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The History of Opera (Abridged!)

Presented by Swansea City Opera

In his own inimitable style Brendan Wheatley, Artistic Director of Swansea City Opera, and his guests, tenor Rhodri Prys Jones and soprano Jessica Robinson, will take you on a whistle stop tour of 400 years of opera.

What is a castrato?

Which composer died of a conducting accident?

Why are basses taller than tenors?

Why was Bizet’s opera Carmen a flop?

This informative and light-hearted evening expresses the great enjoyment that can be had with opera and is perfect for newcomers to opera and regulars alike. As always there will be lots of live music accompanied by piano, to demonstrate the ever changing styles in this wonderful art form. Brendan will delve into the world of opera, providing interesting facts and anecdotes to demonstrate the ever changing styles in the wonderful art form, including arias and duets by Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Mussorgsky and many many more.

Brendan has devoted a lifetime to opera, both as a singer and in running his own successful touring companies, Opera Box and Swansea City Opera with his partner Bridgett. Often tongue in cheek, he looks forward to sharing his love of opera with you!

What the papers say:

Brendan was a most warm and charismatic host with a great sense of comic timing that came over not only in his presenting ( we learnt some eye-watering facts about the Castrati), but in his polished performances too. 

A most enjoyable evening……. I would have liked to have heard more from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as Brendan was wonderfully mischievous in his role of “ a very naughty boy ”.   

Soprano – Jessica Robinson

Tenor – Rhodri Prys Jones

Bass-baritone & Presenter Brendan Wheatley

Pianist Caradog Williams

 

The History of Opera (Abridged!) | Swansea City Opera | Opera Dinas Abertawe

www.operabox.co.uk

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Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our wood burning pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.

Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.

Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left.  Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.

If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!

PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.

Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if  this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue. 

  • All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
  • Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
  • Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
  • If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk

Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN  7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.  

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