2020
29th February
Private event
16th, 18th, 20th & 22nd May
Dialogues des Carmélites
By Francis Poulenc
Role: Blanche de la Force
Conductor: Philippe Forget
Venue: Athenaeum Theatre (RCS)
29th May
Concert
Venue: The Arts Club at Melrose on the borders
2nd October
Recital
Jessica Hurst, Soprano & Patrick Relph, Baritone
Venue: Scottish Arts Club, 24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BW
14th November
Masquerade Ball
Songs from the stage and screen
Jessica Hurst, Soprano Patrick Relph, Baritone
Venue: Appleby Castle, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England CA16 6XH
2019
28th & 30th November
MMus Opera Scenes
Jessica will perform the roles of Norina, Don Pasquale (Donizetti) and Marzelline, Fidelio (Beethoven)
A showcase of entertaining and varied opera scenes.
Directed by Mark Hathaway
Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS.
16th November
Private concert
16th October
RCS Vocal Recital – Liberté
Join the Alexander Gibson Opera School from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the first of three concerts throughout our season commemorating the 230th anniversary of the French Revolution and exploring the themes of Liberty, Equality, and Friendship. In this first concert, students from the Opera School will be performing a selection of songs and arias around the theme of liberty.
Venue: Westbourne Music, Merchants House, 7 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BA Time: 1-2pm
14th & 15th June
Le Nozze di Figaro
By Mozart/da Ponte
Role: Susanna
In a change to the traditional format of the spring scenes, we shall be presenting a potted version of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Using a minimum of props, set and costume but much of the recitative and musical numbers, we shall explore in the intimate setting of the Opera Studio these amazing characters whom Mozart brought to life over 200 years ago accompanied by our opera repetiteurs.
Julia Hollander Director
Duncan Williams Musical Preparation
Time: 7:15pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS.
14th March
Concert
Venue: Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
2nd 4th 6th 8th March
Opera Double Bill: Dido and Aeneas and Trouble in Tahiti
Role: Second Woman
This production of Dido and Aeneas is a contemporary performance of the classic tale of regal love and the challenges faced by our two eponymous heroes.
Director: Maxine Braham
Conductor: Anthony Kraus
Time: 7:15pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS.
2018
29th November
MMus Opera Scenes
Directed by Nicolette Molnár
Roles: Anna Anna Bolena, Donizetti and Angelica Orlando, Handel.
To coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the World War I Armistice, these scenes will focus exclusively on operas whose subject is war with all its consequences: political and global, personal and human; showing both the best and worst of humanity.
Time: 7:15pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS.
1st December
MMus Opera Scenes
Directed by Nicolette Molnár
Roles: Anna Anna Bolena, Donizetti and Angelica Orlando, Handel.
Time: 7:15pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS.
Jessica Hurst 