 We hope that you all enjoyed Orpheus in the Underworld last October. We had lots of positive feedback from you. In the review by Pippa Hare, her parting comment to Kentish Opera was "Now follow that…………..!" Well the answer is Bizet's Carmen!! The world's most popular opera comes to The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks featuring some 100 performers including flamenco dancers! In Bizet's opera of raw emotion and high passion, Carmen, unlike the usual heroine, is the villain of the piece. But what a villain! She flaunts her sexuality, boasts of her infidelity, smokes, seduces, corrupts, smuggles and drives the besotted Don José into a jealous frenzy. One of the best loved operas of all time, Carmen, like its heroine, is totally seductive. Listen to the stirring Toreador's Song, the alluring Habanera and the captivating Flower Song and succumb to its magic.... There will be five performances between Wednesday 19th and Saturday 22nd May 2010, including a matinee on Saturday. Kentish Opera's production will be sung in English with a full orchestra and features young professional soloists from the Royal Academy and major Opera Houses, plus the Kentish Opera Chorus. This stunning new production is in the hands of the acclaimed Kentish Opera production team comprising Mark Fitz-Gerald (conductor), Sally Langford (director), Terry John Bates (dance director), Enid Strutt (set designer), Carol Stevenson (costume designer) and Colin Martin (lighting designer). We would also like to bring to your attention Strictly Music Hall presented at The Stag by West Wickham Operatic Society, in association with Kentish Opera on Thursday 20th May at 2.30pm. WWOS's Music Hall is a Cavern of Conviviality, an Emporium of Entertainment, in which the company is proud to present, at enormous expense, a comprehensive collection of consummate crime carefully contrived to captivate the connoisseur and confuse the castigator. Why not take in both the Music Hall and Carmen on Thursday with time to enjoy a meal between the two performances at one of the excellent restaurants in the vicinity of the theatre. Both the Kentish Opera and The Stag box offices are now open. Give Peter or Maggie a ring at the KO Box Office 08456 432 987 (local call rates) to reserve your seats! Tickets can also be obtained from The Stag Theatre Box Office on 01732 450 175. Book early to secure
your favourite seats!
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