Masterclasses in the Time of Corona - 2021
How wonderful it has been to have 5 singers all able to work together on stage, with a director, music director and répétiteur. Having carried out a very stringent risk assessment, which included a flow test prior to arrival, a PCR test on day one, and another flow test mid week, as well as consulting widely from the Royal Ballet to Scottish Opera...
Due to the fact that the original cast, staff and crew - The Company - were gathered for 2020, understandably some have now got other offers and commitments, and therefore you will notice some changes in the cast and staff line up. The role of Count Almaviva will now be performed by Sam Kibble, who replaces Anthony Flaum; the role of Doctor Bartolo will now be performed by Adam Maxey, who replaces Samuel Pantcheff; the role of Figaro will now be performed by...
Opera Prize 2021
Sponsored by Ann Driver Trust
Sat 6 February, 7pm
There is just one week to go until this year's virtual version of Clonter's Opera Prize. More than ever these emerging artists need your support, and YOUR VOTE. You will be treated to arias by 14 composers...
Opera Prize 2021
Sponsored by Ann Driver Trust
Sat 6 February, 7pm
It is not long now until this year's Opera Prize. Just two weeks away. This year's is going to be a little different, but the singers need your support more than ever. 5/6 were able to come to Clonter to record...
Clonter's Christmas Concerts by Zoom
14 December - 6 January
As an off shoot of the Tea With…Christmas Special, we have devised a programme whereby if you are caring for someone at home, or they are in a home, who you think would enjoy a one to one concert...
Steam has been coming out of our ears recording all the digital outreach content we have been producing, in our quest to keep you entertained, but also we have been able to engage 3 artists, a lighting designer, stage manager, repetiteur and film maker to come and produce an interactive...
An Evening With Lemn Sissay
Sat 10 - Sat 17 October
Google the name “Lemn Sissay” and all the returning hits will be about him because there is only one Lemn Sissay in the world. Lemn Sissay is a BAFTA nominated award winning writer, international poet, performer playwright, artist and broadcaster...
Clonter's Digital Outreach Programme
Thank you so much for engaging with our online digital programme. We have received some lovely feedback over the last 4½ months, and we can see that many of you are engaging with it, which is very reassuring that we are producing content that is of interest...
We would like to take this opportunity to share with you our intentions to still have an event at Clonter on Sunday 6th September, when we were due to have our annual Clonter Fair. Whilst we don’t think we will be able to make it quite the same as usual, we still wish to provide a family day out...
Design a Costume Competition
At the beginning of Lockdown, Clonter pledged to help keep your children meaningfully occupied whilst they were at home, either by linking them to interesting initiatives out there, or our own. In this quest we launched a design competition, and the response to this was incredible...
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