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Thrapston Plaza Opera ...........................................................
On stage or behinds the scenes Vincent Davy explains
Thrapston Plaza Opera was founded by Vincent Davy in 2010 with its first production being a performance of Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ in February 2011.
The aim is to present a good quality production for and involving the local community. Soloists sometimes come from further afield but most of the chorus are locally based. Children are recruited from local schools to take part if required. All operas are sung in English accompanied by an orchestra of experienced players.
Operas are staged in Thrapston Plaza and we hope to offer audiences a chance to experience grand opera at affordable prices.
So far we have staged ‘Carmen’, ‘The Bartered Bride’, ‘Aida’, ‘Die Fledermaus’, ‘Madame Butterfly’, ‘La Vie Parisienne’, ‘Eugene Onegin’, ‘La Traviata’ and ‘The Daughter of the Regiment’.
To celebrate the tenth opera, the company will again be staging ‘Carmen’ in The Plaza on 18th, 20th, 21st and 22nd February 2020.
Following auditions held in June the principal roles are now cast and we are looking forward to starting rehearsals on Tuesday 17th September from 7.30pm –
9.30pm in St James Church Hall, Thrapston. Chorus members are not auditioned and everyone is welcome to come along to our
first rehearsal to discover what’s involved. Music reading is not essential and it doesn’t matter if you haven’t sung in a chorus before – you will be made very welcome.
Singing not for you? Then how about helping with costumes, scenery, publicity, front of house, marketing? There will be something for everyone.
Need to know more before you decide?
Contact Vincent Davy, Music Director on 01832 733586. Email: thrapstonplazaopera@gmail.com
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Rotary Club news ..........................................................................
Fundraising while having fun – why not join the Rotary Club?
July is the start of the new Rotary year. Having been thanked for his excellent year as President, Robert Howe has handed over to Bob Davey who is our new President for 2019-20.
Bob has in mind an ambitious range of activities including a number of community projects. Bob wants the club to engage with local schools and youth organisations including our range of youth competitions like Rotary Young Musician. He also
hopes to see the club continue to support Sailability (sailing for people with disabilities)
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at Grafham Water, and he plans a number of fun fundraising events. Bob also expects that Rotary will continue to have enjoyable social events and an interesting range of speakers at our meetings. Lastly Bob has made clear that he is very keen to increase Rotary membership at individual, associate and corporate level.
We would be very pleased to hear from anyone interested in finding out more about Rotary Tel: 01933 625642. Thrapston and Raunds Rotary Club can also be found on Facebook.