

The Pavilions Teignmouth

Saturday 9 March 3pm

'SPACE ODYSSEY'

- A Musical Journey

Keyboards: Alfie Pugh

Violin: Rebecca Willson

guitar: David Jones

Double Bass: John Donnelly

Percussion: Gary Evans

Tickets: £15 (U18 £4)

Box Office: 01626 249049

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Exeter Chamber Choir
1. Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 9 March 7.30pm
2. St Mary's Church Ottery
Saturday 16 March 7.30pm
. . 'FAITH, HOPE & LOVE' . .
Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph
J S Bach: "Jesu Meine Freunde"
J S Bach: "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine"
Antonio Lotti: 'Crucifixus'
Henry Purcell: "Hear my Prayers"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Remember Not"

Maurice Duruflé: '4 Motets on Gregorian Themes'

William Walton: "Drop, Drop Slow Tears"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Set Me a Seal"
Olivier Messiaen: "O Sacrum Convivium"
Samuel Barber: "Agnus Dei"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'Adagio for Strings'
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Buckfast Tickets: £15
buckfast.org.uk/event-booking-system/
Ottery Tickets: £12 (child/student FREE)
ticketsource.co.uk/exeter-chamber-choir/

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Red Earth Opera

1. St Luke's Countess Wear

    Saturday 9 March 7.30pm

2. Chudleigh Parish Church

    Sunday 10 March 7.30pm

- - 'OPERA IN SPRING' - -

Musical Director: Jane Anderson-Brown

Tenor: Ceri Davies

Baritone: John Ieuan Jones

Tickets: £14/11

Box Office: 07790 889709

ticketsource.co.uk/southdevonsingers

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Torbay Symphony Orchestra

1. St Peter's Shaldon

    Saturday 9 March 7.30pm

2. St John's Bridgetown Totnes

    Sunday 10 March 7.30pm

- - 'COMA FESTIVAL' - -

Conductor: Richard Gonski

Leader: Chris Eastman

J S Bach: 'Ricercare alle Sei'

('The Musical Offering' BWV 1079)

Benjamin Britten: 'Peter Grimes'

György Ligeti: 'Cello Concerto

('Cello Soloist: Valerie Welbanks)

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Tickets: £15 (U18 FREE)

Box Office: 01803 865377

torbaysymphony.org

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Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company

Exeter Corn Exchange

Sunday 10 March 6.45 for 7.30pm

-  -  -  'ANDALUCIA'  -  -  -

(Flamenco music and dance from

. Cordoba, Sevilla, Cadiz, Malaga,

. Jaen, Granada, Huelva & Almeria)

Tickets: £32

exetercornexchange.co.uk

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Lyric Chamber Orchestra

1. St George's Dittisham

    Wednesday 13 March 11am

2. South Brent Village Hall

    Sunday 24 March 11am

3. St Saviour's Dartmouth

    Wednesday 27 March 7.30pm

4. St Mary's Totnes

    Wednesday 24 April 7.30pm

5. Ashburton Arts Centre

    Sunday 28 April 11am

SPRING 2024 CONCERTS

Conductor: Keith Marshall

Leader: Trish Clanan

Sir Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro

Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Strings

Dag Wirén: Serenade

Tickets: £10 (U18 FREE)

wegottickets.com

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir

& Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 16 March 7.30pm

VERDI 'REQUIEM'

Conductor: Howard Ionascu

Soprano: Judith Howarth

Mezzo Soprano:

Marta Fontanais-Simmons

Tenor: Oliver Johnston

Bass: Tristan Hambleton

Tickets: Side Aisle £15

Rear Nave £23 Front Nave £30

(child/student £5 all seats)

exeterphilharmonic.org.uk 

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Isca Ensemble

Sidmouth Parish Church

Saturday 16 March 7.30pm

CONCERT CLASSICS

Musical Director: Roger Hendy

Leader: Antony Clements

Richand Wagner: 'Rienzi' - Overture

Carl Maria von Weber: 2nd Clarinet Concerto

(Clarinet Soloist: James Gilbert)

William Walton: 'Spitfire Prelude & Fugue'

('The First of the Few' 1942)

Tickets: £7-15

Paragon Books: 01395 514516

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Exeter Symphony Orchestra

Southernhay Church

Saturday 23 March 7.30pm

'ROMEO & JULIET'

Conductor: Arturo Serna

Leader: Clare Marchant

Richard Strauss: 'Four Last Songs'

(Soprano: Lisa Moffat)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:

'Schereherazade'

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:

'Romeo & Juliet' - Overture

Tickets: £15 (U18 £1)

exetersymphonyorchestra.co.uk

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The Torbay Singers

Abbotsbury Church Newton Abbot

Saturday 23 March 7pm

'BRAHMSFEST'

Johannes Brahms: 'Ein Deutsches Requiem'

Musical Director: Matthew Cann

Organist: David Davies

Soprano: Catherine Luke

Tenor: Philip Lancaster

Tickets: £15 (student U25 FREE)

torbaysingers.org

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University of Exeter Chapel Choir

& The Devon Collective

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 23 March 7.30pm

J S BACH: 'ST JOHN PASSION'

Musical Director: Michael Graham

Tickets: £15

buckfast.org.uk

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Nova Foresta Classical Players

Brockenhurst Church

Sunday 24 March 3pm

VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL

Violin: Rose Gosney

Piano: Duncan Honeybourne

Camille Saint-Saëns

Henryk Wieniawski

Robert Schumann

Johannes Brahms

Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe

César Franck

Admission FREE

Booking: ticketsource.co.uk

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Exeter Cathedral Choir

& Charivari Agréable

Exeter Cathedral

Sunday 24 March 4pm

BACH 'ST JOHN PASSION'

Musical Director: Timothy Noon

Soloists from Cathedral Choir

Tickets: Side Aisle £10

Front Aisle £12 Rear Nave £16

Front Nave £22 (U18 All £5)

ticketsource.co.uk

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Exeter Bach Choir

St David's Church Exeter

Saturday 6 April 7 for 7.30

BRAHMS: 'EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM'

Musical Director: Jonathan Lucas Wood

Orchestra Leader: Anna Cockroft

Soprano: Aimee Presswood

Baritone: Charlie Baigent

Tickets: £20 (advance £18)

Student/U18: £10/9 (U16 FREE)

exeterbachchoir.co.uk

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The Brent Singers

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 6 April 7.30pm

FAURÉ: 'REQUIEM'

Musical Director: Matthew Searles

Organist: David Davies

Tickets: £15

buckfast.org.uk

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Papagena

St Margaret's Topsham

Saturday 27 April 7.30pm

'LOVE, LEGENDS & LULLABIES'

Soprano: Lizzie Drury, Imogen Russell

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Mezzo Soprano: Shivani Rattan

Tenor: Sarah Tenant-Flowers

Mediaeval Sacred Music - Celtic Ballads

Henry Purcell - James MacMillan

Canadian Mouth Music

Setting of Caitlin Moran

Tickets: £15 (U16 FREE)

wegottickets.com

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Devon Philharmonic Orchestra

Exeter Cathedral

Saturday 27 April 7.30pm

SPRING CONCERT

Conductor: Benjamin Voce

Leader: Clare Smith

Sir Edward Elgar: 'Falstaff'

Piotr Tchaikovsky: 'Romeo & Juliet'

Maurice Ravel: 'Daphnis & Chloe'

Side Aisles: £13  Rear Nave: £15

Middle Nave: £17 Front Nave: £20

(student/U16 1/2 price - except front)

ticketsource.co.uk

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East Devon Choral Society

St Peter's Church Tiverton

Saturday 27 April 7.30pm

HAYDN 'CREATION'

Musical Director: Andrew Daldorph

Orchestra Leader: Fiona McLean Buechel

Tickets: details in March

Info: 01884 253494 (Sue North)

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The Collati Singers

Buckfast Abbey

Saturday 4 May 7.30pm

RUTTER: 'MAGNIFICAT'

Musical Director: Trefor Farrow

Organist: Peter King

J S Bach: "Singet dem Herrn'

James MacMillan: 'Missa Brevis'

John Rutter: 'Magnificat'

Tickets: £15

buckfast.org.uk

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Music at the Abbey

Buckfast Abbey

Monday 6 May 1.30pm

BANK HOLIDAY ORGAN RECITAL

Organist: Andrew Reid

(Westminster Abbey)

Domenico Zipoli: 'Sonate d'Intalolatura'

César Franck: Opus 23 - 3: 'Final'

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Schools

Thursday 23 May 10am, 11am, 1pm

[SCHOOLS - SOLD OUT]

Exeter Central Library

Saturday 25 May 3pm

'THE GREAT STINK'

Writer: Hannah Khalil

Composer: Omar Shahryar

Music Director: Jack Ridley

Director: Valentina Ceschi

Theresa/Female Clerk:

Julia Mariko/Rachel Speirs

Queen Victoria/Maria:

Amy J Payne/Judy Louie Brown

Joseph/Thames:

Brenton Spiteri/Sandeep Gurrapadi

Disraeli: Edward Jowle/Masimba Ushe

Tickets: £10 (U12 £5)

eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-stink-tickets

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Thursday 23 May 7.30pm

Saturday 25 May 7.30pm

'MANON LESCAUT'

Giacomo Puccini

(English with English Surtitles)

Conductor: Michael Papadopoulos

Manon: Jenny Stafford

Des Grieux: Gareth Dafydd Morris

Lescaut: Aidan Edwards

Geronte: Edward Hawkins

Edmondo: Brenton Spiteri

Support & Ensemble:

Cicely Hé - David Horton

Amy J Payne - Phil Wilcox

Edward Jowle - Julia Mariko

Rachel Speirs - Shafali Jaota

Judy Louie Brown - Jack Dolan

Morgana Warren-Jones

Masimba Ushe - Sandeep Gurrapadi

Covers:

Manon: Philippa Boyle

Des Grieux: Dominic J Walsh

Geronte: Trevor Eliot Bowes

Tickets: £35/33

tickets.exeternorthcott.co.uk

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English Touring Opera

Exeter Northcott Theatre

Friday 24 May 7.30pm

'THE RAKE'S PROGRESS'

Igor Stravinsky

(English with English Surtitles)

Conductor: Jack Sheen

Director: Polly Graham

Anne Trulove: Nazan Fikret

Tom Rakewell: Frederick Jones

Nick Shadow: Jerome Knox

Father Trulove: Trevor Eliot Bowes

Baba: Lauren Young

Mother Goose: Amy J Payne

Sellem: Robin Bailey

Support & Ensemble

Masimba Ushe - Julia Mariko

Rachel Speir - Shafali Jalota

Cicely Hé - Judy Louie Brown

Morgana Warren-Jones - Jack Dolan

David Horton - Sandeep Gurrapadi

Phil Wilcox - Edward Jowle

Covers:

Tom Rakewell: Brenton Spiteri

Father Trulove: Edward Hawkins

Tickets: £35/33

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