The Arts Club Summer & Autumn Concert Series

Sadly with the ill fated start of Doom and Gloom, it remained so and we had to withdraw all concerts. We thank all the singers and the pianist for wanting to help the Trust. Deborah Norman was exceptional and the Trust expressed its gratitude in the form of a donation.

In aid of the
Arts Club Charitable Trust and with the support of Robert Tears CBE

each recital
will be preceded by a glass of wine on arrival and followed by supper - 2 course
meal with wine. All the artists have accepted much smaller than usual fees for
their performances and we are grateful to them. The participation has been fixed
to £ 65.00 per person inclusive of service and VAT and include a donation of £
25 to the Trust or £ 600 per tables of ten to include a donation of £ 200.oo to
the Trust . Please make your cheques payable to The Arts Club Charitable Trust
or call 0800 084 21 73 to pay by credit card. Please state you dietary
requirements upon booking.

Friday 13th June – “Doom & Gloom”

Soprano Deborah Norman made her professional debut as Maria in West
Side Story at
La Scala, Milan and at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden singing Chloe in The
Queen of Spades. She has also performed major principal roles with Welsh
National Opera and Opera North as well as in demand internationally for gala
performances. Notable engagements include Naiad in Ariadne
auf Naxos with the London Symphony
Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Carmina Burana at the Royal
Albert Hall, Opera Galas at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow & Bridgewater Hall
and CD recordings with EMI
Classics and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Deborah was
.... stunning, she delighted the audience with song from Puccini, Strauss,
Duparc, Faure, some were in tears at her rendition of Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893) Ebben n'andro from La Wall,
Gerschin and " La Veuve Joyeuse" de Lehar.

We very much look forward to
hearing Josuah on:

Friday 25th
July – “Swan Upping”

Studying at the Guildhall School of Music &
Drama under the support of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, tenor Joshua Ellicott took
four of the top prizes at the 2006 International Vocal Competition in
s-Hertogenbosch including the overall first prize. He has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Royal
Albert Hall and Barbican Hall, operatic performances with most of the major
British opera houses and recently the role of Narr in Wozzeck for
La Monnaie in Brussels.

http://25july.blog.com/ for
further information

Friday
15^th August – “All Things British”

Baritone Roland Wood studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and at the National Opera Studio under the
support of the Peter Moores Foundation.
He has understudied and performed operatic roles for European Union Opera,
Aix en Musique Festival, Glyndebourne and English National Opera, as well as opera galas
with the Bayerische Rundfunkorchester and the European Union Youth
Orchestra in Baden-Baden. He has represented England in the Cardiff
Singer of the World (semi-final winner) and in 2008 will be appearing as Renato in Un ballo in maschera for the Nationale Reisopera
in the Netherlands, Alfio in Cavelleria
Rusticana at English National Opera.

Friday
26^th September – “Surf & Turf”

Australian
born mezzo-soprano Katrina Waters graduated Royal College of Music’s Benjamin Britten International Opera School
in London with
distinction. She is strongly established as a international artist in demand for
roles here in the UK, Europe
and Australia. She has broadcast on BBC
Radio 3 as part of a masterclass series with Malcolm Martineau. Her opera roles include Meg Page in Falstaff
with Lyrique-en-Me Festival de Belle-Ile, Brittany, Florence Pike (Albert Herring) for
the Aldeburgh International Festival and Bianca in the Rape Of
Lucretia (Britten). Concert highlights include Mahler’s Kindertötenlieder in Canberra and performances in Sydney
Opera House with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Friday
24^th October – “Mademoiselle
Renard”

One of the
world’s most sought after sopranos, Sarah Fox won the 1997 Kathleen
Ferrier award at 24 and began her professional career singing Karolka in
Jenufa for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has recently performed first Rhinemaiden in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Zerlina (Don
Giovanni) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Asteria (Tamerlano)
for the Bayerishe Staatsoper München.
Sarah has appeared regularly at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festival with Sir
Charles Mackerras.

Australian
pianist David Barnard graduated from his Bachelor of Music studies at the age of 18 and received national
recognition for his outstanding achievements during his study. He has worked as
an accompanist extensively around the UK, Europe and Australia
accompanying some of the finest singers and instrumentalists in the profession.
He is a Yehudi Menuhin &
Britten-Pears Young Artist.