I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Virtual Concert 2020, starring Olivia Carrell & Michael Gibson
TEA WITH... CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Tues 1* & Wed 2 December 2026 – 3:00pm
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.”
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This increasingly popular Clonter event consists of an hour of music, followed by traditional afternoon tea. The tea itself includes smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber, and egg mayonnaise sandwiches, with the crusts cut off, followed by a tiered cake stand presented to your table with an assortment of goodies, which include a freshly baked scone with whipped cream and strawberry jam (the Devon way), orange and walnut flapjack, chocolate cake, and a very juicy strawberry. Accompanied by an all-important cup of tea or fresh coffee, served in rosebud china and ceramic teapots. This is preceded by an hour of musical entertainment, presented by two singers and a pianist, under the swagged red organza and brass chandelier, banqueting style in the intimacy of the Ramsey Room at Clonter.
Clonter also offers a ‘relaxed’ performance – on Tuesday 1st December* – which was introduced to offer people in care homes, or for those being cared for at home, and their carers, something to go to together during the day. This opportunity has also been extended to those with other disabilities. (See below for further details).
Camilla Seale – Mezzo-Soprano
Praised for her ‘velvety mezzo’ timbres (The Telegraph), Camilla adores a wide range of repertoire from contemporary to baroque, performing regularly with Musica Antica (album, ‘La decima musa’ forthcoming). Through 2026, she sings Kate in Die Piraten von Penzance (Volksoper Wien), Alcina in Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero (Buxton Festival / Vache Baroque), alto voice and Stephano in Shakespeare’s The Tempest (Vache Baroque), Female Customer in Angel’s Bone (ENO), and will shoot two film shorts. Recent opera roles include Orlofsky in a UK tour of Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera), Angelina in La Cenerentola (Hurn Court Opera) and Dido for Longborough Festival with Barokksolistene. She was a Britten-Pears Artist, a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio, has performed several times at Clonter before, and looks forward to debuting the title role in Carmen in 2027. She is a keen aerialist, surfer and also ran a physical-theatre / baroque opera ensemble, the New Renaissance Collective for several years.
Bethan Terry – Soprano
Bethan Terry is a lyric-coloratura soprano, praised for her honest and captivating performances. She was a prize-winner in the Leach Award and won the Dean & Chadlington Competition. She was a finalist or semi-finalist in the ROSL Singers Prize, Hurn Court Singer of the Year, LSF Schubert Prize and Somerset Song Prize. Bethan performed in Wigmore Hall and Paris’ Salle Cortot with the Wigmore French Song Exchange. She was a Leeds Lieder Young Artist and sang on Radio 3 in a concert of George Walker’s music. Her operatic highlights include Adina in L’elisir d’amore (Wild Arts), Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Merry Opera), Belinda in Dido & Aeneas (Somerset Opera) and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (NWOS), as well as regular appearances with Clonter Opera. In concert, Bethan’s repertoire includes Haydn’s Nelson Mass and The Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Bach’s Magnificat. She is a Josephine Baker Trust Artist. Bethan was a Junior Fellow at Guildhall School, where she completed her master’s with Janice Chapman and Marie Vassiliou. She took her undergraduate at Trinity Laban, with Sophie Grimmer.
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 2nd December
Tickets £45 (Ramsey Room), £40 (Foyer) – Both to include Concert & Tea, £25 (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 £55 per person (limited availability)
*Relaxed Performance – Tuesday 1st 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 £26 + 1 carer comes for free
Book Through Box Office Only – 01260 224514 (Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm)