TEA WITH… CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Tues 3* & Wed 4 December 2024 – 3:00 pm
Wednesday Tea
“It was a very enjoyable afternoon, the singers and pianist were first class and it was a very intimate session.”
Tuesday Tea – Relaxed Performance*
“It was brilliant. My mum, who has dementia, had one of her best days out in years. It was lovely and warm in the building, the tea was just the right size, and the cakes were delicious… The songs were a good mix of old and new… The old songs took her back. She was in such a good mood afterwards, it was just like having her back.”
Audience Feedback from Previous Years
I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Virtual Concert 2020, starring Olivia Carrell & Michael Gibson
Away In A Manger – Click here
Silent Night – Click here
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Click here
I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Click here
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Click here
Naomi Rogers – Soprano
Naomi is a soprano from Suffolk with a Master of Music in Performance degree and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Royal Northern College of Music. Alongside Clonter Opera, she regularly collaborates with leading UK opera companies, including Opera Holland Park, Opera North, Buxton Opera, and Northern Opera Group, as well as BBC1. In 2022, Naomi made her Opera Holland Park debut in the UK premiere of Adamo’s ‘Little Women’ and sang the roles of Papagena and Gretel at the Edinburgh International Festival. Her performances with Clonter Opera House include Queen Titania in ‘Puck’s Adventure’ and soprano soloist in their opera gala. Last season, she fulfilled a career milestone by singing Papagena and First Lady in Mozart’s ‘Die Zauberflöte’ with Clonter Opera. She also collaborated with Opera Holland Park and English National Ballet in Stravinsky’s ‘Les Noces’ at Sadler’s Wells. This year, Naomi premiered Gary Lloyd’s contemporary opera ‘Disunited Jukebox’, touring across Northern England and at Glasgow Armadillo Stadium. She will finish the year with a fourth international contract with The Little Opera Company and a series of Christmas concerts.
John Ieuan Jones – Baritone
Welsh baritone John Ieuan graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2019, where he was the runner-up in the prestigious Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Prize. His recent operatic highlights include Maximillian in Candide with Welsh National Opera (WNO), Papageno in The Magic Flute with Wild Arts Opera, Bomley/Boyer Sheloga in Ivan the Terrible at Grange Park Opera, Guglielmo in Così fan tuttewith Opra Cymru, and Claudio in Beatrice & Benedict with Mid Wales Opera. Ieuan also works in theatre, making his National Theatre debut in 2022 in The Corn is Green. As a sought-after concert singer, Ieuan has traveled internationally as a guest soloist. Recent highlights include being a guest artist at the North America Festival of Wales at the Perelman Theatre in Philadelphia, singing the role of Jesus in Elgar’s The Apostles at St. Asaph Cathedral, and performing with the London Concertante in their West End Musicals Concert Tour. When he’s not singing, he enjoys exploring the Welsh mountain roads on his motorbike.
Robin Humphreys – Accompanist
Robin Humphreys is a graduate of the University of Birmingham and a holder of the prestigious Diploma in Professional Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied piano accompaniment with David Lloyd. Appearing in concert for over 40 years, he enjoys a successful career as an accompanist and répétiteur (praised as “world-class” by Louise Flind for “Opera Today”), the breadth of his repertoire being reflected in television and radio broadcasts ranging from BBC Radio 3 to Emmerdale! A Principal Lecturer at the RNCM, Robin is a senior music coach within the School of Vocal Studies and Opera, for whom he was also chief répétiteur on the majority of college opera productions from the late 1990s until 2013. He has appeared with the Manchester Camerata in the world première of “A Feast of Fables” by Paul Reade, has been Musical Director for Feelgood Theatre Productions and, from 1990-2000, Opera & Concert Productions (Worldwide) Ltd with whom he toured throughout the Gulf, the Indian sub-continent and the Far East. Robin has a particularly close association with Clonter Opera Theatre in Cheshire, where he regularly works as Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist. For 35 years he was an accompanist member of the British & International Federation of Festivals.
Wednesday 4th December
Tickets £39 (Ramsey Room), £33 (Foyer) – Both to include Concert & Tea, £24 (Foyer) – Concert Only**
Doors Open 2.30pm
Performance 3 – 4pm
Tea Served 4pm
**Please note that this event is banqueting style – You will be sharing a table with others. However, if you would prefer a table for two, this option is available.
Tickets £48 per person (limited availability)
*Relaxed Performance – Tuesday 3rd December
A relaxed performance is a show that has been adapted to suit people who might require a more relaxed environment, including (but not limited to) adults or children with learning difficulties, those with autistic spectrum and other sensory communication disorders. This we extend to include those with dementia and other related conditions.
Tickets £23 + 1 carer comes for free
Book Through Box Office Only – 01260 224514 (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am – 4pm)