Opera Prelude: ‘When Art Danced with Music – Ballet Russes, Diaghilev and his Circle’

Dr. Natalia Murray, Maria Levandovskaya (piano) and Callie Gaston (soprano).

Dr. Natalia Murray will introduce us to Diaghilev as major patron of visual arts, starting with his exhibitions of Western-European Art and the magazine and artistic movement which he launched in 1898 and moving on to his most famous enterprise Ballet Russes, which staged seventy ballets and fifteen operas in Europe and America. During this lecture you will hear arias and songs by Tchaikovsky, Rymsky-Korsakov, Gounod and Satie as well as Prokofiev’s piano pieces.
Opera Prelude is a small charity passionate about supporting young professional opera singers who give lecture recitals in London. These friendly and inclusive events will introduce you to the international opera singers of tomorrow by way of recitals, concerts and masterclasses.

A discussion and masterclass morning with Rosalind Plowright and Anna Harvey (mezzo) accompanied by Natalie Burch (piano)

Rosalind Plowright is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Her career spans more than 35 years. She was acclaimed as one of the world’s great spinto sopranos and specialising in roles such as Medee, Alceste and Norma as well as the great Verdi and Puccini heroines. Rosalind Plowright was awarded the OBE in 2007 for her sevices to music.

Opera Prelude is a small charity passionate about supporting young professional opera singers who give lecture recitals in London. These friendly and inclusive events will introduce you to the international opera singers of tomorrow by way of recitals, concerts and masterclasses.