Organization

Admin

The Merry Opera Company

Stage director

John Ramster

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Larissa Blackshaw

Catherine Backhouse

Rhonda Browne

Lucilla Graham

Rosie Middleton

Gemma Morsley

Amy J Payne

Clare Presland

Kate Symonds-Joy

Kathryn Walker

Bass

René Bloice-Sanders

Phil Wilcox

Soprano

Katherine Blumenthal

Daisy Brown

Christine Cunnold

April Fredrick

Lucy Goddard

Una Reynolds

Eleanor Ross

Eleanor Sanderson-Nash

Jenny Stafford

Andrea Tweedale

Emily Vine

Contralto

Elspeth Marrow

Alto

Tenor

Oliver Brignall

Christopher Faulkner

Alex Haigh

WeiHsi Hu

Lawrence Olsworth-Peter

Nicholas Scott

Adam Temple-Smith

James Harrison

Felix Kemp

Daniel Roddick

Countertenor

Russell Harcourt

John Lawrence Lattimore

Patrick Terry

Revival Musical Direction

Mark Austin

Richard Leach

Rebecca Taylor

Conductor

Stephen Hose

Messiah -  (Messiah HWV 56)

London

United Kingdom

St John's Church, Catford

Our Lady of Hal R C Church

Smarden

St. Michael the Archangel

Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles Parish Church

Norwich

St. Peter Mancroft Church

Tenterden

St. Mildred's Church

Bicester

St Edburg's Church

St. Giles Church Camberwell

Petersfield

St Peter's Church

Messiah Händel

Public

Messiah HWV 56

Approved

This unique and highly acclaimed staged production of Handel's Messiah, now in its sixteenth tour, has already been seen by over 12,000 people across the UK....

Merry Opera’s Staged Messiah Returns!

It’s been almost four and a half years since we brought our greatly beloved Staged Messiah to churches across the country. Finally, we are thrilled to announce we will be returning to churches this Easter period!

Bringing to life Handel’s most famous oratorio, this production takes you on a journey of faith, redemption and the path of Birth, Death and Resurrection as you have never experienced before. Through John Ramster’s unique staging, twelve superb opera singers step out from behind the music to share Handel’s work with you in a new and dazzling light.

‘…the cast’s clean, searing vocal power ensures a fabulous sound, while the dynamic physicality of the performance makes the score explode all around you, all the time…’ Operissima, Charlotte Valori

English

Messiah HWV 56 by Händel, From (2023/2023), Directed by John Ramster,, Conductor Stephen Hose, St Peter's Church, Petersfield, United Kingdom

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