Come and enjoy an afternoon recital of Classical Song, Opera and Music Theatre, and be home in time to catch Antiques Roadshow on the telly! We’re joined by the brilliant baritone Mark Saberton who will be accompanied by pianist Joe Richardson.
Mark studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he was awarded the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Trust to study in the Opera School.
He has sung with many opera companies including Royal Opera, English National Opera, Opera North, Raymond Gubbay, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Opera Holland Park, Mid Wales Opera and Savoy Opera.
Roles include Rigoletto and Escamillo (Carmen) for Kentish Opera and Heritage Opera; Bottom (Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Longborough Festival Opera; Figaro (Barber of Seville and Marriage of Figaro), Scarpia (Tosca), Don Giovanni and Sharpless (Madame Butterfly) for Heritage Opera; Ben Budge/Wat Dreary (Beggars Opera) for Royal Opera; Antonio (Marriage of Figaro) for Garsington Opera at the Barbican conducted by Jane Glover; Narumov (Queen of Spades) for Opera Holland Park; Krusina (Bartered Bride) for Mid Wales Opera, and the Hotel Waiter/Boatman (Death in Venice) for the Aldeburgh and Bregenz Festivals conducted by Paul Daniel.
Joe has accompanied huge numbers of singers and instrumentalists over very many years. He is a church organist, long time accompanist to the Wivenhoe Music Theatre Group and also for Quattro Amici, a most accomplished vocal quartet. He was Mark’s first piano teacher way back in the 1970’s. Mark’s first singing role was in the musical ‘Big Top’ written by Joe and his teacher colleague Gerry Battye and produced in 1979 at Stoke by Nayland Middle School.
Our cafe / bar will be open before the recital for refreshments and the arts centre is a lovely cool environment on those hot summer days!
