Simply Opera
Simply Opera provides affordable opera, operetta, concerts and education workshops for your event, festival, corporate entertainment or private function.
About 'Simply Opera'
Artistic Director : Martin Rendle
Simply Opera is a small scale opera company which presents opera and concerts throughout the United Kingdom, taking music and drama to venues outside the normal theatre environment and to those who would not normally attend, or not have reasonable access to a theatre.
Simply Opera presents abridged productions of popular operas, operettas, and one act operas in their entirety. Most productions are in English. The company also presents formal and informal concerts, provides corporate entertainment, singers for private functions, and is developing an education and outreach programme for adults and children.
Please contact us for further information about our productions and services.
Current Performance Programme
Simply Opera presents concert programmes throughout the year. We will also be presenting the following productions and performances:
The Impresario
Simply Opera's adaptation of Mozart's comedy. The squabbling of two Prima Donnas and an impresario's cunning, rewritten, and set around the casting of 'The Marriage of Figaro'.
Oh Vienna!
A romp through the songs of Lehar and Strauss with memorable melodies from the masters of Viennese operetta.
Gala and Dinner Concerts
Famous arias and duets from the world of popular opera and operetta, neapolitan serenades, and a lighter selection of West End and Broadway favourites.
Previous performances and productions
Summer Concert 2009
Summer Concert 2008
Oh Vienna! 2007
Arias in the Air 2006
Scenes from La Traviata and La Boheme 2005/2006
The Marriage Of Figaro, December 2004
The Magic Flute, December 2003
'..an enjoyable evening..' Isle of Thanet Gazette
'..the perfect evening for both seasoned opera lovers and first time listeners..' Kent Messenger
Ecole Alouette
'A lovely evening'
Minster Rural Life Museum Festival, August 2002 & 2003
'..a fantastic evening of entertainment..' Kent on Sunday