COG's next opera will be La favorite by
Donizetti, to be given in the original 1840 Paris
version. It will be conducted by Gianluca Marciano.
More information about the opera and cast will appear later. In
the meantime you might like to refer to the Wikipedia entry by
clicking here.
There will be a free pre-performance talk for ticket
holders at 6.00pm.
For full details about Cadogan Hall, including
how to book tickets, visit their website here.
"This is an opera which needs performing
with care and with love; Chelsea Opera Group gave it both and
the results paid immense dividends."
(Robert Hugill reviewing COG's performance of Cendrillon,
at Music & Vision.)
"This was a performance of which any opera
company would have been proud." (Robert Hugill reviewing
COG's performance of I puritani, at Music &
Vision.)
"Opera simply does not come much better
than this: the Chelsea Opera Group’s concert performance
of Verdi’s Macbeth was an unqualified triumph in musical
and dramatic terms." (Evan Dickerson at Seen
and Heard)
"I have seen several expensively staged
productions of this work but I have never been as gripped by the
COG performance last week". (Clare Colvin in the Sunday
Express).
For links to complete reviews of recent
performances please click here.