English National Opera at the London Coliseum
Deadline: 20th March 2002
Date:
Wednesday 27th March
Time: 6:30 p.m. reception – performance
starts at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: London Coliseum, St Martin’s
Lane, London WC2N 4ES
We
are very pleased to announce our annual Opera Event. The English National
Opera is celebrated for its stagings of Handel’s Operas and David Alden’s
production lovingly evokes the elegance of eighteenth-century opera and
the age of chivalry, while illuminating the darker side of human nature.
It has a contemporary edge and inventive, occasionally startling, choreography
and characterization. An exceptional cast is assembled for one of Handel’s
most demanding operatic scores, in which the quicksilver brilliance of
coloratura is contrasted with music of extreme pathos, most notably in
Ariodante’s great lament ‘Scherza infida’ ('Take your pleasure'). The
action is threaded with dance to make this staging simultaneously stately,
dynamic and spiced with the unexpected.
The evening will begin with a pre-performance reception from 6:30 pm,
with sandwiches and drinks. Guests will then have the opportunity to meet
up at the first interval for drinks. Seating will be “prime” stall seats.
Ticket Price: Price: £64.00
Bookings - Please email info@stanfordalumni.org.uk for a booking form.