HURN COURT OPERA
Supporting the vocal stars of tomorrow
President: Sir Simon Keenlyside CBE
Artistic Director: Lynton Atkinson
WHAT'S ON
PRIZEWINNERS RECITAL
Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
kindly sponsored by Nigel Beale
Saturday 24 September 2022, 7.00pm
St Thomas's Church, Salisbury, SP1 1BA
Sunday 25 September 2022, 5.00pm
Merley House, Wimborne, BH21 3AA

Johannes Moore
Annabel Kennedy Photo: Helen Lisk
Prizewinners in the 2021 HCO Singer of the Year Competition deliver an atmospheric recital inspired by Keats' To Autumn, tracing through song the poem’s themes of fruitfulness, love and labour, and dusk.
Annabel Kennedy, mezzo-soprano
winner of the John Harding Second Prize and the Wendy Blamire Award
Johannes Moore, baritone
winner of the Rosalind Armstrong Prize and the Anthony Lowrey
Audience Prize
Ana Manastireanu, piano
Tickets £18; under-18s and those in full-time education free
Programme:
Hahn
L’automne
Douglas Moore (Ballad of Baby Doe) Warm as the Autumn Light
Berg
Im Zimmer Liebesode
Strauss
Traum durch die Dämmerung Schlagende Herzen
Armstrong Gibbs
The Fields are Full
Vaughan Williams
Love’s Minstrels
Silent Noon
Ireland
Earth’s Call
Fauré
Pleurs d’or
Muriel Herbert
Autumn
Fauré
Autumone
Brahms
Herbstgefühl
Schubert
Herbst
Britten
Chanson d’autuomne
Debussy
Les Cloches
Dring
Frosty Night
Barber (Vanessa)
Must the winter come so soon?
Vaughan Williams
Whither must I wander Bright is the ring of words
Mendelssohn
Herbstlied

HCO SINGER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2022
FINALS DAY
in collaboration with
Sunday 20 November 2022, from 11.00am
Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth University
Semi-finals and finals of this national competition for singers aged between 20 and 29 years, held before a public audience. For further details and entrant information, click here.
Judging panel:
Joan Rodgers CBE, international operatic soprano (Chair)
Michael Chance CBE, CEO and Artistic Director, The Grange Festival
Scott Cooper, Director of Artistic Administration, The Grange Festival
Audience day tickets on sale later in the year.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Sunday 4 December 2022, 4.00pm
Church House, Wimborne, BH21 1HT
Our ever-popular concert of Christmas music from HCO young artists, guaranteed to set the mood for the festive season.
LA BOHEME
by Giacomo Puccini
Tuesday 11 April 2023, 7.30pm
Regent Centre, Christchurch, BH23 1AS
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 7.30pm
Blackledge Theatre, Salisbury, SP1 2RA
Saturday, 15 April 2023, 7.30pm
Theatre Royal, Winchester, SO23 8SB
Puccini's opera about friendship, love and passion within the Parisian young artists' community never fails to touch audiences the world over. With a cast of emerging vocal stars, this production will feature the Hurn Court Opera Orchestra under Lynton Atkinson. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Further information about our 2023 programme will be released soon. For updates, join our mailing list (see below). Or to get ahead of the crowd, consider becoming part of our Friends scheme, which gives you advance notice and booking opportunities.