CONCERTS & OPERAS
Artistic Director & Conductor: David Roblou // Chorus Master: John Upperton
Stage direction: Seasons 1-14 Alan Privett. Seasons 15-29 John Upperton.
Seasons 30 to present Lynne McAdam, unless otherwise indicated.
37th Season
November 2023 Puccini: La rondine – in concert (StJW), staging John Upperton
36th Season
March 2023
November 2022
Janáček: Jenůfa – semi-staged (StJW)
Zoë South, Helen Bailey, John Upperton, Mike Wells, Joanna Gamble, André Andrade, Kevin Rodgers
Smetana: The Bartered Bride – semi-staged (StJW)
Nicola Ihnatowicz, John Upperton, Kevin Rodgers, Paul Blundell, Jane Streeton, André Andrade, Daniela Bailey, Christopher Hollis
June 2022
A Choral Introduction to MSO’s Czech Season – St Alfege Church, Greenwich
Janáček: Otčenáš, Elegy on the death of my daughter Olga;
Dvořák: Mass in D
John Upperton, Paul Plummer, Richard Black and the Chorus of Midsummer Opera, conductor David Roblou
35th Season
Cancelled
34th Season
November 2019
Poulenc Dialogues des Carmélites – semi-staged (StJW)
Zoë South, Sophie Boyer, Marie Elizabeth Seager, Siân Woodling, Katherine Williamson. Staging John Upperton
33rd Season
March 2019
Giordano Andrea Chénier – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Zoë South, Andrew Mayor, Stephen Cviic, André Andrade.
November 2018
Verdi Macbeth – semi-staged (StJW)
David Durham, Zoë South, Stephen Holloway, John Upperton. Staging Lynne McAdam & John Upperton
32nd Season
March 2018
Verdi Luisa Miller – semi-staged (StJW)
Andrew Mayor, Emma Dogliani, Stephen Holloway, John Upperton, Cheyney Kent, Siân Woodling.
November 2017
Vaughan Williams Riders to the Sea – semi-staged (StJW)
Leilani Barratt, Katherine Williamson, Siân Woodling, Oskar McCarthy
William Walton Henry V – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Tony Brewer.
31st Season
April 2017
Ponchielli La Gioconda – semi-staged (StJW)
Zoë South, Trevor Alexander, John Upperton, Siân Woodling, Stephen Holloway, Anna Loveday
November 2016
Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel – semi-staged (StJW)
Lucy Goddard, Catrine Kirkman, Jane Streeton, Stephen Svanholm, Joanne Whalley, Katherine Williamson, Lynne McAdam. Staging John Upperton
30th Anniversary Season
April 2016
Mozart Don Giovanni semi-staged (StJW)
Andrew Mayor, Oskar McCarthy, John Upperton, Emma Dogliani, Nicola Ihnatowicz.
November 2015
Verdi Un ballo in maschera – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Jane Streeton, Andrew Mayor, Catrine Kirkman, Justin Bindley, Graham Stone, Joanna Gamble.
29th Season
March 2015
Puccini Tosca – semi-staged (StJW)
Deborah Stoddart, John Upperton, Stephen Holloway. Staging John Upperton & Lynne McAdam
November 2014
Mozart La clemenza di Tito – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Nicola Ihnatowicz, Norma Ritchie, Lucy Goddard, Emma Dogliani.
28th Season
March 2014
Puccini La fanciulla del West – semi-staged (StJW)
Zoë South, John Upperton, Trevor Alexander.
October 2013
Verdi Otello – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Lorraine Ely, Andrew Mayor.
27th Season
April 2013
Massenet Werther – semi-staged (StJW)
John Upperton, Norma Ritchie, Trevor Alexander, Elinor Jane Moran.
November 2012
Beethoven Fidelio – semi-staged (StJW)
Zoë South, John Upperton, Stephen Holloway.
26th Season
February 2012
Wagner Die Walküre (Acts II & III in concert) (StJW)
Stephen Holloway, Zoë South, John Upperton, Deborah Stoddart, John Milne
November 2011
Mozart Idomeneo (StJW & Broadway Theatre)
Deborah Stoddart, John Upperton, Norma Ritchie, Emma Dogliani, Stephen Cviic
25th Season
February 2010
Wagnerabend Die Walküre Act 1, Walkürenritt, Götterdämmerung Act III, Scenes 2 & 3 (StJW)
John Upperton, Deborah Stoddart, Stephen Holloway, Zoë South, John Milne
November 2010
Verdi Don Carlo (StJW & Broadway Theatre)
John Upperton, Trevor Alexander, Zoë South, Deborah Stoddart, Stephen Holloway, Aidan Smith, John Milne.
24th Season
April 2010
Weber Der Freischütz (StJW & Broadway Theatre)
John Upperton, Deborah Stoddart, Jane Streeton, Rupert Pentargon
October 2009
Triple Bill: Puccini Il tabarro; Poulenc Gloria; Puccini Suor Angelica (StJW)
Zoë South, Ben Regan, Trevor Alexander; Emma Dogliani;
Deborah Stoddart, Lynne McAdam, Catrine Kirkman, Katy Bingham-Best, Morag Boyle; staging (Suor) Trevor Alexander
23rd Season
March 2009
Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor (StJW & Broadway Theatre). Double-cast
Jane Streeton/Emma Dogliani, John Upperton, Trevor Alexander/William Leigh Knight, Stephen Holloway/Rupert Pentargon
October 2008
Verdi Aïda (StJW & Broadway Theatre)
Deborah Stoddart, John Upperton, Zoë South, Trevor Alexander, Stephen Holloway
22nd Season
April 2008
Bellini Norma (StJW & Broadway Theatre, Catford)
Deborah Stoddart, John Upperton, Emma Dogliani, Rupert Pentargon/William Leigh Knight
November 2007
Revival of Turandot (Broadway Theatre Catford) – for cast, see below
July 2007
World Première of Sorbet! Sorbet! by Simon Milton, Véronique Souberbielle & Bernard Turle
(MSO at the Festival de Carnoules, Var – fully staged, Bernard Turle)
21st Season
May 2007
Puccini Turandot (with uncut original finale by Franco Alfano) (StJW)
Deborah Stoddart, John Upperton, Emma Dogliani, Rupert Pentargon
February 2007
Concert Rossini Petite messe solennelle, Poulenc Le bal masqué (StJW)
October 2006
Concert Glière Concerto for Coloratura Soprano, Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Elgar The Spirit of England, Simon Milton Tyranny of Distance (World Première) (StJW)
20th Season
April 2006
Concert Mozart Sinfonia concertante K297b, Requiem; Simon Milton Fallen Idols (World Première) (StJW)
February 2006
Concert Simon Milton Fanfare for Verdi Brass; G Gabrieli Canzon primi toni à 10; Verdi Requiem (StJW)
November 2005
20th Anniversary Concert Handel Ode on St Cecilia’s Day; Finzi Dies Natalis;
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (St John’s Smith Square)
July 2005
Massenet Werther; John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (Festival de Carnoules, Var, fully staged)
19th Season
May 2005
Concert La Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz), Fauré Requiem,
Naji Hakim: World premières of his orchestrations of Phèdre, Ouverture Libanaise (StJW)
February 2005
Concert Handel Zadok the Priest, Mozart Concert arias, Paris Symphony, Ave verum corpus, Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Simon Milton Ozymandias (World Première) (StJW)
October 2004
Concert Rossini Songs, Quartets & Choruses; Poulenc Le bal masqué;
Litanies à la Vierge noire de Rocamadour; Tel jour, telle nuit (StJW)
18th Season
April 2004
Concert Copland Fanfare for the Common Man, Verdi Requiem (StJW)
January 2004
Concert Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin, Duparc Six mélodies,
Finzi Dies Natalis, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (StJW)
October 2003
Inaugural Concert of the Chorus of Midsummer Opera
Stravinsky Pulcinella, Rossini Stabat Mater (StJW)
July 2003
Bizet Carmen (in association with WEM7 at Carnoules, Var, France – fully staged, Bernard Turle)
17th Season
June 2003
Purcell Dido & Aeneas, Prelleur Baucis & Philemon (fully staged)
Clarke & Daniel Purcell The Four Seasons from The Island Princess (Spitalfields Festival, Wilton’s)
May 2003
Inaugural Concert of the Symphony Orchestra of Midsummer Opera; first MSO concert in StJW
Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Wesendonk Lieder; Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Carnaval Romain
16th Season
November 2001
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Woodville Halls, Gravesend, fully staged)
15th Season
Spring 2001
November 2000
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Barn Theatre, Oxted, fully staged)
Rossini La donna del lago (St John’s Smith Square)
14th Season
July 1998
Revival of Dido & Aeneas (Opera Holland Park)
13th Season
Spring 1998
February 1998
June 1997
Revival of Rigoletto (Marlborough)
Revival of Rigoletto (Bermuda Festival)
Revival of Handel Atalanta (St John’s Smith Square & the Händel-Festspiele Halle)
12th Season
July 1996
Verdi Rigoletto (Polesden Lacey)
11th Season
November 1995
July 1995
Revival of Dido & Aeneas (South Hill Park)
Revival of Partenope (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
10th Season
May 1995
February 1995
July 1994
Revival of Le nozze di Figaro (Brighton Festival)
Revival of Le nozze di Figaro (Bermuda Festival)
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Ealing & Polesden Lacey Open Air)
9th Season
September 1993
Blow Venus & Adonis & Purcell Dido & Aeneas (Ealing)
8th Season
November 1992
Revival of Acis and Galatea (Grand Theatre, Blackpool & Syon House, Brentford)
October 1992
September 1992
July 1992
June 1992
Revival of Così fan tutte (Weston-super-Mare)
Handel Agrippina (Ealing)
Revival of Acis and Galatea (Wiltz, Luxembourg)
Revival of Così fan tutte (Polesden Lacey Open Air Theatre)
7th Season
September 1991
July 1991
Revival of Così fan tutte (Ealing)
‘Opera al fresco II’ (Norwich)
6th Season
February 1991
September 1990
June 1990
Mozart Così fan tutte (Bermuda Festival)
Handel Partenope (Ealing)
‘Opera al fresco’ (Osterley Park House)
5th Season
March 1990
January 1990
October 1989
Revival of Acis and Galatea (Grand Théâtre de Tours)
Revival of L’occasione fa il ladro (St John’s Smith Square)
Revival of Acis and Galatea (St John’s Smith Square & Edinburgh Festival Theatre)
June/July 1989
Rossini L’occasione fa il ladro (Ealing)
4th Season
September 1988
June 1988
Handel Acis and Galatea (Ealing)
Alison Bauld Nell (World Première, MSO Commission), Van Diemen’s Land (Donmar Warehouse)
3rd Season
January 1988
September 1987
Revival of Atalanta (St John’s Smith Square)
Handel Atalanta (Ealing)
2nd Season
February 1987
July 1986
Revival of Erismena (St John’s Smith Square)
Cavalli Erismena (Ealing)
Opening Season
June 1985
Handel Rinaldo (in the garden of 90 Grange Road, Ealing)
Jenny Miller, David Skewes, James Meek, Lorelle Skewes, Teresa Lister
