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Hatstand Opera have an enviable reputation for producing top quality, innovative and accessible shows.
Their elegant cabaret style entertains and
amuses with a wicked sense of fun. It’s where the informal, witty banter and sense of the unexpected of cabaret meets the passions and ploys of song. Most extracts are sung in English, including at least two popular 'pot-boilers' and something really unusual for the buffs.
Hatstand Opera are uniquely able to adapt to most venues, from the most traditional proscenium arch theatres to art centres and festival marquees, historic houses and even open air performances.
Choose from these great shows:
Love, Lust & a Damn Good Chardonnay
Sings, sobs and swigs its way through musicals and song standards via jazz and opera. It's where classical cabaret and stand-up meet – and have a drink or six. From Mozart through to Sondheim, Tom Jones and Fascinating Aida.
Lights, Camera……Action!
Songs from great movie moments, including ”Eben Lontano” from French cult classic “Diva” and tear-jerkers from “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”. Following the interval, it’s non-stop, wonderful awardwinning songs that’ll send audiences “Over the Rainbow” with “Titanic” hits.
Opera can be Murder
A tongue in cheek look at how opera dispatches its heroes and villains, in extracts by Verdi, Mascagni, Donizetti, Mozart and more. This is a fun exploration of opera where people meet sticky ends.
Golden Moments from Opera
Passion, romance and drama has never been so much fun! Hilarious scenes and heart-rending arias from the world’s favourite operas.
Christmas
Crescendo
Ages: from 10 to 80+
An all-singing, cracker-snapping, party-going,
panto-mimic Christmas special that starts
with operatic parties, and all the goings
on that a little Christmas spirit liberates!
The champagne flows, and romance is in
the air....
Then, a celebration of the true meaning of
Christmas, with song and oratorio, from the
familiar such as Handel's Messiah to
charming songs by composers
such as Michael Head.
The second half opens with a panto theme (oh yes it does!), opera-style, with elegant princes, ugly
sisters and ruthless pirates... and finally, a rousing singing finale of songs; carols, part songs and the just
plain silly songs that the season seems to invoke.
“A mix of classical
cabaret and stand-up
- Lovely … a great
success.”
The Guardian
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