Projects
East End Opera has been involved in a number of exciting projects, intiatives and productions. Choose from the menu below to find out more:
- Newham Vocal Pathways - Summer 2008
- Opera Sunday - November 2007
- The Four Note Opera - October 2007
- Opera Show and Tell - June 2007
- Newham Vocal Scholarships - Summer 2006
Newham Vocal Pathways
East End Opera recently ran an exciting new voice training programme for young people aged between 14 and 25 and living in the London area, in particular Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
The course included individual singing lessons, workshops and drama classes and the thirteen successful participants listed below worked towards performances in and around Newham over the summer.
* Bukola Abdul
* Joseph Adelakun
* Chioma Anichebe
* Jesse Ayertey
* Dua Hussain
* Spencer Kennedy
* Emmanuel Nwosu
* Singirai Sibanda
* Whitney Simon
* Rachel Radford Mathurin
* Eyesha Mingo
* Taymah Mingo
* Sammy Razack
Soloists from this group performed in:
- The Tempest Island at the Sing Up, Sing Out Event at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 11th July 2008
- Theatre Venture's BUYA! Festival at Stratford Circus Saturday 12th July 2008
- The Mayor's Newham Show, Central Park, East Ham on Saturday 12th July 2008
| This course was funded through the Newham Go For It! grants scheme and Newham Children's & Young People's Services. |
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Opera Sunday
Following on from the success of the Opera Show and Tell concert in June 2007 we have launched a regular series of informal Sunday afternoon concerts. The first of this new Opera Sunday series took place on 25th November 2007 at
Stratford Circus.
Singers performed scenes and arias from some of the best-loved operas by composers such as Mozart, Puccini, Bizet and Rossini, and the audience had the opportunities to ask questions and speak to the performers about their studies, careers and lives as professional opera singers.
Performers:
Claire Watkins - Soprano
Charlotte Stephenson - Mezzo soprano
Tom Lowe - Baritone
Sonia Ben-Santamaria - Piano
See our
Projects page for details of future concerts.
 | Shirley Keane introducing the concert |
| The singers answering questions from the audience |  |
| Claire Watkins and Charlotte Stephenson | | Tom Lowe |
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The Four Note Opera
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The Four Note Opera by Tom Johnson |
Opera! A great and glorious art that reaches the parts other art doesn’t… especially when you can combine it with a pint and dinner at The Rosemary Branch Theatre.
The Four Note Opera seeks to uncover the mysteries of Opera and cut right to the heart of a form that many music-lovers find impenetrable. How much time does a Soprano need in make-up? Is the Mezzo really a Mezzo or just a handsome woman with a hair problem? These and the myriad wonders of an ancient musical art will unfold in this satirical one-act* opera by Tom Johnson.
(* one-act means you get to the bar before closing-time .. now you don’t get that at Royal Opera House.)
Music and Libretto by Tom Johnson
Director – Shirley Keane
Music Director – Siobhain O’ Higgins
The Four Note Opera was performed by arrangement with G Schirmer Limited on behalf of the publisher and copyright owner Associated Music Publishers, Inc. (BMI)
East End Opera's production of the Four Note Opera took place in October 2007 at
The Rosemary Branch, 2 Shepperton Road, London N1 3DT
Cast
Soprano -
Rosamund Walton
Mezzo Soprano - Henrietta Bewley
Tenor - Gareth Morris
Baritone -
Edwin Pitt-Mansfield
 | Edwin Pitt-Mansfield and Henrietta Bewley | |
|  | Henrietta Bewley, Edwin Pitt-Mansfield, Rosamund Walton and Gareth Morris |
| Rosamund Walton and Gareth Morris |  | |
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Opera Show and Tell
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| Lee Bisset | | (from left to right) Owen, Lee and Andrew chatting to the audience during the concert.
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EEO organised an 'Opera Show and Tell' concert at Stratford Circus in June 2007, where singers performed arias and scenes from popular opera and the audience was given the opportunity to ask the performers questions about the opera world, their training and careers.
Performers:
Lee Bisset - Soprano
Shirley Keane - Mezzo soprano
Andrew Sritheran - Tenor
Owen Gilhooly - Baritone
Siobhain O' Higgins - Piano
The concert included excerpts and arias from well known opera including:
La Traviata, Verdi
Carmen, Bizet
The Barber of Seville, Rossini
Following on from the success of this first concert a regular series of Sunday afternoon concerts has been launched. See our
Projects page for details of future concerts.
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The Newham Vocal Scholarships
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| Ella | | Lorelle |
Funded by:
Awards for All  |
The Jack Petchey Foundation  |
Over the summer of 2006, seven young people from all over East London took part in a course of vocal and acting classes culminating in their incredibly successful solo performances at the Theatre Venture, Big up Your Arts! Festival in Stratford Circus in July.
The first Newham Vocal Scholars were:
* Joseph Adelekun
* Lorelle Babb
* Treveisha Barton
* Ella Jones Deek
* Viera Gabarova
* Tamara Biggs Mills
* Evelyn Byfield Reid
These enthusiastic and dedicated young singers were introduced to new music genre, and given the opportunity to work with a classical vocal coach. and voice teacher and encouraged to explore and challenge their vocal abilities in the innovative Vocal Percussion and acting through song workshops.
Tutors:
Shirley Keane - vocal technique
Siobhain O’Higgins - vocal coach
Randolph Matthews - Vocal Percussion .
Sebastian Harcombe - Acting Through Song
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